227 rules for buddhist monks

"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. "yo pana bhikkhu jna bhikkhuparipcita piapta bhujeyya aatra pubbe gihisamrambh, pcittiya.". The conflict is settled after a decision taken by majority vote. By giving products that are not foodstuffs to those persons (oil / ointments to be applied on the skin, soap, etc. Not to swing the head when sitting in inhabited areas. If, to get others to believe that a bhikkhu has committed a prjika, a bhikkhu deliberately accuses another person who shows a similarity with the other, it entails a meeting of the sagha. Not to accept more than one ration of curry for every three rations of rice when going to collect food. However, in case the robe is stolen or destroyed, it is permissible to ask for one from anybody. paiggahetv tiyojanaparama sahatth haritabbni asante hrake. 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. PDF Viewer. For easy navigation use the bookmarks feature and the A case where an offering has lost its validity requires to be re-offered before being again used or eaten. Among the bhikkhus who attempt to create a division within the sagha, those who reject their incorrect opinions, who are insane, who are unconscious or who are afflicted by intense physical pain, do not commit the saghdisesa 10. By picking up a useful (but not valuable) object belonging to a relative, in any place, a bhikkhu does not commit a fault. For starters there are 227 rules for male monks (bhikkhus) and 311 rules for female monks (bhikkhunis). According to this rule, by any means whatsoever (lack of space, noise, smoke, etc. (See sekhiya 13). It consists of 227 rules for fully ordained monks and 311 for nuns . which are not proper and that he must abstain from them. The roots fit to give birth to a plant need a kappiya so as to be authorised (ginger, radish, carrots), The uncooked cereals also need a kappiya in order to be authorised (corn, wheat, millet, sunflower). Only a bad bhikkhu does not pay attention to this recitation. There are five types of robes: the lower robe, the upper robe, the double robe, the rains-bath robe and the bandage robe. The bhikkhu who gives erroneous talks, believing them to be right, does not commit any fault. Example of non-authorised drinks: alcoholic drinks - whatever the percentage; milk (considered to belong to the the same category as a solid food, because it is nourishing); juice or the concocted drinks obtained from foods which are eaten in the concerned areas. By changing his position after having performed a pavrito, a bhikkhu who eats the leftovers of a bhikkhu gilna or who eats after having performed atirita, does not commit any fault. Buddha never said monks can't have an iPhone, drive a motorcycle, or eat steak at Sizzler. The Buddha taught that there are certain rules that Buddhists should follow in order to lead a good life. "yo pana bhikkhu sacicca manussaviggaha jvit voropeyya,sattahraka vssa pariyeseyya, maraavaa v savaayya, maraya v samdapeyya, " ambo purisa ki tuyhimin dujjvitena mata te jvit seyyo " ti, iti cittamano cittasikappo anekapariyayena maraavaa v savaayya, maraya v samdapeyya, ayampi prjiko hoti asavso.". A mouthful must not have a volume as larger than a peacock's egg. If a bhikkhu tells another bhikkhu to observe a rule of the vinaya, and the other disappears or hides to keep on breaching this rule, this is a lack of respect towards the dhamma. Not to lie down in a building in which there is a woman. ); hygiene (medicines, soap, etc.) To speak only in a low voice when sitting in inhabited areas. "na daapissa agilnassa dhamma desessmti sikkh karay.". tatthya samayo, gilnasamayo cvaradnasamayo cvarakrasayo addhnagamanasamayo nva, bhi ruhanasamayo mahsamayo samaabhattasamayo, aya tattha samayo.". View images of the entire manuscripts via our Digitised Manuscripts . ), he commits a pcittiya. junctions and In turn, the eldest remits one of his bowls to the second bhikkhu (in rank of seniority) who will remit one to the next and so on. "dashaparama atirekapatto dhretabbo. 3) To have committed the ptimokkha by heart. In order to spare their lives, this water must be poured on a spot where there is water propitious to these beings. "bhikkhuno paneva addhnamaggapai pannassa eakalomni uppajjeyyu, kakhamnena bhikkhun paiggahetabbni. If a bhikkhu destroys or causes someone else to destroy plants that already reached their growing stage or completed their growth, he commits a pcittiya. 