Pāli · Vinaya Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)Yaṁ tena bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena paṭhamo aniyato kattha paññattoti? Sāvatthiyaṁ paññatto. Kaṁ ārabbhāti? Āyasmantaṁ udāyiṁ ārabbha. Kismiṁ vatthusminti? Āyasmā udāyī mātugāmena saddhiṁ eko ekāya raho paṭicchanne āsane alaṅkammaniye nisajjaṁ kappesi, tasmiṁ vatthusmiṁ. Atthi tattha paññatti, anupaññatti, anuppannapaññattīti? Ekā paññatti. Anupaññatti anuppannapaññatti tasmiṁ natthi. Sabbatthapaññatti, padesapaññattīti? Sabbatthapaññatti. Sādhāraṇapaññatti, asādhāraṇapaññattīti? Asādhāraṇapaññatti. Ekatopaññatti, ubhatopaññattīti? Ekatopaññatti. Pañcannaṁ pātimokkhuddesānaṁ katthogadhaṁ kattha pariyāpannanti? Nidānogadhaṁ nidānapariyāpannaṁ. Katamena uddesena uddesaṁ āgacchatīti? Catutthena uddesena uddesaṁ āgacchati. Catunnaṁ vipattīnaṁ katamā vipattīti? Siyā sīlavipatti siyā ācāravipatti. Sattannaṁ āpattikkhandhānaṁ katamo āpattikkhandhoti? Siyā pārājikāpattikkhandho siyā saṅghādisesāpattikkhandho siyā pācittiyāpattikkhandho. Channaṁ āpattisamuṭṭhānānaṁ katihi samuṭṭhānehi samuṭṭhātīti? Ekena samuṭṭhānena samuṭṭhāti— kāyato ca cittato ca samuṭṭhāti, na vācato. Catunnaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ katamaṁ adhikaraṇanti? Āpattādhikaraṇaṁ. Sattannaṁ samathānaṁ katihi samathehi sammatīti? Tīhi samathehi sammati— siyā sammukhāvinayena ca paṭiññātakaraṇena ca, siyā sammukhāvinayena ca tiṇavatthārakena ca. Ko tattha vinayo, ko tattha abhivinayoti? Paññatti vinayo, vibhatti abhivinayo. Kiṁ tattha pātimokkhaṁ, kiṁ tattha adhipātimokkhanti? Paññatti pātimokkhaṁ, vibhatti adhipātimokkhaṁ. Kā vipattīti? Asaṁvaro vipatti. Kā sampattīti? Saṁvaro sampatti. Kā paṭipattīti? Na evarūpaṁ karissāmīti yāvajīvaṁ āpāṇakoṭikaṁ samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu. Kati atthavase paṭicca bhagavatā paṭhamo aniyato paññattoti? Dasa atthavase paṭicca bhagavatā paṭhamo aniyato paññatto— saṅghasuṭṭhutāya, saṅghaphāsutāya, dummaṅkūnaṁ puggalānaṁ niggahāya, pesalānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ phāsuvihārāya, diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ āsavānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ āsavānaṁ paṭighātāya, appasannānaṁ pasādāya, pasannānaṁ bhiyyobhāvāya, saddhammaṭṭhitiyā, vinayānuggahāya. Ke sikkhantīti? Sekkhā ca puthujjanakalyāṇakā ca sikkhanti. Ke sikkhitasikkhāti? Arahanto sikkhitasikkhā. Kattha ṭhitanti? Sikkhākāmesu ṭhitaṁ. Ke dhārentīti? Yesaṁ vattati te dhārenti. Kassa vacananti? Bhagavato vacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. Kenābhatanti? Paramparābhataṁ—
English · Bhikkhu Brahmali“The first undetermined offense was laid down by the Buddha who knows and sees, the Perfected One, the fully Awakened One. Where was it laid down?” At Sāvatthī. “Whom is it about?” Venerable Udāyī. “What is it about?” Udāyī sitting down in private alone with a woman on a concealed seat suitable for the deed. “Is there a rule, an addition to the rule, an unprompted rule?” There is one rule. There is no addition to the rule. There is no unprompted rule. “Is it a rule that applies everywhere or in a particular place?” Everywhere. “Is it a rule that the monks and nuns have in common or not in common?” Not in common. “Is it a rule for one Sangha or for both?” For one. “In which of the five ways of reciting the Monastic Code is it contained and included?” In the introduction. “In which recitation is it included?” In the fourth recitation. “To which of the four kinds of failure does it belong?” It may be failure in morality or failure in conduct. “To which of the seven classes of offenses does it belong?” It may be in the class of offenses entailing expulsion, in the class of offenses entailing suspension, or in the class of offenses entailing confession. “Through how many of the six kinds of originations of offenses does it originate?” It originates in one way: from body and mind, not from speech. “To which of the four kinds of legal issues does it belong?” Legal issues arising from an offense. “Through how many of the seven principles for settling legal issues is it settled?” Through three of them: it may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by acting according to what has been admitted; or it may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by covering over as if with grass. “What is the Monastic Law there? What is concerned with the Monastic Law there?” The rule is the Monastic Law. Its analysis is concerned with the Monastic Law. “What is the Monastic Code there? What is concerned with the Monastic Code there?” The rule is the Monastic Code. Its analysis is concerned with the Monastic Code. “What is failure?” Lack of restraint. “What is success?” Restraint. “What is the practice?” Thinking, “I won’t do such a thing,” one undertakes to train in the training rules for life. “For how many reasons did the Buddha lay down the first undetermined offense?” He laid it down for the following ten reasons: for the well-being of the Sangha, for the comfort of the Sangha, for the restraint of bad people, for the ease of good monks, for the restraint of the corruptions relating to the present life, for the restraint of the corruptions relating to future lives, to give rise to confidence in those without it, to increase the confidence of those who have it, for the longevity of the true Teaching, and for supporting the training. “Who are those who train?” They are the trainees and the good ordinary people. “Who have finished the training?” The perfected ones. “Established in what?” In fondness for the training. “Who master it?” Those who learn it. “Whose pronouncement was it?” It was the pronouncement of the Buddha, the Perfected One, the fully Awakened One. “Who handed it down?” The lineage: