Origin story

1 At one time the Buddha, the Master, was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time, while walking through the Kosalan country on his way to Sāvatthī, one evening Venerable Anuruddha arrived at a certain village. Just then a woman in that village had prepared her guest house. Venerable Anuruddha approached that woman and said: “Sister, if it is not inconvenient for you, I would like to stay in your guest-house for one night."

“Please stay, bhante."

Other travellers also approached that woman and said: “Madam, if it is not troublesome for you, we would like to stay in your guest-house for one night."

“Sirs, an ascetic is already staying there. If he agrees, you may stay."

Those travellers then approached Venerable Anuruddha and said: “Bhante, if it is not troublesome for you, we would like to stay for one night in the guest-house."

“Please stay."

2 Now as soon as that woman had seen Venerable Anuruddha she fell in love with him. She then approached him and said: “Bhante, you will not be at ease surrounded by these people. It would be good if I prepared a bed for you in the main house." Venerable Anuruddha consented by remaining silent.

Then, after preparing a bed in the main house, she put on jewellery and perfume, and she approached Venerable Anuruddha and said: “Bhante, you are good-looking and graceful, and so am I. It would be good, bhante, if I were to become your wife." But Venerable Anuruddha remained silent. She said the same a second time, but got no response. And a third time she said: “Bhante, you are good-looking and graceful, and so am I. It would be good, bhante, if you took me and all this property." But Venerable Anuruddha remained silent for a third time. She then threw off her robe, and she walked up and down, stood, sat down, and lay down in front of him. But Venerable Anuruddha controlled his senses and neither looked at nor spoke to her. Then that woman said: “It’s astounding and amazing. Many people send for me with a hundred or a thousand coins. But this ascetic, even when begged by me, does not want me and all this property." After dressing, she fell down with her head at the feet of Venerable Anuruddha and said: “Bhante, I have committed an offence, in that foolishly, confused, and unskilfully I acted in this way. Bhante, please pardon me for my offence so that I may restrain myself in the future."

“Certainly, sister, you have committed an offence, in that foolishly, confused, and unskilfully you acted in this way. But since you acknowledge your offence and you make amends for it in accordance with the Dhamma, I pardon you. For this is called growth in the training of the noble ones, that is, acknowledging an offence, making amends in accordance with the Dhamma, and undertaking restraint for the future."

3 The following morning, with her own hands that woman served and satisfied Venerable Anuruddha with various kinds of fine food. When he had eaten and finished his meal, she paid homage to him and sat down to one side. And Venerable Anuruddha instructed, inspired, and gladdened her with a Dhamma talk. She then asked him: “Wonderful, bhante, wonderful! Just as one might set upright what had been overturned, or reveal what had been hidden, or show the way to one who was lost, or bring a lamp into the darkness so that one with eyes might see what is there—even so has the Venerable Anuruddha made the Dhamma clear in many ways. Bhante, I go for refuge to the Master, and to the Dhamma and to the Sangha of monks. Please accept me as a lay follower who from today has gone for refuge for life."

4 Later, after arriving at Sāvatthī, Venerable Anuruddha informed the monks. The monks of few desires … complained and criticised Venerable Anuruddha: “How can Venerable Anuruddha arrange his sleeping place with a woman?"

5 After criticising him in many ways, they informed the Master. … “Is it true, Anuruddha, that do this?" “It’s true, Master." The Buddha, the Master, criticised them: “ … Anuruddha, how can you arrange your sleeping place with a woman? This will not give rise to confidence in those without it … And, monks, this training rule should be recited thus:

Final ruling

6 “If a monk uses a sleeping place with a woman, he commits an offence entailing confession."

Definitions

7 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.

8 A woman: a human female, not a female spirit, not a female ghost, not a female animal; even a girl born on that very day, all the more an older one.

9 With: together.

10Sleeping place: fully roofed, fully walled; mostly roofed, mostly walled.

11Uses a sleeping place: at dawn: if the monk lies down when the woman is already lying down, he commits an offence entailing confession; if the woman lies down when the monk is already lying down, he commits an offence entailing confession; if they both lie down together, he commits an offence entailing confession; if they get up and then lie down again and again, he commits an offence entailing confession.