14) a serious fault when it is about a minor fault; 1 A bhikkhu must not pour on the ground any water containing beings that live in it. Not to make or have made or use beds or chairs of a height greater than 65 centimetres. and upon leaving, he does not arrange it back suitably, nor causes someone else to arrange it back, or tells anyone who is fit to arrange it back, he commits a pcittiya. If the bhikkhu has not succeeded in getting a robe - after three oral utterances have been made and having stood in silence six times -, it is advisable that he himself goes to the person wishing to offer the robe or sends an emissary to carry his message: "dyaka, the money meant for this robe has been entrusted. It is also advisable to ask for more than two robes from a dyaka who has previously expressed the request to ask him in case it was needed (robes or objects pertaining to the four requisites), and also from his relatives up to the seventh generation (please refer to the list in nissaggiya 4). Having someone else build a hut for you without permission from the sangha, or exceeding 3 x 1.75 meters in size. Once this bowl has been abandoned, the bhikkhu must purify the pcittiya by doing the desan. When in an inhabited area, a bhikkhu must always maintain his torso straight "like a stone statue", remaining still, without swinging his body. Not to give a robe to a bhikkhun. Henceforth, methods of construction being utilised in other countries are not concerned by the pcittiya 19. A bhikkhu commits the pcittiya 5 if he spends more than three nights under the same roof and between the same walls as a person who is not a bhikkhu or with an animal with which it is possible to commit the prjika 1. But, if the dyakas use an incorrect language such as: "Hey! 5) To be appreciated by the sagha of the bhikkhuns. A bhikkhu must not teach the dhamma to a person whose head is entirely covered by a cloth. Once it is agreed that a bhikkhu will eat at a certain place, if he pays visit to another house before commencing the meal or just after having finished it between the end of the meal and noon , from the time he reaches the other house, he commits a pcittiya. tehi bhikkhhi s bhikkhun apatdetabb "apasakka tva bhagini, yva bhikkh bhujant" ti. The "bandage robe" is a cloth used as protection against eruption of substances from all kinds of wounds and abscesses that could dirty the robe. Theravada monks have to follow the 227 Patimokkha rules and the Vinaya Pitaka from the Pali Canon. It is however preferable to offer household objects to the sagha rather than to one or even to several particular bhikkhu. This only concerns the robes being worn, as old robes can be used as a curtain, a carpet, etc. This bowl, I leave it to the sagha.". 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. Discharge of semen or getting someone to discharge your semen, except while dreaming. Similarly, if he kills an animal, whether it is an elephant or a fly, he commits the pcittiya 61. Otherwise, he commits the pcittiya 64. Collection of rules for Buddhist monks | The British Library If the sagha remains united, there could be only heartfelt joy and absence of mutual discord within it. The conflict is settled through a declaration by the sagha, when the accused is found to be insane. "na thupakato omditv piapta bhujassamti sikkh karay.". tatoce uttari apaharite pi hito adhihaheyya, pcittiya.". Not to teach the dhamma to someone who is wearing shoes (unless he is ill). If a container holding food is too heavy like a big cooking pot for only one person to lift, the offering cannot be accepted. The various qualities of earth are also taken into consideration. Not to go to eat at another place after having already been invited somewhere. pcittiya.". Also known as: Ptimokkha-sutta, prtimoka. To dissuade the bhikkhu who has committed a saghdisesa from doing it again, one or several bhikkhus could reach an agreement resulting from a meeting of the sagha, allowing them to openly announce this saghdisesa to the people. This mark must be done in a clearly visible way, in a round, full shape. Whether he knows a rule or not, a bhikkhu is never exonerated from the offences he commits. To close the robe up to the neck and down to the wrists when sitting in inhabited areas. 2) Do not steal. If a bhikkhu gives food to such persons with his own hands, this entails a pcittiya. tato ce uttari vippavaseyya aatra bhikkhu sammutiy, nissaggiya pcittiya.". The Khandhaka also records rules for ordination and some ritual procedures. If a bhikkhu plans encounters between men and women with the intention to unite them or if he plans encounters between prostitutes and people interested in them, it entails a meeting of the sagha. "yo pana bhikkhu ratana v ratanasammata v aatra ajjhrm v ajjvasath v uggaheyya v uggahepeyya v, pcittiya. to offer one or several of the objects posed or hung above, this offering cannot be accepted. In English: "I offer you this robe of vassa." If a bhikkhu lights or revives a fire voluntarily , blows on a lit fire to rekindle it, adds anything to the fire (log, paper, etc. If, with a beneficial intention, a bhikkhu hides to spy on the words of other bhikkhus, telling himself: "I will try to resolve this dispute", he does not commit a fault. If he refuses to abandon his view, he commits a dukkaa. A group of four bhikkhus (or more) address dyakas in that fashion: "Please offer rice to all four (or more).of us. " Not to eat food which has not been offered and given in hands. Patimokkha - Dhamma Wiki If the head is not lying down, a bhikkhu can sleep seated with the head leaning, in the same room as a woman, without committing this pcittiya. Not to destroy plants. Not to teach the dhamma to someone who is inside a vehicle (unless he is ill). 