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1‘ As set out in Xullavagga I, 1; Mahavagga I, 35, 6. 5 The ordinary rule, no doubt, required, as in the case of Bhik- X, 22,3. ON THE DUTIFS OF BHIKKHuN'Ss. 361 2. They conferred it by (sending) a Bhikkhu as the messenger. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘You are not, O Bhikkhus, to confer the upasampada initiation on a Bhikkhunt by sending a Bhikkhu as messenger. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka/a.’ They conferred it by sending a female student weeee a male novice .....a female novice .....an ignorant, incompetent Bhikkhunt, as the messenger. [Similar decision in each case.]} ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to confer the upasampada initiation by sending a learned, competent Bhikkhunt as a messenger.’ 3. ‘That Bhikkhunt messenger is to go before the Samgha, and arranging her robe over one shoulder, is to bow down before the Samgha, and sitting on her heels, to stretch forth her joined palms, and say: “N.N., having been desirous of receiving the upasampada initiation with the lady, M. M. (as her proposer), has received it on the one hand from the Bhikkhunt-samgha, and has there been declared free (from the Disqualifications '). But she is prevented by some danger or other from coming before the Samgha (to have her initiation confirmed) * N.N. asks the Samgha for initiation. Let the Samgha raise her up (out of the worldly life) out of compassion upon her.’ [To be said thrice.] khus, a Samgha of not less than ten persons (Mah4vagga I, 31, 2, and IX, 4, 1), each of ten years standing or more (Mahfvagga I, 31, 8). But even for Bhikkhus there were, under special circumstances, certain relaxations of this rule (Mah4vagga V, 13, 11), 1 See above, X, 17, 1, for the twenty-four Disqualifications, 2 Compare above, X, 1, 4, and X, 17. 362 KULLAVAGGA. X, 23. ‘Then let a learned, competent. Bhikkhu lay the motion before the Samgha. ‘“ Let the Samgha, venerable Sirs, hear me. N.N., having been desirous tee [statement of fact, as before} If it seem meet to the Samgha, let the Samgha confer the upasampada initiation upon N. N., M. M. being her proposer. That is the motion. ‘“Let the Samgha, venerable Sirs, hear me. N.N...... [statement of fact, as before] The Samgha hereby confers the upasam pad initiation upon N.N., M.M. being her proposer. Whosoever of the venerable ones approves thereof, let him keep silence. Whosoever approves not thereof, let him speak. And a second time I say the same thing. N.N,..... (&c., down to) let him speak. And a third time I say the same thing. N.N.,..... (&c., down to) let him speak. ‘“The Samgha has hereby conferred the upasampada initiation upon N. N., M. M. being her proposer. The Samgha approves thereof. Therefore is it silent. Thus do I understand.”’
2N.N,..... (&c., down to) let him speak. And a third time I say the same thing. N.N.,..... (&c., down to) let him speak. ‘“The Samgha has hereby conferred the upasampada initiation upon N. N., M. M. being her proposer. The Samgha approves thereof. Therefore is it silent. Thus do I understand.”’ ‘Then, further, let them (the Bhikkhus) measure the shadow, tell (the messenger that she may tell the newly-received Bhikkhuni) what season and what date it is, tell her what part of the day it is, tell her the whole formula ; and tell the Bhikkhunts to teach her what are the three things allowed, and what are the eight things interdicted 1.’ 23, Now at that time Bhikkhunts dwelt in the forest, and men of abandoned life violated them. 1 See above, X, 17, 8. X, 24,1. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNfS. 363 They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘A Bhikkhunt is not, O Bhikkhus, to adopt the forest life. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukKaéa}! 24, 1. Now at that time a certain lay disciple had given to the Bhikkhuni-samgha a servant's lodge? (to live in). They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘TI allow, O Bhikkhus, the use of a stable.’ It did not satisfy (their wants)*. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow, O Bhikkhus, a separate residence for Bhikkhunis,’ | That did not satisfy their wants. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘T allow, O Bhikkhus, ‘building operations* (to be carried on for the benefit of Bhikkhunts).’ } Compare Mahdvagga I, 30, 4, and I, 77, and our note above on X, 17, 8. * This word has already occurred, in a list of various buildings, at Mahdavagga III, 5, 9, where we have rendered it stable. Buddhaghosa says here uddositan (MS. udosita) ti bhazda-s4la, and as at Mahavagga I, 61, assa-bhamd4 and hatthi-bhazda are evidently grooms attending on horses or elephants (compare Gitaka I, 62, 3), bhazda-s4l4 may mean a servant’s hall for the use of that particular class of servants. A lawsuit about an uddosita forms the Introductory Story to the rst Bhikkhunt Samgh4disesa, but the passage throws no light on the special meaning of the term. See also the Sutta-vibhanga on Nissaggiya II, 3, 5, and Khudda Sikkha III, 19. The Sanskrit equivalent might perhaps be udavasita, if the reading of the Samanta Pasadik4 had any traditional value ; but the dd is not doubtful in the MSS. of the text at any of the passages quoted. Assa-sala is the word for stable at Gataka I, 62, 3. * Na sammati. See the note on V, 13, 3. * Navakammam. See the note above at V, 13, 3. 364 KULLAVAGGA. X, 28, 1. That did not satisfy their wants. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to assign cer- tain places to live in to individual members of the Order?’ 25.
3See the note on V, 13, 3. * Navakammam. See the note above at V, 13, 3. 364 KULLAVAGGA. X, 28, 1. That did not satisfy their wants. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to assign cer- tain places to live in to individual members of the Order?’ 25. 1. Now at that time a certain woman who had already conceived, but did not know it, was received into the Order among the Bhikkhunis. Afterwards her womb moved within her?, Then that Bhikkhunt thought: ‘How shall I now conduct myself towards this child ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow her, O Bhikkhus, to bring it up till it have attained to years of discretion *,’ Then the Bhikkhunt thought: ‘It is not permissible for me to live alone, nor for any other Bhikkhuni to live with a male child. What course ought I to pursue ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow the Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to depute any one Bhikkhuni, and give her as a companion to that (first-mentioned) Bhikkhunt.’ + Puggalikam k4tum. See the note above on X, 15, 1. * There is a touching story founded on a similar incident which is given as the Introductory Story to No. 12 of the Gatakas, translated in Rh. D.’s ‘Buddhist Birth Stories,’ pp. 199-205. By the 61st Bhikkhuni P&éittiya it is lawful or unlawful to initiate a pregnant woman according as she is unconscious or conscious of the fact of her conception. * Vitinutam pApuxz4ti. That is, no doubt, to puberty. Compare the opening phrases of the Introductory Story referred to in the last note (Gataka I, 231) and also G&taka III, 437. X, 25,3. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUN{S. 365 ‘And thus, O Bhikkhus, is she to be appointed : First that Bhikkhunf ought to be asked (whether she be willing to undertake the duty). After she has been asked, a learned and competent Bhikkhunt ought to lay the motion before the Samgha, saying : ‘“Let the Samgha, venerable Ladies, hear me. If it seem meet to the Samgha, let the Samgha depute N.N. as a companion to M.M, That is the motion. ‘“Let the Samgha, the Kammavaéa.] 2. Then that companion Bhikkhunt thought: ‘Now how should I conduct myself towards this child ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I prescribe that the Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, conduct themselves towards that child precisely as they would towards other men, save only as regards the sleeping under the same roof?.’ 3. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhunt, who had been guilty of a grievous offence, was living subject to the MAnatta penance*. Then that Bhikkhunt thought: ‘It is not permissible for me to live alone, and it is not permissible for any other Bhikkhunt to live with me. What now ought I to do?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow the Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to depute any one Bhikkhunf, and to give her as a companion to that Bhikkhuni. And thus, O Bhikkhus, ought nn? [&c., as usual, to the end of
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.
