Lzh Dg Bi Vb Pc 76Raw Grain

– DHARMAGUPTAKA VINAYA

– PĀCITTIYA

RULE 76

A. ORIGIN STORY

At one time, the Bhagavā was dwelling in the park of Anāthapiṇḍika, in the Jeta Grove, in the land of Śrāvastī. At that time, the group of six bhikkhunīs went about begging for raw grain, sesame, rice, large beans, small beans, barley, and raw wheat. The laypeople saw this and, feeling reproach, said: "These bhikkhunīs beg without weariness and without shame. Outwardly they claim, 'I know the true Dharma.' But what Dharma is there in this? How can they beg for all manner of raw grains like prostitutes and female thieves?"

The bhikkhunīs heard this, and among them those who were of few desires, content, who practiced the ascetic disciplines, were fond of training in the precepts, and knew a sense of shame, reproached the group of six bhikkhunīs: "Why do you beg for such raw grains?"

The bhikkhunīs came and reported the matter to the bhikkhus. The bhikkhus came and reported it to the Blessed One. The Blessed One, on account of this cause and condition, assembled the Saṅgha of bhikkhus and rebuked the group of six bhikkhunīs:

"What you have done is wrong, improper in deportment, not in accordance with the conduct of a śramaṇa, not pure conduct, not harmonious conduct—this is something that should not be done. Why did you beg for raw grains?"

The Blessed One rebuked the group of six bhikkhunīs by means of countless skillful means, and then said to the bhikkhus:

"This group of six bhikkhunīs is a field where many seeds of the āsavas are planted, and they are the first to commit this offense. From this day forward, I shall establish a precept for the bhikkhunīs comprising ten principles of meaning, up to and including the phrase 'that the true Dharma may long endure.'"

The precept should be proclaimed as follows:

Whatever bhikkhunī begs for raw grain—pācittiya.

B. ANALYSIS OF THE PRECEPT

Bhikkhunī: as defined above.

Whatever bhikkhunī begs for raw grain, up to and including barley and wheat—all such cases constitute a pācittiya offense.

For a bhikkhu, a dukkaṭa; for a śikṣamāṇā, a śramaṇera, or a śramaṇerī, a dukkaṭa. These are called offenses.

Non-offense: going to beg from relatives, or from one who has gone forth; begging on behalf of another, or another begging on one's behalf; or receiving without having begged—none of these constitute an offense.

Those who do not offend: one who commits the act for the first time before the precept has been established; one who is insane, of confused mind, or tormented and oppressed by pain.

Vietnamese translation: Bhikkhu Thích Đỗng Minh and Thích Đức Thắng. DHARMAGUPTAKA VINAYA, PART ONE.

Chinese translation: Tripiṭaka master Buddhayaśas and Zhu Fonian.

Revised and annotated by: Bhikkhu Thích Nguyên Chứng

(Chinese translation, fascicles 1–21; Vietnamese translation, fascicles 1–2)

Buddhist Publication Committee, 2002.