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 a bhikkhu having accepted this food, eats it, he commits a dukkaa at every mouthful. If it is to protect his health in the winter climate, a bhikkhu does not commit a fault by covering his head. The food must not be accepted with an air of disgust. yo pana bhikkhu jna tathnsita samauddesa upalpeyya v sapahpeyya v sambhuceyya v savaseyya v saha v seyya kappeyya, pcittiya.". by saying that he saw a "small fat person stealing a box of sweets", he commits the saghdisesa 9. the cast (the social rank); The simple fact of making a report of hostile talks can create a disagreement. Note: This method of erecting a roof by means of several layers is typically Indian. Not to sew a robe for a bhikkhun. 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. Outside this zone, it is not proper to use a "bandage robe". "tace atako gahapati v gahapatn v bahhi cvarehi abhihahu pavreyya, santaruttaraharama tena bhikkhun tato cvara sditabba, tato ce uttari sdiyeyya, nissaggiya pcittiya.". The nissdana was initially used to protect from eventual involuntary emissions of semen during the night. Also, he cannot cause the earth to be dug by someone else by directly asking him to do so. Not to make a gift originally destined to the sagha to be offered to another person. "yo pana bhikkhu jna sappaka udaka tia v mattika v siceyya v sicpeyya v, pcittiya.". Admittedly, by accusing a bhikkhu who gives a teaching to bhikkhuns with the real aim to receive offerings, not fault is being committed. The bhikkhus who had their robes stolen, or else destroyed in one way or another, can ask for robes from a dyaka who is not a relative of his without exceeding the maximum permitted: However, a bhikkhu who looses the only two robes that he possesses, can ask for two. If a bhikkhu makes himself a rains robe exceeding these measurements, he must cut off the excess cloth and he commits a pcittiya. Vinaya Piaka - Wikipedia Come and binge at my house", it is the improper way. tatthya samayo, satthagamanyo hoti maggo, ssakasammato, sappaibhayo, ayatattha samayo.". If a bhikkhu asks a second bhikkhu to kill a person and the latter kills him or her, both bhikkhus commit prjika 3. A bhikku must observe all of the rules (227 to 250, depending upon the sect) of the monastic code that regulate all details of daily life; bhikkuns observe an even greater number of rules. Mindfulness is . Whether concerning food or not, for certain reasons, the offerings can loose their validity. Note: it is against the rules to lie about anything at all, but #4 is considered the worst of any lies. Not to swing the head when going to inhabited areas. If he does not obey this interdiction, the witnessing bhikkhus must then reiterate this prohibition by giving him a lesson using a specific formula. "yo pana bhikkhu anvaddhamsa ptimokkhe uddissamne eva vadeyya "idneva kho aha jnmi, ayampi kira dhammo suttgato suttapariypanno anvaddhamsa uddesa gacchat" ti. If a bhikkhu admonishes another bhikkhu for not respecting the vinaya, for actions that are not correct, but the other bhikkhu keeps committing his incorrect actions without paying attention to those remarks, this is a lack of respect towards a bhikkhu. If, with an intention of murder, a bhikkhu kills a human being, if he deliberately hands to a person who wants to die, a weapon likely to kill (even by believing sincerely that he is doing a favour) and this person uses it to put an end to his life, or if he expounds to a sick person the advantages of death and under this influence, the sick patient dies by not taking the medicines or food that he needed to save his life, he looses the status as a bhikkhu for life. If it is cracked, some food particles could permeate the holes or the cracks. 