Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Pācittiya 19: The Training Rule on Large Dwellings.
- Translated from the Pali by Brahmali Bhikkhu.
Origin story
1 At one time the Buddha, the Master, was staying at Kosambī in Ghosita’s Monastery. At that time a minister who was Venerable Channa’s supporter was making him a dwelling. When the dwelling was finished, Venerable Channa had it roofed and plastered again and again. Being overloaded, the dwelling collapsed. Then, while collecting grass and sticks, Venerable Channa spoiled the barley field belonging to a certain brahman. And that brahman grumbled and complained: “How can the venerables spoil my barley field?"
2 Monks heard the complaints of that brahman, and the monks of few desires … complained and criticised Venerable Channa: “How can Venerable Channa get a finished dwelling roofed and plastered again and again, so that it collapsed from overloading?"
3 After criticising him in many ways, they informed the Master. … “Is it true, Channa, that you do this?" “It’s true, Master." The Buddha, the Master, criticised him: “ … Foolish man, how can you get a finished dwelling roofed and plastered again and again, so that it collapses from overloading? This will not give rise to confidence in those without it … And, monks, this training rule should be recited thus:
Final ruling
4 “When a monk is getting a large dwelling built, then standing where there are no cultivated plants, he may apply two or three courses of covering, taking it as far as the door frame and using it for the fixing of the door bolt and for the treating of the window openings. If he applies more than that, even if he stands where there are no cultivated plants, he commits an offence entailing confession."
Definitions
5 Large: a dwelling with an owner is so called.
6 Dwelling: plastered inside or plastered outside or plastered both inside and outside.
7 Getting built: building or getting built.
8 As far as the door frame: a distance of an arms-reach next to the lintel and the door-posts.
9 For the fixing of the door bolt: for the fixing of the door.
10For the treating of the window openings: for the treating of the windows, there is white colour, black colour, treating with red ochre, making a garland pattern, making a creeper pattern, a pattern of sword-fish teeth, the five-cloth pattern.
11Standing where there are no cultivated plants, he may apply two or three courses of covering: if he applies it while standing where there are cultivated plants, he commits an offence of bad conduct. For one covering in lines, after covering with two layers, he may ask for a third layer and proceed with that. For one covering in circles, after covering with two layers, he may ask for a third layer and proceed with that. Cultivated plants: vegetables and grains.
12If he applies more than that, even if he stands where there are no cultivated plants: if he is covering with bricks, then for every brick, he commits an offence entailing confession. If he is covering with rocks, then for every rock, he commits an offence entailing confession. If he is covering with plaster, then for every lump, he commits an offence entailing confession. If he is covering with grass, then for every handful, he commits an offence entailing confession. If he is covering with leaves, then for every leaf, he commits an offence entailing confession.
Permutations
13If it is more than two or three courses, and he perceives it as more, and he applies it, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it is more than two or three courses, but he has doubts about it, and he applies it, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it is more than two or three courses, but he perceives it as less, and he applies it, he commits an offence entailing confession.
14If it is less than two or three courses, but he perceives it as more, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it is less than two or three courses, but he has doubts about it, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it is less than two or three courses, and he perceives it as less, there is no offence.
Non-offences
15There is no offence: if he applies two or three courses; if he applies less than two or three courses; if it is an overhang shelter; if it is a cave; if it is a grass hut; if it is for the benefit of someone else; if it is by means of his own property; if it is anything other than a place to dwell in; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
16The nineth rule, the training rule on large dwellings, is finished.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā kosambiyaṃ viharati ghositārāme. tena kho pana samayena āyasmato channassa upaṭṭhāko mahāmatto āyasmato channassa vihāraṃ kārāpeti. atha kho āyasmā channo katapariyositaṃ vihāraṃ punappunaṃ chādāpeti, punappunaṃ lepāpeti. atibhārito vihāro paripati. atha kho āyasmā channo tiṇañca kaṭṭhañca sankaḍḍhanto aññatarassa brāhmaṇassa yavakhettaṃ dūsesi. atha kho so brāhmaṇo ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti— "kathañhi nāma bhadantā amhākaṃ yavakhettaṃ dūsessantī"ti.
2 assosuṃ kho bhikkhū tassa brāhmaṇassa ujjhāyantassa khiyyantassa vipācentassa. ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma āyasmā channo katapariyositaṃ vihāraṃ punappunaṃ chādāpessati, punappunaṃ lepāpessati, atibhārito vihāro paripatī"ti.
3 atha kho te bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ channaṃ anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ … pe … "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, channa, katapariyositaṃ vihāraṃ punappunaṃ chādāpesi, punappunaṃ lepāpesi, atibhārito vihāro paripatī"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma tvaṃ, moghapurisa, katapariyositaṃ vihāraṃ punappunaṃ chādāpessasi, punappunaṃ lepāpessasi, atibhārito vihāro paripati. netaṃ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
4 "mahallakaṃ pana bhikkhunā vihāraṃ kārayamānena yāva dvārakosā aggaḷaṭṭhapanāya ālokasandhiparikammāya dvatticchadanassa pariyāyaṃ appaharite ṭhitena adhiṭṭhātabbaṃ. tato ce uttari appaharitepi ṭhito adhiṭṭhaheyya pācittiyan"ti. (19:68)
5 mahallako nāma vihāro sassāmiko vuccati.
6 vihāro nāma ullitto vā hoti avalitto vā ullittāvalitto vā.
7 kārayamānenāti karonto vā kārāpento vā.
8 yāva dvārakosāti piṭṭhasanghāṭassa samantā hatthapāsā.
9 aggaḷaṭṭhapanāyāti dvāraṭṭhapanāya.
10 ālokasandhiparikammāyāti vātapānaparikammāya setavaṇṇaṃ kāḷavaṇṇaṃ gerukaparikammaṃ mālākammaṃ latākammaṃ makaradantakaṃ pañcapaṭikaṃ.
11 dvatticchadanassa pariyāyaṃ appaharite ṭhitena adhiṭṭhātabbanti— haritaṃ nāma pubbaṇṇaṃ aparaṇṇaṃ. sace harite ṭhito adhiṭṭhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. maggena chādentassa dve magge adhiṭṭhahitvā tatiyaṃ maggaṃ āṇāpetvā pakkamitabbaṃ. pariyāyena chādentassa dve pariyāye adhiṭṭhahitvā tatiyaṃ pariyāyaṃ āṇāpetvā pakkamitabbaṃ.
12 tato ce uttari appaharitepi ṭhito adhiṭṭhaheyyāti iṭṭhakāya chādentassa iṭṭhakiṭṭhakāya āpatti pācittiyassa. silāya chādentassa silāya silāya āpatti pācittiyassa. sudhāya chādentassa piṇḍe piṇḍe āpatti pācittiyassa. tiṇena chādentassa karaḷe karaḷe āpatti pācittiyassa. paṇṇena chādentassa paṇṇe paṇṇe āpatti pācittiyassa.
13 atirekadvattipariyāye atirekasaññī adhiṭṭhāti, āpatti pācittiyassa. atirekadvattipariyāye vematiko adhiṭṭhāti, āpatti pācittiyassa. atirekadvattipariyāye ūnakasaññī adhiṭṭhāti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
14 ūnakadvattipariyāye atirekasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. ūnakadvattipariyāye vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. ūnakadvattipariyāye ūnakasaññī, anāpatti.
15 anāpatti— dvattipariyāye, ūnakadvattipariyāye, leṇe, guhāya, tiṇakuṭikāya, aññassatthāya, attano dhanena, vāsāgāraṃ ṭhapetvā sabbattha anāpatti, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.