Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Pācittiya 44: Not to be alone with a female in an isolated place.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
1. Bu-Pc.44, Bu-Pc.44.1, Bu-Pc.44.1.1, BD.2.357 … at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans, having gone to the house of a friend, sat down in a private place on a secluded seat together with his wife. Then that man looked down upon, criticised, spread it about, saying:
2"How can master Upananda sit down in a private place on a secluded seat together with my wife?"
Monks heard that man who … spread it about. Those who were modest monks … spread it about, saying:
"How can the venerable Upananda, the son of the Sakyans, sit down in a private place on a secluded seat together with a woman?" …
"Is it true, as is said, that you, Upananda, sat down … with a woman?"
"It is true, lord."
The enlightened one, the lord, rebuked him, saying:
"How can you, foolish man, sit down … with a woman? Foolish man, it is not for pleasing those who are not (yet) pleased … And thus, monks, this rule of training should be set forth:
3"Whatever monk should sit down in a private place on a secluded seat together with a woman, there is an offence of expiation."
4. Bu-Pc.44.2, Bu-Pc.44.2.1 Whatever means: … is monk to be understood in this case.
5Woman means: a human woman, not a female yakkha, not a female departed one, not a female animal, even a girl born this very day, much more an older one.
6Together with means: together.
7A private place means: private from the eye, private from the ear. Private from the eye means: if covering the eye, or raising the eyebrow, or raising the head, he is unable to see. Private from the ear means: it is impossible to hear ordinary talk.
8A secluded seat means: it is secluded by a wall built of wattle and daub or by a door or by a screen or by a screen-wall or by a tree or by a pillar or by a sack or by anything whatever.
9Should sit down means: if a woman is sitting and a monk comes to be sitting or lying down close (to her), there is an offence of expiation; if a monk is sitting and a woman comes to be sitting or lying down close (to him), there is an offence of expiation. Or if both are sitting or if both are lying down, there is an offence of expiation.
10 If he thinks that it is a woman when it is a woman (and) sits down in a private place on a secluded seat, there is an offence of expiation. If he is in doubt as to whether it is a woman … If he thinks that it is not a woman when it is a woman … offence of expiation.
11If he sits down in a private place on a secluded seat with a female yakkha or with a female departed one or with a eunuch or with an animal in woman’s form, there is an offence of wrong-doing. If he thinks that it is a woman when it is not a woman, there is an offence of wrong-doing. If he is in doubt as to whether it is not a woman, there is an offence of wrong-doing. If he thinks that it is not a woman when it is not a woman, there is no offence.
12 There is no offence if some learned friend comes to be (present); if he stands, does not sit; if he is not desirous of a private place; if he sits down thinking about something else; if he is mad, if he is the first wrong-doer.
13. Bu-Pc.44.3, Bu-Pc.44.3.1 The Fourth
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena āyasmā upanando sakyaputto sahāyakassa gharaṃ gantvā tassa pajāpatiyā saddhiṃ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappesi. atha kho so puriso ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti— "kathañhi nāma ayyo upanando mayhaṃ pajāpatiyā saddhiṃ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappessatī"ti.
2 assosuṃ kho bhikkhū tassa purisassa ujjhāyantassa khiyyantassa vipācentassa. ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma āyasmā upanando sakyaputto mātugāmena saddhiṃ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappessatī"ti … pe … "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, upananda, mātugāmena saddhiṃ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappesī"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma tvaṃ, moghapurisa, mātugāmena saddhiṃ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappessasi. netaṃ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
3 "yo pana bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṃ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappeyya, pācittiyan"ti. (44:93)
4 yo panāti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhūti … pe … ayaṃ imasmiṃ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
5 mātugāmo nāma manussitthī, na yakkhī na petī na tiracchānagatā, antamaso tadahujātāpi dārikā, pageva mahattarī.
7 raho nāma cakkhussa raho sotassa raho. cakkhussa raho nāma na sakkā hoti akkhiṃ vā nikhaṇīyamāne bhamukaṃ vā ukkhipīyamāne sīsaṃ vā ukkhipīyamāne passituṃ. sotassa raho nāma na sakkā hoti pakatikathā sotuṃ.
8 paṭicchannaṃ nāma āsanaṃ kuṭṭena vā kavāṭena vā kilañjena vā sāṇipākārena vā rukkhena vā thambhena vā kotthaḷiyā vā, yena kenaci paṭicchannaṃ hoti.
9 nisajjaṃ kappeyyāti mātugāme nisinne bhikkhu upanisinno vā hoti upanipanno vā, āpatti pācittiyassa. bhikkhu nisinne mātugāmo upanisinno vā hoti upanipanno vā, āpatti pācittiyassa. ubho vā nisinnā honti ubho vā nipannā, āpatti pācittiyassa.
10 mātugāme mātugāmasaññī raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. mātugāme vematiko raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. mātugāme amātugāmasaññī raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
11 yakkhiyā vā petiyā vā paṇḍakena vā tiracchānagatāya vā manussaviggahitthiyā vā saddhiṃ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṃ kappeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. amātugāme mātugāmasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. amātugāme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. amātugāme amātugāmasaññī, anāpatti.
12 anāpatti— yo koci viññū puriso dutiyo hoti, tiṭṭhati na nisīdati, arahopekkho, aññavihito nisīdati, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.