… at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time a certain monk, going to Sāvatthī through the Kosalan districts, passed by a certain village-gate. A certain woman, having quarrelled with her husband, having departed from the village, having seen that monk, spoke thus: "Where, honoured sir, will the master go?"

"I, sister, will go to Sāvatthī."

"I will go together with the master."

"If you wish to, sister," he said.

Then that woman’s husband, having departed from the village, asked people: "Have the masters seen such and such a woman?"

"She, master, is going along with one who has gone forth." Then that man, having followed after, having seized that monk, having thrashed him, set him free. Then that monk, incensed, sat down at the foot of a certain tree. Then that woman spoke thus to that man:

"Master, that monk did not make me come out; but it is I myself who am going along together with this monk. This monk is innocent; go along, apologise to him." Then that man apologised to that monk. Then that monk, having arrived at Sāvatthī, told this matter to the monks. Those who were modest monks … spread it about, saying:

"How can a monk, having arranged together with a woman, go along the same high road?" …

"Is it true, as is said, that you, monk, having arranged together with a woman, went along the same high road?"

"It is true, lord."

The enlightened one, the lord, rebuked him, saying:

"How can you, foolish man, having arranged together with a woman, go along the same high road? It is not, foolish man, for pleasing those who are not (yet) pleased … And thus, monks, this rule of training should be set forth:

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"Whatever monk, having arranged together with a woman, should go along the same high road, even among villages, there is an offence of expiation."

Whatever means: … monk is to be understood in this case.

Woman means: a human woman, not a female yakkha, not a female departed one, not a female animal; she is intelligent, competent to know good speech, bad speech, what is lewd, what is not lewd.

Together with means: together.

Having arranged means: if one arranges, saying, ‘We are going, sister, we are going, master, we are going, master, we are going, sister, we are going either today or … see ; .

If he thinks that it is a woman when it is a woman, (and) having arranged, goes along the same high road, even among villages, 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. If the monk arranges (and) the woman does not arrange, there is an offence of wrongdoing. If, having arranged, he goes along the same high road together with a female yakkha or a female departed one or with a eunuch or with an animal in the form of a human woman, even among villages, 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.

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There is no offence if he goes not having arranged; if the woman arranges (and) the monk does not arrange; if he goes without (making) a rendezvous; if there are accidents; if he is mad, if he is the first wrongdoer.

The Seventh

1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu janapade sāvatthiṃ gacchanto aññatarena gāmadvārena atikkamati. aññatarā itthī sāmikena saha bhaṇḍitvā gāmato nikkhamitvā taṃ bhikkhuṃ passitvā etadavoca—  "kahaṃ, bhante, ayyo gamissatī"ti? "sāvatthiṃ kho ahaṃ, bhagini, gamissāmī"ti. "ahaṃ ayyena saddhiṃ gamissāmī"ti. "eyyāsi, bhaginī"ti. atha kho tassā itthiyā sāmiko gāmato nikkhamitvā manusse pucchi—  "apāyyo, evarūpiṃ itthiṃ passeyyāthā"ti? "esāyyo, pabbajitena saha gacchatī"ti. atha kho so puriso anubandhitvā taṃ bhikkhuṃ gahetvā ākoṭetvā muñci. atha kho so bhikkhu aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle padhūpento nisīdi. atha kho sā itthī taṃ purisaṃ etadavoca—  "nāyyo, so bhikkhu maṃ nippātesi; api ca ahameva tena bhikkhunā saddhiṃ gacchāmi; akārako so bhikkhu; gaccha, naṃ khamāpehī"ti. atha kho so puriso taṃ bhikkhuṃ khamāpesi.

2 atha kho so bhikkhu sāvatthiṃ gantvā bhikkhūnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesi. ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe …   te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—  "kathañhi nāma bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṃ saṃvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṃ paṭipajjissatī"ti … pe … "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, bhikkhu, mātugāmena saddhiṃ saṃvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṃ paṭipajjasī"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe …   kathañhi nāma tvaṃ, moghapurisa, mātugāmena saddhiṃ saṃvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṃ paṭipajjissasi. netaṃ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe …   evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ, uddiseyyātha— 

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3 "yo pana bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṃ saṃvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṃ paṭipajjeyya, antamaso gāmantarampi, pācittiyan"ti. (67:116)

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

5 mātugāmo nāma manussitthī, na yakkhī na petī na tiracchānagatā viññū paṭibalā subhāsitadubbhāsitaṃ duṭṭhullāduṭṭhullaṃ ājānituṃ.

6 saddhinti ekato.

7 saṃvidhāyāti—  "gacchāma bhagini, gacchāmāyya, gacchāmāyya, gacchāma bhagini, ajja vā hiyyo vā pare vā gacchāmā"ti saṃvidahati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

8 antamaso gāmantarampīti kukkuṭasampāte gāme gāmantare gāmantare āpatti pācittiyassa. agāmake araññe addhayojane addhayojane āpatti pācittiyassa.

9 mātugāme mātugāmasaññī saṃvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṃ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa. mātugāme vematiko saṃvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṃ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa. mātugāme amātugāmasaññī saṃvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṃ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa.

10 bhikkhu saṃvidahati mātugāmo na saṃvidahati, āpatti dukkaṭassa. yakkhiyā vā petiyā paṇḍakena vā tiracchānagatamanussaviggahitthiyā vā saddhiṃ saṃvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṃ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti dukkaṭassa. amātugāme mātugāmasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. amātugāme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. amātugāme amātugāmasaññī, anāpatti.

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11 anāpatti—  asaṃvidahitvā gacchati, mātugāmo saṃvidahati bhikkhu na saṃvidahati, visanketena gacchati, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.

12 saṃvidhānasikkhāpadaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ sattamaṃ.