Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Pācittiya 91: Not to make or have made an oversized rains bathing cloth.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
… at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time a cloth for the rains was allowed to monks by the lord. The group of six monks, thinking: "A cloth for the rains is allowed by the lord," wore cloths for the rains that were not of a (proper) measure; they went about trailing (these) along in front as well as behind. Those who were modest monks … spread it about, saying: see Pācittiya 90.1"> … " … should be set forth:
"When a cloth for the rains is being made for a monk, it must be made to a (proper) measure. This is the (proper) measure here: in length six spans of the accepted span, in breadth two and a half spans. In exceeding this (measure), there is an offence of expiation involving cutting down."
Cloth for the rains means: it is for the four months of the rainy season.
Is being made means: … it must be made to a (proper) measure … 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 bhagavatā bhikkhūnaṃ vassikasāṭikā anuññātā hoti. chabbaggiyā bhikkhū— "bhagavatā vassikasāṭikā anuññātā"ti appamāṇikāyo vassikasāṭikāyo dhārenti. puratopi pacchatopi ākaḍḍhantā āhiṇḍanti.
2 ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū appamāṇikāyo vassikasāṭikāyo dhāressantī"ti … pe … "saccaṃ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, appamāṇikāyo vassikasāṭikāyo dhārethā"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, appamāṇikāyo vassikasāṭikāyo dhāressatha. netaṃ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
3 "vassikasāṭikaṃ pana bhikkhunā kārayamānena pamāṇikā kāretabbā. tatridaṃ pamāṇaṃ— dīghaso cha vidatthiyo, sugatavidatthiyā; tiriyaṃ aḍḍhateyyā. taṃ atikkāmayato chedanakaṃ pācittiyan"ti. (91:140)
4 vassikasāṭikā nāma vassānassa catumāsatthāya.
5 kārayamānenāti karonto vā kārāpento vā. pamāṇikā kāretabbā. tatridaṃ pamāṇaṃ— dīghaso cha vidatthiyo, sugatavidatthiyā; tiriyaṃ aḍḍhateyyā. taṃ atikkāmetvā karoti vā kārāpeti vā, payoge dukkaṭaṃ. paṭilābhena chinditvā pācittiyaṃ desetabbaṃ.
6 attanā vippakataṃ attanā pariyosāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. attanā vippakataṃ parehi pariyosāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. parehi vippakataṃ attanā pariyosāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. parehi vippakataṃ parehi pariyosāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
7 aññassatthāya karoti vā kārāpeti vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. aññena kataṃ paṭilabhitvā paribhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
8 anāpatti— pamāṇikaṃ karoti, ūnakaṃ karoti, aññena kataṃ pamāṇātikkantaṃ paṭilabhitvā chinditvā paribhuñjati, vitānaṃ vā bhūmattharaṇaṃ vā sāṇipākāraṃ vā bhisiṃ vā bibbohanaṃ vā karoti, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.