If by the third time, he again refuses to obey, he should be brought before the sagha and be again pronounced thrice consecutively the discourse of expulsion. A comprehensive modern commentary to the 227 Patimokkha rules for Theravada monks. Not to ask for a good quality robe from two dyakas who are saving money to offer one each. Note: This rule corresponds to the sixth of the ten precepts. "bhuppaclaka antaraghare nisdissmti sikkh karay.". The way to give up a robe nissaggiya 2. If a bhikkhu moves to go and watch voluntarily an army exhibiting the "4 warring characteristics", if he is not forced to, if he goes to watch such an army leaving the town or village to go to combat or returning from combat , he commits a pcittiya. If he lies down at an upper floor of the building, and the woman is at the ground floor and this floor does not communicate with the upper floors, he does not commit a fault. "yo pana bhikkhu mtugmena saddhi raho paicchanne sane nisajja kappeyya, pcittia.". Among the 227 rules that Buddhist monks in Thailand must follow, however, is the requirement that they cease drinking alcohol or becoming intoxicated by any means. Note: These types of carpets are hardly used nowadays. It is also allowed to accept one during this period if someone spontaneously offers one or if the old one is lost or no longer in a good shape. A bhikkhu who digs or causes some "false earth" to be dug by someone else, does not commit any fault, whereas by digging or by causing some "real earth" to be dug by someone else, he commits the pcittiya 10. The Mahyna tradition in China and Japan more generally rejected those rules that were not applicable locally and substituted disciplinary codes that differed from sect to sect and sometimes even from monastery to monastery. In the same way, by touching a woman who is a relative, his mother or sister for instance, even with a mind rid of lust, he commits a fault but not the saghdisesa. Foods such as cow milk, soya milk, coffee or chocolate drinks, are forbidden at afternoon time. By ordering someone to murder someone else, by encouraging a woman to abort - and she follows this advise, by giving contraception to a pregnant woman who uses it successfully, or by requesting someone to murder an agonising person (even with the simple thought of relieving the suffering of the patient) and actually causing that person's death, in each of these cases, a bhikkhu commits prjika 3. "bhikkhu paneva uddissa atako gahapati v gahapatn v tantavyehi cvara vypeyya, tatra ceso bhikkhu pubbe appavrito tantavye upasaamitv cvare viappa pajjeyya "ida kho vuso cvara ma uddissa viyyati, yataca karotha vitthataca appitaca suvtaca suppavyitaca suvilekhitaca suvitacchitaca karothi, appeva nma mayampi yasmantna kicimatta anupadajjeyym" ti. If a bhikkhu, having invited another bhikkhu to join him in the alms round and then, in the course of the round, dismisses him with no good reason, by leaving him or not a bit of food, or by telling him that it is not convenient that they do the round together, or that it is more convenient to follow his own route alone, he commits a pcittiya. Not to plan a trip with a bhikkhun. "na vehitassa agilnassa dhamma desessmti sikkh karay.". To speak only in a low voice when sitting in inhabited areas. Not to build a housing exceeding 2.70 metres by 1.60 metres (2.95 yards by 1.74 yards), without the agreement of the sagha, and doing harm to living beings, or not providing enough space to turn around it. It also served as a serviette during meals, by turning a border over the legs, for protection against accidental food spillage. 8) To have achieved a seniority of at least twenty vassas. However, you are not expected to memorize these rules. Not to unite couples. If a bhikkhu spends more than three nights under the same roof but not between the same walls as a layman (that is to say in another room), he commits a dukkaa but not a pcittiya. A bhikkhu who consumes food after - solar - noon commits a pcittiya. "na surusurukraka bhujissmti sikkh karay.". In Theravada Buddhism, the Pimokkha is the basic code of monastic discipline, consisting of 227 rules for fully ordained monks (bhikkhus) and 311 for nuns (bhikkhus). By giving products that are not foodstuffs to those persons (oil / ointments to be applied on the skin, soap, etc. To make sure that the atirita procedure is valid, seven factors should come into being: "I have finished eating this food" or "I have had enough". Not to lie down in a building in which there is a woman. This latter will probably give an invitation to eat with him. In measuring the height of the bed or chair, the thickness of the wood is not taken into account. ), or asks another person to light, maintain or rekindle a fire, he commits the pcittiya 56. If he gives belongings or medical treatments all over the town, he must be expelled from this town. "ida me bhante cvara rattivippavuttha aatra bhikkhusammutiy nissaggiya, mha yasmato nissajjmi. This cloth could be used applied on a sore located only in the area between the navel and the knees. "na harite agilno uccra v passva v khea v karissmti sikkh karay.". ), he commits a pcittiya. It is contained in the Suttavibhaga, a division of the Vinaya