4) that which is vinaya is not the vinaya; If the layman is not in the position to come back the next morning or a subsequent one, or if no other layman or smaera is present, the bhikkhu can at least propose to him to leave the food on this very spot, without a bhikkhu taking it in hands. Note: This rule corresponds to the sixth of the ten precepts. While monks' Vinaya rules are recognized as forms of law throughout Asia, there are ongoing debates about the status of Buddhist nuns and their Vinayas in South and Southeast Asia. If a bhikkhu receives from a bhikkhun a clothing material measuring at least these dimensions, under the agreement of an exchange even only with a myrobolan (symbolic, because it is only a valueless small fruit), no fault is being committed by accepting it. "yo pana bhikkhu atikya bhikkhuniy cvara dadeyya aatra privattaka, pcittiya.". Within an inhabited area, a bhikkhu should speak in such a way that a person at six cubits from him around three metres can hear clearly what he says, but in such a way that a person located at twelve cubits from him around six metres cannot hear what he says. "yo pana bhikkhu bhikkhussa jna duhulla patti paicchdeyya, pcittiya.". Once this procedure is being completed, the bhikkhu can then eat again. tato ce uttaripaiggaheyya, pcittiya. Not to remain alone with a woman in an isolated place. If a bhikkhu makes a threatening gesture to protect himself from an impending danger, he does not commit a fault. Copyright 1994, 2007 Thanissaro Bhikkhu Access to Insight edition 2007. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Not to utilise a robe without having applied one or more brown or black marks to it. Not to teach the dhamma to someone holding a weapon (unless he is ill). The thirteen saghdisesas are rules requiring an initial and subsequent meeting of the sangha (communal meetings). If there is only a small amount of food in his mouth, so that he can speak clearly, a bhikkhu does not commit an offence by speaking. Pimokkha - Wikipedia Remark: The ways to settle internal conflicts in the sagha are dealt with in the last category of rules of the ptimokkha (the 7 adhikaraasamatha). The offences called duhulla (serious faults) are the prjika, the saghdisesa and the thullaccaya. 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 does not commit an offence. Fruits' leftovers; the fruits being already touched; the drinks made from leaves. "na nce sane nisditv ucce sane nisinnassa agilnassa dhamma desessmti sikkh karay.". Accepting and eating food from an unrelated bhikku. evaca so samauddeso bhikkhhi vuccamno tatheva paggaheyya, so samauddeso bhikkhhi evamassa vacanyo "ajjataggete vuso samauddesa naceva so bhagav satth apadisitabbo, yampi ca e samauddes labhanti bhikkhhi saddhi dirattatiratta sahaseyya, spi te natthi, cara pire vinass" ti. If the food is placed on small pieces of leaves to be remitted in the hands of a bhikkhu, this offering cannot be accepted. The 227 rules which monks try to live by : r/Buddhism "yo pana bhikkhu nnappakraka rpiyasavohra sampajjeyya, nissaggiya pcittiya.". Introduction The teachings given by Lord Buddha which are preserved and practiced to the present day, are known in the ancient texts as the Dhamma-Vinaya. Not to eat several times food being incorrectly asked for. Do accept no more of them". "ida me bhante cvara dashtikkanta nissaggiya, imha yasmato nissajjmi". Accepting and eating food from a family living in a dangerous location, unless if the monk is sick. Not to exchange things. If the bhikku is innocent, the verdict should be "mindfulness". Only a sick bhikkhus or those in the robes period (search of cloth and sewing) are authorised to eat other food after having been previously invited for a meal. The four parajikas for bhikkus are:[1]. To behave decorously when sitting in inhabited areas. Not to announce to a layman a realisation that has been achieved. rathana v pana bhikkhun ratanasammata v ajjhrme v ajjhsavathe v uggahetv v uggahpetv v nikkhipitabba "yassa bhavissati, so harissat" ti, aya tattha smci.". tato ce uttari bhujeyya, pcittiya.". The category of adhikaraasamatha is slightly different in the sense that these are not, strictly speaking, rules but ways to proceed in order to settle conflicts. This bhikkhu can appoint a kappiya to this emissary only if he is requested to do so or if he already has one. by the sagha causes the pcittiya 13 to be committed by the bhikkhu who slanders him. A bhikkhu who makes or causes someone else to make him a new floor carpet must keep it for six years before getting a new one. Not to teach the dhamma to someone who is wearing sandals (unless he is ill). However, he is authorised to make him indirectly understand, by telling him for example: "I inform you that there is some earth that needs to be moved.". In fact, bhikkhus living outside this region can freely wash, without committing a fault. 