Permutations

12If it is a woman, and he perceives her as a woman, and he uses a sleeping place with her, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it is a woman, but he has doubts about it, and he uses a sleeping place with her, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it is a woman, but does not perceive her as a woman, and he uses a sleeping place with her, he commits an offence entailing confession.

13If it is half roofed and half walled, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If he uses a sleeping place with a female spirit, with a female ghost, with a paṇḍaka, with a female animal, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it is not a woman, but he perceives it as a woman, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it is not a woman, but he has doubts about it, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it is not a woman, and he does not perceive it as a woman, there is no offence.

Non-offences

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14There is no offence: if it is fully roofed but not fully walled; if it is fully walled but not fully roofed; if it is mostly roofed and mostly walled; if the monk sits when the woman is lying down; if the woman sits when the monk is lying down; if they both sit down together; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.

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15The sixth rule, the second training rule on a sleeping place together with, is finished.

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1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena āyasmā anuruddho kosalesu janapade sāvatthiṃ gacchanto sāyaṃ aññataraṃ gāmaṃ upagacchi. tena kho pana samayena tasmiṃ gāme aññatarissā itthiyā āvasathāgāraṃ paññattaṃ hoti. atha kho āyasmā anuruddho yena sā itthī tenupasankami; upasankamitvā taṃ itthiṃ etadavoca—  "sace te, bhagini, agaru, vaseyyāma ekarattaṃ āvasathāgāre"ti. "vaseyyātha, bhante"ti. aññepi addhikā yena sā itthī tenupasankamiṃsu; upasankamitvā taṃ itthiṃ etadavocuṃ—  "sace te, ayye, agaru vaseyyāma ekarattaṃ āvasathāgāre"ti. "eso kho ayyo samaṇo paṭhamaṃ upagato; sace so anujānāti, vaseyyāthā"ti. atha kho te addhikā yenāyasmā anuruddho tenupasankamiṃsu; upasankamitvā āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ etadavocuṃ—  "sace te, bhante, agaru, vaseyyāma ekarattaṃ āvasathāgāre"ti. "vaseyyātha, āvuso"ti.

2 atha kho sā itthī āyasmante anuruddhe saha dassanena paṭibaddhacittā ahosi. atha kho sā itthī yenāyasmā anuruddho tenupasankami; upasankamitvā āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ etadavoca—  "ayyo, bhante, imehi manussehi ākiṇṇo na phāsu viharissati. sādhāhaṃ, bhante, ayyassa mañcakaṃ abbhantaraṃ paññapeyyan"ti. adhivāsesi kho āyasmā anuruddho tuṇhībhāvena. atha kho sā itthī āyasmato anuruddhassa mañcakaṃ abbhantaraṃ paññapetvā alankatappaṭiyattā gandhagandhinī yenāyasmā anuruddho tenupasankami; upasankamitvā āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ etadavoca—  "ayyo, bhante, abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko, ahañcamhi abhirūpā dassanīyā pāsādikā. sādhāhaṃ, bhante, ayyassa pajāpati bhaveyyan"ti. evaṃ vutte, āyasmā anuruddho tuṇhī ahosi. dutiyampi kho … pe …   tatiyampi kho sā itthī āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ etadavoca—  "ayyo, bhref=hante, abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko, ahañcamhi abhirūpā dassanīyā pāsādikā. sādhu, bhante, ayyo mañceva paṭicchatu sabbañca sāpateyyan"ti. tatiyampi kho āyasmā anuruddho tuṇhī ahosi. atha kho sā itthī sāṭakaṃ nikkhipitvā āyasmato anuruddhassa purato cankamatipi tiṭṭhatipi nisīdatipi seyyampi kappeti. atha kho āyasmā anuruddho indriyāni okkhipitvā taṃ itthiṃ neva olokesi napi ālapi. atha kho sā itthī—  "acchariyaṃ vata bho, abbhutaṃ vata bho. bahū me manussā satenapi sahassenapi pahiṇanti. ayaṃ pana samaṇo—  mayā sāmaṃ yāciyamāno—  na icchati mañceva paṭicchituṃ sabbañca sāpateyyan"ti sāṭakaṃ nivāsetvā āyasmato anuruddhassa pādesu sirasā nipatitvā āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ etadavoca—  "accayo maṃ, bhante, accagamā yathābālaṃ yathāmūḷhaṃ yathāakusalaṃ yāhaṃ evamakāsiṃ. tassā me, bhante, ayyo accayaṃ accayato paṭiggaṇhātu āyatiṃ saṃvarāyā"ti. "taggha tvaṃ, bhagini, accayo accagamā yathābālaṃ yathāmūḷhaṃ yathāakusalaṃ yā tvaṃ evamakāsi. yato ca kho tvaṃ, bhagini, accayaṃ accayato disvā yathādhammaṃ paṭikarosi, taṃ te mayaṃ paṭiggaṇhāma. vuddhi hesā, bhagini, ariyassa vinaye yo accayaṃ accayato disvā yathādhammaṃ paṭikaroti āyatiñca saṃvaraṃ āpajjatī"ti.

