Bi Pc 31

31. Ekamañcatuvaṭṭanasikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭenti. Manussā vihāracārikaṁ āhiṇḍantā passitvā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭessanti, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti. Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ. Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭessantī”ti …pe… “saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭentī”ti? “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭessanti. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—

Lying on the same bed Origin story

At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, two nuns were lying down on the same bed. When people walking about the dwellings saw this, they complained and criticized them, “How can two nuns lie down on the same bed? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!” The nuns heard the complaints of those people, and the nuns of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can nuns do this?” … “Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?” “It’s true, sir.” The Buddha rebuked them … “How can nuns do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:

“Yā pana bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭeyyuṁ, pācittiyan”ti.

Final ruling

‘If two nuns lie down on the same bed, they commit an offense entailing confession.’”

Yā panāti yā yādisā …pe… bhikkhuniyoti upasampannāyo vuccanti. Dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭeyyunti ekāya nipannāya aparā nipajjati, āpatti pācittiyassa. Ubho vā nipajjanti, āpatti pācittiyassa. Uṭṭhahitvā punappunaṁ nipajjanti, āpatti pācittiyassa.

Definitions

Two: whoever … Nuns: fully ordained is what is meant. If two lie down on the same bed: if, when one is lying down, the other lies down, they commit an offense entailing confession. If both lie down together, they commit an offense entailing confession. Every time they get up and then lie down again, they commit an offense entailing confession.

Anāpatti— ekāya nipannāya aparā nisīdati, ubho vā nisīdanti, ummattikānaṁ, ādikammikānanti.

Non-offenses

There is no offense: if, when one is lying down, the other sits down; if both sit down together; if they are insane; if they are the first offenders.