Lzh Sarv Bi Pm Pc 111Ordaining Untrained Unmarried Girls
Pāli / Sanskrit:Paripuṇṇavīsativassa-asikkhita-kumāribhūta
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SCRIPTURE ON THE ORDINATION OF UNTRAINED WOMEN
Background
The Vinaya Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon records detailed rules and guidelines for the discipline of monks and nuns—the community of those who have gone forth. As Buddhism developed, the question of admitting women into the Saṅgha was examined with great care by the Blessed One. This text belongs to the Bhikkhunī Pātimokkha (the rules of training for nuns), an important section of the Vinaya in which the rules of conduct for female monastics are recorded.
The title "Paripuṇṇavīsativassa-asikkhita-kumāribhūta" may be rendered as "girls who have not yet reached twenty years of age and who are untrained," indicating that one of the prerequisites for a woman to receive full ordination (upasampadā as a bhikkhunī) is that she must be of sufficient age and must have completed a certain period of preparation. This is not an ordinary rule of instruction, but a Pātimokkha offense—a transgression by a monk or nun that entails serious legal consequences under the Vinaya.
Main Content
This rule reflects the principle found throughout the Vinaya Piṭaka that the admission of a person into the Saṅgha must conform to certain standards. Specifically, a woman who has not yet reached twenty years of age, or who has not received proper training, is not permitted to be fully ordained as a bhikkhunī. The term "asikkhita" (untrained) refers not only to age but also to one's level of understanding of the Dharma and one's capacity to uphold the precepts.
This text emphasizes that the admission of a person into the Saṅgha is not a private or sentimental matter, but a legal act that must be carried out with careful deliberation. If someone ordains a woman who does not meet the required conditions—whether because she is underage or because she is untrained—then the one who performs the ordination commits an offense under the Pātimokkha.
This reflects the Blessed One's practical wisdom and protective concern.
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