3 atha kho sā itthī tassā rattiyā accayena āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappetvā sampavāretvā, āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ bhuttāviṃ onītapattapāṇiṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho taṃ itthiṃ āyasmā anuruddho dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṃsesi. atha kho sā itthī—  āyasmatā anuruddhena dhammiyā kathāya sandassitā samādapitā samuttejitā sampahaṃsitā—  āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ etadavoca—  "abhikkantaṃ, bhante, abhikkantaṃ, bhante. seyyathāpi, bhante, nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya—  ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṃ ayyena anuruddhena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. esāhaṃ, bhante, taṃ bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṇghañca. upāsikaṃ maṃ ayyo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan"ti.

4 atha kho āyasmā anuruddho sāvatthiṃ gantvā bhikkhūnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesi. ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe …   te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—  "kathañhi nāma āyasmā anuruddho mātugāmena sahaseyyaṃ kappessatī"ti.

5 atha kho te bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ … pe …   "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, anuruddha, mātugāmena sahaseyyaṃ kappesī"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe …   kathañhi nāma tvaṃ, anuruddha, mātugāmena sahaseyyaṃ kappessasi. netaṃ, anuruddha, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe …   evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha— 

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6 "yo pana bhikkhu mātugāmena sahaseyyaṃ kappeyya pācittiyan"ti. (6:55)

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7 yo panāti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhūti … pe …   ayaṃ imasmiṃ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.

8 mātugāmo nāma manussitthī, na yakkhī, na petī, na tiracchānagatā; antamaso tadahujātāpi dārikā, pageva mahattarī.

9 sahāti ekato.

10 seyyā nāma sabbacchannā, sabbaparicchannā, yebhuyyenacchannā, yebhuyyena paricchannā.

11 seyyaṃ kappeyyāti atthangate sūriye, mātugāme nipanne bhikkhu nipajjati, āpatti pācittiyassa. bhikkhu nipanne mātugāmo nipajjati, āpatti pācittiyassa. ubho vā nipajjanti, āpatti pācittiyassa. uṭṭhahitvā punappunaṃ nipajjanti, āpatti pācittiyassa.

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12 mātugāme mātugāmasaññī sahaseyyaṃ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. mātugāme vematiko sahaseyyaṃ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. mātugāme amātugāmasaññī sahaseyyaṃ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.

13 upaḍḍhacchanne upaḍḍhaparicchanne, āpatti dukkaṭassa. yakkhiyā vā petiyā vā paṇḍakena vā tiracchānagatitthiyā vā sahaseyyaṃ kappeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. amātugāme mātugāmasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. amātugāme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. amātugāme amātugāmasaññī, anāpatti.

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14 anāpatti—  sabbacchanne sabbaaparicchanne, sabbaparicchanne sabbaacchanne, yebhuyyena acchanne, yebhuyyena aparicchanne, mātugāme nipanne bhikkhu nisīdati, bhikkhu nipanne mātugāmo nisīdati, ubho vā nisīdanti, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.

15 dutiyasahaseyyasikkhāpadaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ chaṭṭhaṃ.