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". They are derived from the Eight Precepts by splitting the precept concerning entertainments into two parts and by adding one rule prohibiting the handling of money. It can then get it re-offered to him on the following day. Concerning the portion that one should take from the old floor carpet so as to incorporate it into the new one, if the remaining piece worthy of use measures less than a quarter yard 9 inches 22 centimetres, most of it must be got back. Not to teach the dhamma to someone who is sitting while one is standing (unless he is ill). If he answers that he has had enough, and that he no longer wishes to eat, the bhikkhu who has performed a pavrito can then start to consume it. If a bhikkhu who is not sick, after having eaten a meal offered at an inn that prepares meals for travellers, eats a meal there twice consecutively, he commits a pcittiya. [This article is a continuation of a series of articles on becoming a Thai Buddhist monk.] These precepts and rules remain as pertinent today as they were 2,500 years ago for they restore the Finally, he must determine it before being able to wear it. "na ujjhnasa paresa patta olokessmti sikkh karay.". As an exception, a bhikkhu can accept an extra robe as soon as ten days before the end of the vassa, in case of emergency. If a bhikkhu, during a period exceeding ten days, keeps a bowl, in addition to the one that he determined as his bowl, this extra bowl must be relinquished and it entails a pcittiya. Here are the eighteen ways to attempt to create a division within the sagha: 1) that which is not the dhamma is the dhamma); 2) that which is the dhamma is not the dhamma); If, in a place remote from others' ears, a bhikkhu sits near a being endowed with the two sexes, a female ogre, a female "peta" or a female animal whose size could allow the possibility of intercourse , he commits a dukkaa. After having started to eat, if a bhikkhu who has performed a pavrito - showing that he has finished to eat - keeps on eating elsewhere, he commits a pcittiya. For example: A camomile tea can be drunk in the afternoon because the flower of the camomile cannot be eaten, but a mint tea cannot be drunk at afternoon time because the leaves of the mint are edible. If during these six years he gets another, this new carpet must be given up, he cannot get it back and the bhikkhu commits a pcittiya. Here are the six ways to break the validity of an offering: The passage from the status of bhikkhu to that of bhikkhun, because of a natural change in sex (probability nearly negligible).Abandon, with conscience, with the help of (gestures, speech, etc.) In exceeding this height, a bhikkhu commits the pcittiya 87. Not to enter a town or village after noon without having asked for approval from another bhikkhu. In many countries, it is also standard for novice monks (samanera) to follow the Sekhiyavatta rules in addition to the Ten Precepts. Not to keep an extra bowl more than ten days at a time. "kyappaclaka antaraghare nisdissmti sikkh karay.". "yo pana bhikkhu mtugmena sahaseyya kappeyya, pcittiya.". If, with the intention to ruin the name of another bhikkhu, a bhikkhu groundlessly accuses the former of having committed a prjika, and claims having seen or heard him doing it. The 4 prjikas . The minor rules, which came to number several hundred, they gathered into . Except than for lighting (candle, oil lamp, etc. "ujjagghikya antaraghare nisdissmti sikkh karay.". Patidesaniya are violations which must be verbally acknowledged. Except than in exceptional situations, if a bhikkhu washes his body before half a month has elapsed since his previous washing, he commits a pcittiya. There are two exceptions by which a bhikkhu is authorised to pay visit to a house before or after the time of the meal, having already been invited elsewhere: "agilnena bhikkhun catumsappaccayapavra sditabb aatra punapavraya, aatra niccapavraya. "na surusurukraka bhujissmti sikkh karay.". Pacittiya are rules entailing confession. 7) I will not sway my body about. Not to kill animals. This donor can then invite the bhikkhu so as to offer him, or can himself go to the bhikkhu, and tell him: " vassvsika dassmi." Not to lie. If a bhikkhu proceeds in an exchange, to a purchase or a sale (by means of any materials whatsoever), the object purchased in this way must be abandoned and it entails a pcittiya. By reciting together text from the dhamma in pi with other bhikkhus or with some bhikkhuns, a bhikkhu does not commit a fault. Thus, a bhikkhu who spends more than three nights with a layman, if he gets up before dawn by the fourth night, he does not commit a fault. He is obliged to serve himself by taking the food from the sliced side or from his side if the dish is not sliced. The pcittiya 6 is committed every time the bhikkhu lies his head. A bhikkhu directly expressing criticism addressed to another bhikkhu or spreading slanders about him by telling others, are two ways to commit the pcittiya 13. 227 Rules for Monks | Thai Blogs - Richard Barrow in Thailand Clocks are recent invention and the time zone is not very accurate, because time can be the same from one point and another, separated from west to east by a distance of a thousand kilometers (750 miles), whereas nearly thirty seven "solar" minutes separate the two points. Afterwards, the bhikkhu must abandon this robe. The place of the future construction must cause absolutely no harm to living beings and must not be situated on a cultivated land.
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