Lzh Mu Bi Vb Pc 120Not Ordaining Trainees After She Follows
Pāli / Sanskrit:Anubandha-sikkhamānana-vuṭṭhāpana
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Sutta on Not Bringing a Trainee to Completion After She Has Followed the Dharma
Background
Within the foundation of the Theravāda Vinaya Piṭaka, regulations concerning the ordination of women are carefully recorded in order to protect the purity and order of the Sangha. This sutta belongs to the Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga, the section of legal analysis for nuns, an important part of the Pātimokkha, the rules of life for bhikkhunīs.
The background of this regulation is connected with situations in the early history of Buddhism, when the institution of women’s ordination had only recently been formed. The Buddha accepted women into the going forth, but also established strict standards to ensure that those who wished to practice the foundation of the bodhisattva path and progress toward awakening possessed firm determination and strong discipline.
This rule specifically concerns the issue that a female monastic is not to continue making others bhikkhunīs, ordaining trainees, after she herself has followed after, or “violated,” someone, or abandoned the maintenance of the Dharma. It reflects the concern of the early Sangha for the authenticity and continuity of the lineage of ordination.
Main Content
According to the rule Anubandha-sikkhamānana-vuṭṭhāpana in the Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga, a female monastic is not permitted to preside over making someone a bhikkhunī, a sikkhamānā, a female trainee or prospective bhikkhunī, if she herself has “followed” or violated the Dharma. The term “anubandha” (following after) suggests a condition of continuing or long attachment to a wrongful action or corrupt person.
This regulation is not merely an administrative rule, but a principle concerning worthiness in the role of guiding practice. If a female monastic is not entirely purified in her mental conduct and is not steady in the Dharma, then she does not have the spiritual capacity to teach and guide others onto the path of practice.
This reflects the principle: one can lead others far only insofar as one has oneself gone far.
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