Piaka . "naheva kho pana paicchanna sana hoti, nlakammaniya, alaca kho hoti mtugma duhullhi vchi obhsitu, yo pana bhikkhu tathrpe sane mtugmena saddhi eko ekya raho raho nisajja kappeyya, tamena saddheyyavacas upsik disv dvinna dhammna aatarena vadeyya saghdisesena v pcittiyena v, nisajja bhikkhu paijnamno dvinna dhammna atarena kretabbo saghdisesena v pcittiyena v, yena v s saddheyyavacas upsik vadeyya, tena so bhikkhu kretabbo, ayapi dhammo aniyato.". If, in the case of an irregular issue (treated in contravention with the vinaya), in the case of a health problem or any other reason of this type, a bhikkhu leaves a meeting of the sagha before a decision is taken, whether he has given his chanda or not, he does not commit an offence. If a bhikkhu causes one of these persons to get a robe woven by a weaver, he commits the nissaggiya 26. If a bhikkhu who needs sheep wool has no one to carry it for him on a distance exceeding the one corresponding to three walking days, this wool must be abandoned and it entails a pcittiya. It is advisable not to accept more food than up to the rim of the bowl so as to avoid any spillage (the food must not bulge over the bowl). In recent years more and more Westerners have come into contact with Theravada Buddhist monks, and many have become curious about the rules governing the monks' life. and he receives a new name. A bhikkhu who eats something that has accidentally fallen into the mouth does not commit any fault. If with a lustful state of mind, a bhikkhu utters some ill-mannered speech regarding copulation or sodomy, it entails a meeting of the sagha. Not to expel a bhikkhu from a lodging belonging to the sagha. However, there are three classes of bhikkhus to whom a bhikkhu can under no pretence make that request: "yo pana bhikkhu bhikkhu kupito anattamano saghik vihr nikkaeyya v nikkapeyya v, pcittiya.". Finally, those fully dedicated to the practice, in particular ordained monks, follow the 227 rules of the Vinaya, declared and explained by the Buddha, which serve as guidelines for monastic discipline and practice. "sakkacca piapta paiggahessmti sikkh karay.". By ignoring the rules of the ptimokkha, a bhikkhu could easily be lead to commit a very large number of offences. It is then considered an incorrect way to invite the bhikkhus. The original Ptimokkha was a collection of aphorisms summarising the Buddha's teachings but gradually this evolved into a code of behaviour; with 227 rules for monks and an extra 84 rules for nuns. In giving him the reasons that cause obstacles to attainments or to favourable rebirths, they must tell him that this is what Buddha taught. If he stays two nights, spending the following night outside the military camp, and returns to spend two more nights within this camp or in another, he does not commit a fault. After having relinquished the robe, it is necessary to purge the pcittiya caused by the nissaggiya by means of desan. As has been described, if a bhikkhu makes someone understand that he no longer wishes to be served, that he has enough, whether by means of a bodily gesture, speech or both at once, he performs a pavrito. If a bhikkhu causes wool to be washed, dyed or carded by a bhikkhun who is not a relative of his, he must abandon this wool and it entails a pcittiya. If a bhikkhu accepts or receives in one way or another, gold or money, it must immediately be relinquished and it entails a pcittiya. If the fruit is cut before announcing that it is authorised, it is suggested to renotch it after this announcement. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. In this case, a bhikkhu cannot accept such a food if a layman, or a smaera, on his own proposes it to him, without having had to ask for it, even if it concerns a person who would have requested him to ask for it. If, knowing that there are insects or other worms in some water (living things that usually live in the water), a bhikkhu himself pours this water on the grass or on the ground, or causes someone else to pour it, he commits a pcittiya. "ntimahanta kabaa karissmti sikkh karay.". If a bhikkhu obtains a "bandage robe" exceeding these measurements, he must cut the cloth in excess, and he commits a pcittiya. 7) that which Buddha has not repeated has been repeated; Before making any signs with the hands, a bhikkhu must carefully pick any food stuck to the hands so that it falls in his bowl (or plate) and not around it. 16) that which is not an exception of a fault is one; Period starting from dawn to the following dawn, during which all the "authorised drinks" (see below) can be accepted and consumed. "yo pana bhikkhu bhikkhussa kupito anattamano pahra dadeyya, pcittiya.". If there are holes where food can be stuck in, they must be sealed with graphite or resin. The construction should not be done in an area where it is likely to harm insects - or other living beings. The bathrobe nissaggiya must be relinquished to the sagha, or to a group of bhikkhus, or to a single bhikkhu. Not to look at someone else's bowl with jealousy. "yo pana bhikkhu agilno visibbanpekkho joti samdaheyya v samdahpeyya v atra tathrpappaccay, pcittiya.". If, in a monastery belonging to the sagha, a bhikkhu sits or lies down on a place situated against another bhikkhu's spot in such a way that, by feeling uneasy owing to the lack of space, the latter leaves the place, he commits a pcittiya. View images of the entire manuscripts via our Digitised Manuscripts . Not to remain near the place where a man and his companion lie when these are in the house. Not to teach the dhamma to someone who is wearing shoes (unless he is ill). Not to take and eat food placed at the top of a heap of food, or flatten down a heap of food. The added rules for nuns were for the protection of the nuns and for some of the biological differences. "yo pana bhikkhu bhikkhunna bhaanajtna kalahajtna vivdpannna upassuti tiheyya "yaime bhaissanti, ta sossm" ti etadeva paccaya karitv anaa, pcittiya.". 