Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Pācittiya 24: The Training Rule on Worldly Gain.
- Translated from the Pali by Brahmali Bhikkhu.
Origin story
1 At one time the Buddha, the Master, was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time the senior monks who instructed the nuns received robes, almsfood, lodging requisites, and medicines. And monks from the group of six said this about them: “The senior monks are not instructing the nuns to render a service, but for the sake of worldly gain."
2 The monks of few desires … complained and criticised them: “How can those monks from the group of six say that the senior monks are not instructing the nuns to render a service, but for the sake of worldly gain?" … “Is it true, monks, that you say this?" “It’s true, Master." The Buddha, the Master, criticised them: “ … Foolish men, how can you say that the senior monks are not instructing the nuns to render a service, but for the sake of worldly gain? This will not give rise to confidence in those without it … And, monks, this training rule should be recited thus:
Final ruling
3 “If a monk says that the senior monks are instructing the nuns for the sake of worldly gain, he commits an offence entailing confession."
Definitions
4 A: whoever … Monk: … The monk who is ordained by a complete Sangha through a procedure of one motion and three announcements, which is unchallengeable and fit to stand; this sort of monk is meant in this case.
5 For the sake of worldly gain: for the sake of robes, for the sake of almsfood, for the sake of lodging requisites, for the sake of medicines, for the sake of honour, for the sake of respect, for the sake of deference, for the sake of veneration, for the sake of worship.
6 Says: if, concerning one who is fully ordained and who has been agreed upon by the Sangha as an instructor of nuns - desiring to disparage him, desiring to give him a bad reputation, desiring to humiliate him - he says, “He instructs for the sake of robes, for the sake of almsfood, for the sake of lodging requisites, for the sake of medicines, for the sake of honour, for the sake of respect, for the sake of deference, for the sake of veneration, for the sake of worship," he commits an offence entailing confession.
Permutations
7 If it is a legitimate act of the Sangha, and he perceives it as legitimate, and he says such a thing, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it is a legitimate act of the Sangha, but he has doubts about it, and he says such a thing, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it is a legitimate act of the Sangha, but he perceives it as illegitimate, and he says such a thing, he commits an offence entailing confession.
8
When someone who is fully ordained is an instructor of nuns, but he has not been agreed upon by the Sangha as such, and a monk, desiring to disparage him, desiring to give him a bad reputation, desiring to humiliate him, says, “He instructs for the sake of robes, for the sake of almsfood, for the sake of lodging requisites, for the sake of medicines, for the sake of honour, for the sake of respect, for the sake of deference, for the sake of veneration, for the sake of worship," he commits an offence of bad conduct. When someone who is not fully ordained is an instructor of nuns, whether or not he has been agreed upon by the Sangha as such, and a monk, desiring to disparage him, desiring to give him a bad reputation, desiring to humiliate him, says, “He instructs for the sake of robes, for the sake of almsfood, for the sake of lodging requisites, for the sake of medicines, for the sake of honour, for the sake of respect, for the sake of deference, for the sake of veneration, for the sake of worship," he commits an offence of bad conduct.
If it is an illegitimate act of the Sangha, but he perceives it as legitimate, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it is an illegitimate act of the Sangha, but he has doubts about it, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it is an illegitimate act of the Sangha, and he perceives it as illegitimate, he commits an offence of bad conduct.
Non-offences
9 There is no offence: if he regularly gives the instruction for the sake of robes, for the sake of almsfood, for the sake of lodging requisites, for the sake of medicines, for the sake of honour, for the sake of respect, for the sake of deference, for the sake of veneration, for the sake of worship; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
10The fourth rule, the training rule on worldly gain, is finished.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovadantā lābhino honti cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṃ. chabbaggiyā bhikkhū evaṃ vadanti— "na bahukatā therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovadituṃ; āmisahetu therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovadantī"ti.
2 ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū evaṃ vakkhanti— ‘na bahukatā therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovadituṃ; āmisahetu therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovadantī’"ti … pe … "saccaṃ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, evaṃ vadetha— ‘na bahukatā therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovadituṃ; āmisahetu therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovadantī’"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, evaṃ vakkhatha— ‘na bahukatā therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovadituṃ; āmisahetu therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovadantī’ti. netaṃ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
3 "yo pana bhikkhu evaṃ vadeyya— ‘āmisahetu therā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ovandantī’ti, pācittiyan"ti. (24:73)
4 yo panāti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhūti … pe … ayaṃ imasmiṃ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
5 āmisahetūti cīvarahetu piṇḍapātahetu senāsanahetu gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārahetu sakkārahetu garukārahetu mānanahetu vandanahetu pūjanahetu.
6 evaṃ vadeyyāti upasampannaṃ saṇghena sammataṃ bhikkhunovādakaṃ avaṇṇaṃ kattukāmo ayasaṃ kattukāmo mankukattukāmo evaṃ vadeti— "cīvarahetu piṇḍapātahetu senāsanahetu gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārahetu sakkārahetu garukārahetu mānanahetu vandanahetu pūjanahetu ovadatī"ti bhaṇati, āpatti pācittiyassa.
7 dhammakamme dhammakammasaññī evaṃ vadeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. dhammakamme vematiko evaṃ vadeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. dhammakamme adhammakammasaññī evaṃ vadeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
8 upasampannaṃ saṇghena asammataṃ bhikkhunovādakaṃ avaṇṇaṃ kattukāmo ayasaṃ kattukāmo mankukattukāmo evaṃ vadeti— "cīvarahetu … pe … pūjanahetu ovadatī"ti bhaṇati, āpatti dukkaṭassa. anupasampannaṃ saṇghena sammataṃ vā asammataṃ vā bhikkhunovādakaṃ avaṇṇaṃ kattukāmo ayasaṃ kattukāmo mankukattukāmo evaṃ vadeti— "cīvarahetu piṇḍapātahetu senāsanahetu gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārahetu sakkārahetu garukārahetu mānanahetu vandanahetu pūjanahetu ovadatī"ti bhaṇati, āpatti dukkaṭassa. adhammakamme dhammakammasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. adhammakamme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. adhammakamme adhammakammasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
9 anāpatti— pakatiyā cīvarahetu piṇḍapātahetu senāsanahetu gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārahetu sakkārahetu garukārahetu mānanahetu vandanahetu pūjanahetu ovadantaṃ bhaṇati, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.