Lzh Mg Bi Vb Pc 77Cīvara-pārihārika
Pāli / Sanskrit:Cīvara-pārihārika
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– MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA
– PRECEPTS OF THE BHIKKHUNĪS
– EXPLICATING THE FIRST SECTION OF THE 141 PĀCITTIYAS
77. PRECEPT: NOT KEEPING ONE'S ROBES WITH ONE.
When the Buddha was residing in the city of Śrāvastī, at that time a bhikkhunī, wearing her upper and lower robes, came to pay reverence at the feet of the Blessed One, and afterward her robes were destroyed in a fire. The bhikkhunīs then informed Mahāprajāpatī. Mahāprajāpatī thereupon reported the matter to the Blessed One. The Buddha directed that the bhikkhunī be summoned. When she had arrived, the Buddha asked:
—Did this truly happen to you?
—It truly did, Blessed One.
—Why did you not keep with you the robes that you need to use? From this time forth, I do not permit one to go without keeping the necessary robes with oneself.
Furthermore, at that time there were bhikkhunīs who were daughters of the Śākya clan and daughters of the Malla clan, who had formerly been musicians and had now gone forth; they found wearing the heavy saṃghāṭī robe extremely burdensome. Thereupon the Buddha taught: "From this time forth, I permit an exception to be made in the case of illness." Then the Buddha instructed Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī to convey this directive to all the bhikkhunīs living in the city of Śrāvastī, requiring them all to assemble—even those who had already heard it were to hear it again:
—If a bhikkhunī who is not ill does not keep with her the robes that she needs to wear, she commits a pācittiya offense.
EXPLANATION:
The robes that one needs to wear: Such as the saṃghāṭī, the uttarāsaṅga, the antarvāsa, the saṃkakṣikā, and the rain-bathing robe.
Illness: If one is ill and does not keep one's robes with one, the Blessed One declares there to be no offense. If one is not ill and does not keep them with one, one commits a pācittiya offense. However, if one is paying homage at a stūpa, walking in meditation, or sitting in meditation during the day within one's dwelling place, there is no offense in not carrying one's robes. Therefore the Blessed One has spoken thus (as above).
Vietnamese translation: Thích Phước Sơn. MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA
Chinese translation: TRIPIṬAKA BUDDHABHADRA OF INDIA
TOGETHER WITH ŚRAMAṆA FAXIAN, TRANSLATED DURING THE EASTERN JIN DYNASTY
Reviewed for meaning: Thích Đỗng Minh
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