Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Pācittiya 43: Not to intrude upon a laypersons bedroom.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
1. Bu-Pc.43, Bu-Pc.43.1, Bu-Pc.43.1.1, BD.2.354 … at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans, going to a friend’s house, sat down in a sleeping-room together with his wife. Then that man approached the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans, and having approached, having greeted the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans, he sat down at a respectful distance. As he was sitting down at a respectful distance, that man spoke thus to his wife:
"Give alms-food to the master."
Then that woman gave alms-food to the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans. Then that man spoke thus to the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans:
"You may go, honoured sir, inasmuch as alms-food has been given to the master."
Then that woman, observing, ‘This man is obsessed,’ spoke thus to the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans:
"Sit down, honoured sir, do not go away."
A second time that man … A third time that man spoke thus to the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans:
"You may go, honoured sir, inasmuch as alms-food has been given to the master."
A third time did that woman say to the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans:
"Sit down, honoured sir, do not go away." Then that man, going out, made monks look down upon (Upananda), saying:
"Honoured sirs, this master Upananda is sitting in the sleeping-room together with my wife; he, being dismissed by me, does not wish to go. We are very busy, there is much to be done."
Those who were modest monks … spread it about, saying:
"How can the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans, intruding upon a family with food, sit down?" …
"Is it true, as is said, that you, Upananda, intruding upon … sat down?"
"It is true, lord."
The enlightened one, the lord, rebuked him, saying: "How can you, foolish man, intruding … sit down? It is not, foolish man, for pleasing those who are not (yet) pleased … And thus, monks, this rule of training should be set forth:
"Whatever monk, intruding upon a family with food, should sit down, there is an offence of expiation."
Whatever means: … is monk to be understood in this case.
6Family with food means: there is a woman and also a man, and both the woman and the man are not gone out, both are not without passion.
7Intruding means: forcing a way into.
Should sit down means:
if he sits down in a large house, having left (the space of) a reach of the hand from door-posts and lintel, there is an offence of expiation; if he sits down in a small house, having gone beyond the beam, there is an offence of expiation.
9‒10 If he thinks that it is a sleeping-room when it is a sleeping-room (and), intruding upon a family with food, sits down, there is an offence of expiation. If he is in doubt as to whether it is a sleeping-room … If he thinks that it is not a sleeping-room when it is a sleeping-room … an offence of expiation. If he thinks that it is a sleeping-room when it is not a sleeping-room, there is an offence of wrong-doing. If he is in doubt as to whether it is not a sleeping-room, there is an offence of wrong-doing. If he thinks that it is not a sleeping-room when it is not a sleeping-room, there is no offence.
11 There is no offence if he sits down in a large house, not having left (the space of) a reach of the hand from door-posts and lintel; if he sits down in a small house, not having gone beyond the beam; if there comes to be a second monk; if both have gone out; if both are with-out passion; if it is not in a sleeping-room; if he is mad, if he is the first wrong-doer.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena āyasmā upanando sakyaputto sahāyakassa gharaṃ gantvā tassa pajāpatiyā saddhiṃ sayanighare nisajjaṃ kappesi. atha kho so puriso yenāyasmā upanando sakyaputto tenupasankami; upasankamitvā āyasmantaṃ upanandaṃ sakyaputtaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so puriso pajāpatiṃ etadavoca— "dadehāyyassa bhikkhan"ti. atha kho sā itthī āyasmato upanandassa sakyaputtassa bhikkhaṃ adāsi. atha kho so puriso āyasmantaṃ upanandaṃ sakyaputtaṃ etadavoca— "gacchatha, bhante, yato ayyassa bhikkhā dinnā"ti. atha kho sā itthī sallakkhetvā— "pariyuṭṭhito ayaṃ puriso"ti, āyasmantaṃ upanandaṃ sakyaputtaṃ etadavoca— "nisīdatha, bhante, mā agamitthā"ti. dutiyampi kho so puriso … pe … tatiyampi kho so puriso āyasmantaṃ upanandaṃ sakyaputtaṃ etadavoca— "gacchatha, bhante, yato ayyassa bhikkhā dinnā"ti. tatiyampi kho sā itthī āyasmantaṃ upanandaṃ sakyaputtaṃ etadavoca— "nisīdatha, bhante, mā agamitthā"ti.
2 atha kho so puriso nikkhamitvā bhikkhū ujjhāpesi— "ayaṃ, bhante, ayyo upanando mayhaṃ pajāpatiyā saddhiṃ sayanighare nisinno. so mayā uyyojīyamāno na icchati gantuṃ. bahukiccā mayaṃ bahukaraṇīyā"ti.
3 ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma āyasmā upanando sakyaputto sabhojane kule anupakhajja nisajjaṃ kappessatī"ti … pe … "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, upananda, sabhojane kule anupakhajja nisajjaṃ kappesī"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma tvaṃ, moghapurisa, sabhojane kule anupakhajja nisajjaṃ kappessasi. netaṃ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
4 "yo pana bhikkhu sabhojane kule anupakhajja nisajjaṃ kappeyya, pācittiyan"ti. (43:92)
5 yo panāti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhūti … pe … ayaṃ imasmiṃ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
6 sabhojanaṃ nāma kulaṃ itthī ceva hoti puriso ca, itthī ca puriso ca ubho anikkhantā honti, ubho avītarāgā.
8 nisajjaṃ kappeyyāti mahallake ghare piṭṭhasanghāṭassa hatthapāsaṃ vijahitvā nisīdati, āpatti pācittiyassa. khuddake ghare piṭṭhivaṃsaṃ atikkamitvā nisīdati, āpatti pācittiyassa.
9 sayanighare sayanigharasaññī sabhojane kule anupakhajja nisajjaṃ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. sayanighare vematiko sabhojane kule anupakhajja nisajjaṃ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. sayanighare nasayanigharasaññī sabhojane kule anupakhajja nisajjaṃ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
10 nasayanighare sayanigharasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. nasayanighare vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. nasayanighare nasayanigharasaññī, anāpatti.
11 anāpatti— mahallake ghare piṭṭhasanghāṭassa hatthapāsaṃ avijahitvā nisīdati, khuddake ghare piṭṭhivaṃsaṃ anatikkamitvā nisīdati, bhikkhu dutiyo hoti, ubho nikkhantā honti, ubho vītarāgā, nasayanighare, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.