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11. Now Maha-pag4pati the Getamt went to the Blessed One [&c., as before], and said: ‘ May the Blessed One preach to me the Dhamma (truth, doctrine) in abstract; so that, having heard the doctrine of the Blessed One, I may remain alone and separate, earnest, zealous, and resolved!.’ ‘Of whatsoever doctrines thou shalt be conscious, Gotami, that they conduce to passion and not to peace, to pride and not to veneration, to wishing for much and not to wishing for little, to love of society and not to seclusion, to sloth and not to the exercise of zeal, to being hard to satisfy and not to content ? —verily mayest thou then, Gotamt, bear in mind 1 These last words are the standing expression for the preparatory stage to Arahatship. Compare Mahavagga I, 6, 16; Mahaparinibbéna Sutta V, 68. The whole speech frequently occurs in the Samyutta Nikaya at the. commencement of conversations with the Buddha. ® Most of these terms have already occurred in the standing ‘religious discourse’ which is related to have preceded the enunciation of so many of the rules for Bhikkhus (Xullavagga I, 2, 3). 330 KULLAVAGGA. X, 6, 1. that that is not Dhamma, that that is not Vinaya, that that is not the teaching of the Master. But of whatsoever doctrines thou shalt be conscious, Gotamt, that they conduce to peace and not to passion, to veneration and not to pride, to wishing for little and not to wishing for much, to seclusion and not to love of society, to the exercise of zeal and not to sloth, to content and not to querulousness—verily mayest thou then bear in mind that that is Dhamma, and that is Vinaya, and that the teaching of the Master,’ 6. 1. Nowat that time the Patimokkha was not recited to the Bhikkhunts. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow the Patimokkha, O Bhikkhus, to be recited to the Bhikkhunts.’ Now it occurred to the Bhikkhunts: ‘By whom should the PAatimokkha be recited to the Bhikkhunts ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘Tallow, O Bhikkhus, the Patimokkha to be recited to Bhikkhunts by Bhikkhus.’ Now at that time Bhikkhus went to the residence of the Bhikkhunts and recited the Patimokkha to the Bhikkhunts there. The people murmured, and were indignant, saying: ‘There are their wives, there are their mistresses; now will they take pleasure together.’ The Bhikkhus heard this, and told the matter to the Blessed One. ‘Bhikkhus are not, O Bhikkhus, to recite. the X, 6, 2. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHuUN{S. 331 Patimokkha to the Bhikkhunts at their residence. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka‘Za. I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to recite the PAtimokkha to the Bhikkhunts.’ The Bhikkhunts did not know how to recite the Patimokkha. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhunts how to recite the Patimokkha.’ 2. Now at that time the Bhikkhunts did not confess the faults (they had committed). They told this matter to the Blessed One.
2They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhunts how to recite the Patimokkha.’ 2. Now at that time the Bhikkhunts did not confess the faults (they had committed). They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘A Bhikkhunt, O Bhikkhus, is not to leave a fault unconfessed. . Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaéa,’ The Bhikkhunts did not know how to confess their faults. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhunts how they should confess their faults.’ Then it occurred to the Bhikkhus: ‘By whom ought the confession of a fault to be received from the Bhikkhunts?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to receive the confession of a fault from Bhikkhunts.’ Now at that time Bhikkhunts, on seeing a Bhikkhu on the road, or in a street closed at one end, or at the place where four cross-roads met, would place their bowl on the ground, and arranging their robes over one shoulder, would crouch down on their heels, and stretch forth their joined hands, and confess a fault. The people murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: ‘ There are their wives, there are their mistresses; they are asking 332 KULLAVAGGA. X, 6, 3- pardon now after having treated. them scornfully overnight.’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘Bhikkhus are not, O Bhikkhus, to receive the confessions of a fault from Bhikkhunts. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaZa. I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to receive the confession of a fault from Bhikkhunts,’ The Bhikkhunits did not know how to receive the confession of a fault. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘T allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhunts how to receive the confession of a fault.’ 3. Now at that time disciplinary proceedings (Kammas) were not carried out against Bhikkhunts. They told that matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow disciplinary proceedings, O Bhikkhus, to be carried out against Bhikkhunts.’ Then the Bhikkhus thought: ‘By whom ought disciplinary proceedings to be carried out against Bhikkhunts ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to carry out disciplinary proceedings against Bhikkhunts.’ Now at that time Bhikkhunts who had been subjected to disciplinary proceedings, on seeing a Bhikkhu on the road, or in a street closed at one end, or at the place where four cross-roads met, would place their bowls on the ground, and arranging their robes over one shoulder, would crouch down on their heels, and stretching out their joined palms would ask for pardon, thinking that that was the proper time for doing so. The people murmured [&c., as before]. X,7,1. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS. 333 They told this matter to the Blessed One.
