Lzh Mi Bi Pm Pc 111Not Ordaining Trainees After She Follows
Pāli / Sanskrit:Anubandha-sikkhamānana-vuṭṭhāpana
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Explanation of the Anubandha-sikkhamānana-vuṭṭhāpana Sutta
Background
This sutta is found in the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, specifically in the rules concerning female monastics (bhikkhunīs). The Vinaya Piṭaka is the collection of training rules laid down by the Buddha Gotama to maintain discipline in the Sangha, ensure moral purity (sīla), and support those gone forth in focusing on the path to liberation.
The context of this sutta concerns specific situations that occurred in the community of female monastics. When a female monastic (bhikkhunī) decides to give up the precepts or leave the Sangha (vuṭṭhāpana, meaning “withdrawal” or “renunciation”), legal questions arise concerning those trainees who are following her. This sutta handles the case in which a female monastic is not permitted to recruit or confer precepts on female trainees (sikkhamānana) if she herself has followed another female monastic, or if she is about to relinquish her monastic status.
Main Content
This rule reflects the principle of protecting the standard of teaching within the community of female monastics. A female monastic who wishes to direct female trainees must be someone with sufficient experience, firm in the monastic life, and without intention to give up the precepts or leave the Sangha in the near future.
The term “anubandha” means following or adhering to, indicating that the female monastic has a dependent connection with a teacher or is under certain restrictions. “Sikkhamānana” refers to women still in training, who have not yet received full status. The fourfold assembly in Theravāda Buddhism includes bhikkhunīs, female monastics; sikkhamānana, female trainees; upāsikās, female lay disciples; and upāsakas, male lay disciples. “Vuṭṭhāpana” is the act of giving up or withdrawing from monastic status.
This rule ensures that those who guide female trainees are stable individuals who can maintain continuous guidance and are not affected by changes in personal circumstances.
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