1‘ As set out in Xullavagga I, 1; Mahavagga I, 35, 6. 5 The ordinary rule, no doubt, required, as in the case of Bhik- X, 22,3. ON THE DUTIFS OF BHIKKHuN'Ss. 361 2. They conferred it by (sending) a Bhikkhu as the messenger. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘You are not, O Bhikkhus, to confer the upasampada initiation on a Bhikkhunt by sending a Bhikkhu as messenger. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka/a.’ They conferred it by sending a female student weeee a male novice .....a female novice .....an ignorant, incompetent Bhikkhunt, as the messenger. [Similar decision in each case.]} ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to confer the upasampada initiation by sending a learned, competent Bhikkhunt as a messenger.’ 3. ‘That Bhikkhunt messenger is to go before the Samgha, and arranging her robe over one shoulder, is to bow down before the Samgha, and sitting on her heels, to stretch forth her joined palms, and say: “N.N., having been desirous of receiving the upasampada initiation with the lady, M. M. (as her proposer), has received it on the one hand from the Bhikkhunt-samgha, and has there been declared free (from the Disqualifications '). But she is prevented by some danger or other from coming before the Samgha (to have her initiation confirmed) * N.N. asks the Samgha for initiation. Let the Samgha raise her up (out of the worldly life) out of compassion upon her.’ [To be said thrice.] khus, a Samgha of not less than ten persons (Mah4vagga I, 31, 2, and IX, 4, 1), each of ten years standing or more (Mahfvagga I, 31, 8). But even for Bhikkhus there were, under special circumstances, certain relaxations of this rule (Mah4vagga V, 13, 11), 1 See above, X, 17, 1, for the twenty-four Disqualifications, 2 Compare above, X, 1, 4, and X, 17. 362 KULLAVAGGA. X, 23. ‘Then let a learned, competent. Bhikkhu lay the motion before the Samgha. ‘“ Let the Samgha, venerable Sirs, hear me. N.N., having been desirous tee [statement of fact, as before} If it seem meet to the Samgha, let the Samgha confer the upasampada initiation upon N. N., M. M. being her proposer. That is the motion. ‘“Let the Samgha, venerable Sirs, hear me. N.N...... [statement of fact, as before] The Samgha hereby confers the upasam pad initiation upon N.N., M.M. being her proposer. Whosoever of the venerable ones approves thereof, let him keep silence. Whosoever approves not thereof, let him speak. And a second time I say the same thing. N.N,..... (&c., down to) let him speak. And a third time I say the same thing. N.N.,..... (&c., down to) let him speak. ‘“The Samgha has hereby conferred the upasampada initiation upon N. N., M. M. being her proposer. The Samgha approves thereof. Therefore is it silent. Thus do I understand.”’
2N.N,..... (&c., down to) let him speak. And a third time I say the same thing. N.N.,..... (&c., down to) let him speak. ‘“The Samgha has hereby conferred the upasampada initiation upon N. N., M. M. being her proposer. The Samgha approves thereof. Therefore is it silent. Thus do I understand.”’ ‘Then, further, let them (the Bhikkhus) measure the shadow, tell (the messenger that she may tell the newly-received Bhikkhuni) what season and what date it is, tell her what part of the day it is, tell her the whole formula ; and tell the Bhikkhunts to teach her what are the three things allowed, and what are the eight things interdicted 1.’ 23, Now at that time Bhikkhunts dwelt in the forest, and men of abandoned life violated them. 1 See above, X, 17, 8. X, 24,1. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUNfS. 363 They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘A Bhikkhunt is not, O Bhikkhus, to adopt the forest life. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukKaéa}! 24, 1. Now at that time a certain lay disciple had given to the Bhikkhuni-samgha a servant's lodge? (to live in). They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘TI allow, O Bhikkhus, the use of a stable.’ It did not satisfy (their wants)*. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow, O Bhikkhus, a separate residence for Bhikkhunis,’ | That did not satisfy their wants. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘T allow, O Bhikkhus, ‘building operations* (to be carried on for the benefit of Bhikkhunts).’ } Compare Mahdvagga I, 30, 4, and I, 77, and our note above on X, 17, 8. * This word has already occurred, in a list of various buildings, at Mahdavagga III, 5, 9, where we have rendered it stable. Buddhaghosa says here uddositan (MS. udosita) ti bhazda-s4la, and as at Mahavagga I, 61, assa-bhamd4 and hatthi-bhazda are evidently grooms attending on horses or elephants (compare Gitaka I, 62, 3), bhazda-s4l4 may mean a servant’s hall for the use of that particular class of servants. A lawsuit about an uddosita forms the Introductory Story to the rst Bhikkhunt Samgh4disesa, but the passage throws no light on the special meaning of the term. See also the Sutta-vibhanga on Nissaggiya II, 3, 5, and Khudda Sikkha III, 19. The Sanskrit equivalent might perhaps be udavasita, if the reading of the Samanta Pasadik4 had any traditional value ; but the dd is not doubtful in the MSS. of the text at any of the passages quoted. Assa-sala is the word for stable at Gataka I, 62, 3. * Na sammati. See the note on V, 13, 3. * Navakammam. See the note above at V, 13, 3. 364 KULLAVAGGA. X, 28, 1. That did not satisfy their wants. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to assign cer- tain places to live in to individual members of the Order?’ 25.
3See the note on V, 13, 3. * Navakammam. See the note above at V, 13, 3. 364 KULLAVAGGA. X, 28, 1. That did not satisfy their wants. They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to assign cer- tain places to live in to individual members of the Order?’ 25. 1. Now at that time a certain woman who had already conceived, but did not know it, was received into the Order among the Bhikkhunis. Afterwards her womb moved within her?, Then that Bhikkhunt thought: ‘How shall I now conduct myself towards this child ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow her, O Bhikkhus, to bring it up till it have attained to years of discretion *,’ Then the Bhikkhunt thought: ‘It is not permissible for me to live alone, nor for any other Bhikkhuni to live with a male child. What course ought I to pursue ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow the Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to depute any one Bhikkhuni, and give her as a companion to that (first-mentioned) Bhikkhunt.’ + Puggalikam k4tum. See the note above on X, 15, 1. * There is a touching story founded on a similar incident which is given as the Introductory Story to No. 12 of the Gatakas, translated in Rh. D.’s ‘Buddhist Birth Stories,’ pp. 199-205. By the 61st Bhikkhuni P&éittiya it is lawful or unlawful to initiate a pregnant woman according as she is unconscious or conscious of the fact of her conception. * Vitinutam pApuxz4ti. That is, no doubt, to puberty. Compare the opening phrases of the Introductory Story referred to in the last note (Gataka I, 231) and also G&taka III, 437. X, 25,3. ON THE DUTIES OF BHIKKHUN{S. 365 ‘And thus, O Bhikkhus, is she to be appointed : First that Bhikkhunf ought to be asked (whether she be willing to undertake the duty). After she has been asked, a learned and competent Bhikkhunt ought to lay the motion before the Samgha, saying : ‘“Let the Samgha, venerable Ladies, hear me. If it seem meet to the Samgha, let the Samgha depute N.N. as a companion to M.M, That is the motion. ‘“Let the Samgha, the Kammavaéa.] 2. Then that companion Bhikkhunt thought: ‘Now how should I conduct myself towards this child ?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I prescribe that the Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, conduct themselves towards that child precisely as they would towards other men, save only as regards the sleeping under the same roof?.’ 3. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhunt, who had been guilty of a grievous offence, was living subject to the MAnatta penance*. Then that Bhikkhunt thought: ‘It is not permissible for me to live alone, and it is not permissible for any other Bhikkhunt to live with me. What now ought I to do?’ They told this matter to the Blessed One. ‘I allow the Bhikkhunts, O Bhikkhus, to depute any one Bhikkhunf, and to give her as a companion to that Bhikkhuni. And thus, O Bhikkhus, ought nn? [&c., as usual, to the end of
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