3The people murmured [&c., as before]. X,7,1. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS. 333 They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘Bhikkhus are not, O Bhikkhus, to carry out disciplinary proceedings against the Bhikkhunts. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka/a.’ I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to carry out disciplinary proceedings against Bhikkhunts. ’- The Bhikkhunts did not know how to carry out the disciplinary proceedings. They told this matter to the Blessed One. “I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell the Bhikkhuntfs how to carry out disciplinary proceedings.’ 7. 1. Nowat that time Bhikkhunts in Samgha assembled, having fallen into quarrel, strife, and dispute, got to blows, and were unable to settle the point at issue. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to settle for Bhikkhunts a point at issue.’ Now at that time Bhikkhus were settling for Bhikkhunts a point at issue, and as the point at issue was being enquired into, it was found that both Bhikkhunts competent to take part in an official act}, and Bhikkhunts who had been guilty of an offence (had taken part in the Samgha during the official act (the Kamma) at which the point in issue arose). The Bhikkhunts said: ‘It would be well if you, Sirs, would carry out disciplinary proceedings against the guilty Bhikkhunts, or absolve their offence: for 1 Kammappatt&; on which see Parivara XIX, 6, 7. 334 KULLAVAGGA. X, 8,1. thus has it been laid down by the Blessed One: “ Bhikkhus are to settle for the Bhikkhunts a point at issue.”’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to set on foot! an official act for Bhikkhunis, and then to give it in charge for Bhikkhunts to carry out the official act against Bhikkhunis. And I allow Bhikkhus to set on foot the (dealing with an) offence for Bhikkhuntis, and then to give it in charge for Bhikkhuntis to accept the confession thereof.’ 8 1. Now at that time a Bhikkhuni, a pupil of the Bhikkhunt Uppalavazz, followed the Blessed One | for seven years, learning the Vinaya ; but she, being forgetful, lost it as fast as she received it. And that Bhikkhuni heard that the Blessed One was about to go to Savatthi. Then she thought: ‘For seven years have I| followed the Blessed One, learning the Vinaya ; and, being forgetful, I have lost it as fast as I received it. Hard is it for a woman to follow the Blessed One her life long. What now shall I do?’ And that Bhikkhuni told this matter to the Bhik- . khunts, and they told it to the Bhikkhus, and the Bhikkhus told it to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to teach the Vinaya to Bhikkhunts.’ Here ends the First Portion for Recitation. * Ropetum, on which Buddhaghosa says: Tagganiyadisu imam nama kammam etiss4 kAtabban ti evam ropetva. X,9,1- ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS. 335 9.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
11. Now Maha-pag4pati the Getamt went to the Blessed One [&c., as before], and said: ‘ May the Blessed One preach to me the Dhamma (truth, doctrine) in abstract; so that, having heard the doctrine of the Blessed One, I may remain alone and separate, earnest, zealous, and resolved!.’ ‘Of whatsoever doctrines thou shalt be conscious, Gotami, that they conduce to passion and not to peace, to pride and not to veneration, to wishing for much and not to wishing for little, to love of society and not to seclusion, to sloth and not to the exercise of zeal, to being hard to satisfy and not to content ? —verily mayest thou then, Gotamt, bear in mind 1 These last words are the standing expression for the preparatory stage to Arahatship. Compare Mahavagga I, 6, 16; Mahaparinibbéna Sutta V, 68. The whole speech frequently occurs in the Samyutta Nikaya at the. commencement of conversations with the Buddha. ® Most of these terms have already occurred in the standing ‘religious discourse’ which is related to have preceded the enunciation of so many of the rules for Bhikkhus (Xullavagga I, 2, 3). 330 KULLAVAGGA. X, 6, 1. that that is not Dhamma, that that is not Vinaya, that that is not the teaching of the Master. But of whatsoever doctrines thou shalt be conscious, Gotamt, that they conduce to peace and not to passion, to veneration and not to pride, to wishing for little and not to wishing for much, to seclusion and not to love of society, to the exercise of zeal and not to sloth, to content and not to querulousness—verily mayest thou then bear in mind that that is Dhamma, and that is Vinaya, and that the teaching of the Master,’ 6. 1. Nowat that time the Patimokkha was not recited to the Bhikkhunts. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow the Patimokkha, O Bhikkhus, to be recited to the Bhikkhunts.’ Now it occurred to the Bhikkhunts: ‘By whom should the PAatimokkha be recited to the Bhikkhunts ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘Tallow, O Bhikkhus, the Patimokkha to be recited to Bhikkhunts by Bhikkhus.’ Now at that time Bhikkhus went to the residence of the Bhikkhunts and recited the Patimokkha to the Bhikkhunts there. The people murmured, and were indignant, saying: ‘There are their wives, there are their mistresses; now will they take pleasure together.’ The Bhikkhus heard this, and told the matter to the Blessed One. ‘Bhikkhus are not, O Bhikkhus, to recite. the X, 6, 2. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHuUN{S. 331 Patimokkha to the Bhikkhunts at their residence. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka‘Za. I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to recite the PAtimokkha to the Bhikkhunts.’ The Bhikkhunts did not know how to recite the Patimokkha. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhunts how to recite the Patimokkha.’ 2. Now at that time the Bhikkhunts did not confess the faults (they had committed). They told this matter to the Blessed One.