311 bhikkhuni precepts. Not to kill animals. In this rule also, food that has not been offered by the owner (or by a person who is in charge to do so) is called: "adinna". "yo pana bhikkhu anvaddhamsa ptimokkhe uddissamne eva vadeyya "idneva kho aha jnmi, ayampi kira dhammo suttgato suttapariypanno anvaddhamsa uddesa gacchat" ti. ", A bhikkhu who spends a night until dawn without one of his three robes can re-determine it. For example, if a bhikkhu sleeps lying down in a room where there are several women who are all standing or seated without the head resting on the floor, he does not commit this pcittiya. In this case, the verb "to eat" is not impolite at all while dealing with the laity. "yo pana bhikkhu bikkhna sikkhsjva sampanno sikkha appaccakkhaya dubbalya anvikatv methuna dhamma paiseveyya, antamaso tiracchna gatyapi, prjiko hoti asavso.". A bhikkhu must not deliberately cherish his sex with the hand, neither doing so by using an instrument, nor making it move in the air. "yo pana bhikkhu nnappakraka rpiyasavohra sampajjeyya, nissaggiya pcittiya.". A bhikkhu is found alone with a woman in a place remote from others' sight, where a sexual intercourse is possible (in a place hidden behind a wall, curtains, etc.). The vinaya applies this rule in the same way regarding offerings of other kinds such as exercise books, food, medicine, lodging, etc. Remarks: Nowadays, this type of robe is no longer used. Not to teach the dhamma to someone holding a cutting object (unless he is ill). It came to be the practice that groups of monks would stay somewhere together and form a temporary community. srambe ce bhikkhusmi aparikkamane mahallamane mahallaka vihra kreyya bhikkh v anabhineyya vatthudesanya, saghdiseso.". If at the end of this reading, this bhikkhu does not give a convenient reply to the original question or remains silent, he commits the pcittiya 12. On the other hand, a bhikkhu who makes such a declaration, while knowing it to be false, commits the prjika 4. Not to frighten a bhikkhu. If, with knowledge of cause, a bhikkhu does one of the following with (or for) a bhikkhu placed outside the community for refusing to reject erroneous views, he commits a pcittiya: "samauddeso pi ce eva vadeyya "tathha bhagavat dhamma desita jnmi, yath ye me antaryik dhamm vutt bhagavat, te paisevato nla antaryy" ti, so samauddeso bhikkhhi eva massavacanyo "mvuso samauddesa eva avaca, m bhagavanta abbhcikkhi, na hi sdhu bhagavato abbhakkhna, na hi bhagav eva vadeyya, anekapariyyen vuso samauddesa antaryik dhamm antaryik vutt bhagavat, alaca pana te paisevato antaryy" ti. Not to have sexual intercourse. To do so, one asks him if he does not want to finish his meal. If a bhikkhu presents himself with his bowl in front of the dwelling of such people who hardly have the means to attend to their own needs , without having been invited by them, and without being ill, and accepts with his own hands the food offered by them and eats it, he commits a pidesanya. During the kathina, if a bhikkhu living in a forest monastery fears a danger, he can leave one of his robes in a village for a period of six nights (at the most). Not to put the hand in the mouth, not even a finger. The 10 forbidden meats are listed as follows: human flesh, dog, horse, elephant, leopard, tiger, lion, bear, hyena and snake. A bhikkhu must not pour on the ground any water containing beings that live in it. It is possible, if so chosen, to make one or more marks side by side. If during the daily round the curry offered risks exceeding this proportion, it must not be accepted. If, without any foundation when he has not seen or heard anything , a bhikkhu makes an defamatory act towards another bhikkhu, accusing him of having committed a saghdisesa, he commits a pcittiya. Settling a conflict by covering the act with grass. In fact, none of the existing solid foods. so ce dto ta veyyavaccakara sapetv ta bhikkhu upasakamitv eva vadeyya "ya kho bhante yasm veyyvaccakara niddisi, saatto so may, upasakamatuyasm klena, cvarena ta acchdessat. Not to have an ill-mannered conversation with a woman. "upavassa kho pana kattikapuama yni kho pana tni raakni sensanni skakasammatni sappaibhayni, tathrpesu bhikkhu sensanesu viharanto kakhno tia cvarna aatara cvara antaraghare nikkhipeyya, siy ca tassa bhikkhuno kocideva paccayo tena cvarena vippavsya, chrattaparama tena bhikkhun tena cvarena vippavasitabba.
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227 rules for buddhist monks