2They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhunts how to recite the Patimokkha.’ 2. Now at that time the Bhikkhunts did not confess the faults (they had committed). They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘A Bhikkhunt, O Bhikkhus, is not to leave a fault unconfessed. . Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaéa,’ The Bhikkhunts did not know how to confess their faults. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhunts how they should confess their faults.’ Then it occurred to the Bhikkhus: ‘By whom ought the confession of a fault to be received from the Bhikkhunts?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to receive the confession of a fault from Bhikkhunts.’ Now at that time Bhikkhunts, on seeing a Bhikkhu on the road, or in a street closed at one end, or at the place where four cross-roads met, would place their bowl on the ground, and arranging their robes over one shoulder, would crouch down on their heels, and stretch forth their joined hands, and confess a fault. The people murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: ‘ There are their wives, there are their mistresses; they are asking 332 KULLAVAGGA. X, 6, 3- pardon now after having treated. them scornfully overnight.’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘Bhikkhus are not, O Bhikkhus, to receive the confessions of a fault from Bhikkhunts. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaZa. I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to receive the confession of a fault from Bhikkhunts,’ The Bhikkhunits did not know how to receive the confession of a fault. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘T allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell Bhikkhunts how to receive the confession of a fault.’ 3. Now at that time disciplinary proceedings (Kammas) were not carried out against Bhikkhunts. They told that matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow disciplinary proceedings, O Bhikkhus, to be carried out against Bhikkhunts.’ Then the Bhikkhus thought: ‘By whom ought disciplinary proceedings to be carried out against Bhikkhunts ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to carry out disciplinary proceedings against Bhikkhunts.’ Now at that time Bhikkhunts who had been subjected to disciplinary proceedings, on seeing a Bhikkhu on the road, or in a street closed at one end, or at the place where four cross-roads met, would place their bowls on the ground, and arranging their robes over one shoulder, would crouch down on their heels, and stretching out their joined palms would ask for pardon, thinking that that was the proper time for doing so. The people murmured [&c., as before]. X,7,1. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS. 333 They told this matter to the Blessed One.
3The people murmured [&c., as before]. X,7,1. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS. 333 They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘Bhikkhus are not, O Bhikkhus, to carry out disciplinary proceedings against the Bhikkhunts. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka/a.’ I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to carry out disciplinary proceedings against Bhikkhunts. ’- The Bhikkhunts did not know how to carry out the disciplinary proceedings. They told this matter to the Blessed One. “I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to tell the Bhikkhuntfs how to carry out disciplinary proceedings.’ 7. 1. Nowat that time Bhikkhunts in Samgha assembled, having fallen into quarrel, strife, and dispute, got to blows, and were unable to settle the point at issue. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to settle for Bhikkhunts a point at issue.’ Now at that time Bhikkhus were settling for Bhikkhunts a point at issue, and as the point at issue was being enquired into, it was found that both Bhikkhunts competent to take part in an official act}, and Bhikkhunts who had been guilty of an offence (had taken part in the Samgha during the official act (the Kamma) at which the point in issue arose). The Bhikkhunts said: ‘It would be well if you, Sirs, would carry out disciplinary proceedings against the guilty Bhikkhunts, or absolve their offence: for 1 Kammappatt&; on which see Parivara XIX, 6, 7. 334 KULLAVAGGA. X, 8,1. thus has it been laid down by the Blessed One: “ Bhikkhus are to settle for the Bhikkhunts a point at issue.”’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to set on foot! an official act for Bhikkhunis, and then to give it in charge for Bhikkhunts to carry out the official act against Bhikkhunis. And I allow Bhikkhus to set on foot the (dealing with an) offence for Bhikkhuntis, and then to give it in charge for Bhikkhuntis to accept the confession thereof.’ 8 1. Now at that time a Bhikkhuni, a pupil of the Bhikkhunt Uppalavazz, followed the Blessed One | for seven years, learning the Vinaya ; but she, being forgetful, lost it as fast as she received it. And that Bhikkhuni heard that the Blessed One was about to go to Savatthi. Then she thought: ‘For seven years have I| followed the Blessed One, learning the Vinaya ; and, being forgetful, I have lost it as fast as I received it. Hard is it for a woman to follow the Blessed One her life long. What now shall I do?’ And that Bhikkhuni told this matter to the Bhik- . khunts, and they told it to the Bhikkhus, and the Bhikkhus told it to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, to teach the Vinaya to Bhikkhunts.’ Here ends the First Portion for Recitation. * Ropetum, on which Buddhaghosa says: Tagganiyadisu imam nama kammam etiss4 kAtabban ti evam ropetva. X,9,1- ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNIS. 335 9.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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