Bi Pc 3535. Evicting a nun

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This entry has been reconstructed based on descriptive information: code Bi Pc 35, Theravāda tradition, belonging to the Vinaya Piṭaka, with the Pāli title Nikkaḍḍhana, the Vietnamese title “Evicting a Nun,” and the English title “Evicting a nun.” The summary states that if a nun has given lodging to another nun and then drives her out, she must confess. The data includes a source URL, but the content below has not been checked in full against that source. Therefore, this is an AI interpretation according to the provided data, not a verbatim translation, and it does not assert details beyond the descriptive information.

Context

In renunciant life, lodging is not merely a material convenience. It is a basic condition enabling a practitioner to keep the precepts, study the Dharma, practice meditation, and live steadily within the community. When a nun receives or gives another nun a place to reside, that act carries the meaning of protection and sharing. If the person who gave lodging later arbitrarily drives the other nun away, the harm lies not only in the loss of lodging, but also in the breakdown of trust within the relationship of the holy life.

The Pāli title Nikkaḍḍhana may be understood in the sense of driving out, pulling out, or removing someone from a place that had been given for residence. From the descriptive information, this training rule does not speak about every case of changing residence, but emphasizes the situation in which lodging has first been given and is then withdrawn by driving the person away. Thus the main ethical point is inconsistency, lack of responsibility, and the possibility of harming a fellow practitioner who is relying on that arrangement.

Content That Can Be Determined from the Descriptive Information

Several basic elements can be identified. First, both subject and object are nuns. Second, there had previously been an act of providing lodging. Third, after having given it, the nun then drives the other nun out. Fourth, the type of fault is stated as one requiring confession, showing that it must be acknowledged and purified within the framework of the Vinaya.

The truncated ending of the Vietnamese text emphasized instability in one’s promise and a lack of integrity. This is an interpretation consistent with the descriptive information, provided that it is not turned into an assertion about a specific original story that has not been checked. From the standpoint of practice, when one has spoken or created conditions for another person to reside somewhere, that promise creates responsibility. If a change is necessary, there should be a legitimate reason, a proper and lawful way of discussion, and concern for the consequences affecting the person involved.

This training rule does not necessarily deny every case in which someone must be asked to leave. In a disciplined community, there may be circumstances requiring the adjustment of lodging for safety, Vinaya discipline, or general harmony. However, the descriptive information of this rule points to the act of driving someone out after having given lodging, and the interpretation should understand the focus as arbitrariness, lack of loving-kindness, or lack of fairness in conduct.

Meaning for Practice

The outstanding lesson here is responsibility for one’s words and decisions. A practitioner cannot regard help as a momentary act arising according to emotion, and then withdraw it according to emotion as well. If kindness is not accompanied by wisdom and steadiness, it can become a cause of suffering. Giving lodging and then driving someone away because of irritation, rivalry, or a sudden change of mind causes the other person to fall into insecurity and causes oneself to depart from moral discipline.

Within communal living, stability is a form of compassion. A fellow practitioner who knows that she will not be treated arbitrarily can more easily feel at ease in studying the path. Conversely, if lodging, acceptance, and relationships in the community are governed by personal emotion, the community loses its foundation of trust. Thus this precept protects the quality of truthfulness in shared life: when one has accepted responsibility, one must know how to keep it; if change is needed, it must be changed mindfully, with clear speech and respect.

Confession in this rule means bringing the offender back to uprightness. Acknowledging fault is not merely saying that one has done wrong, but seeing the unwholesome mind behind the act: anger, ego-clinging, selfishness, or lack of reflection. Only when that root is seen can the practitioner correct her behavior and lessen harm to the community.

Note on Verification

The full source text has not been compared within this processing scope. One should not add details about persons, residences, causes of conflict, or specific procedures unless they have been verified from the original text. When needed for research, the provided source should be checked, together with the Pāli title Nikkaḍḍhana, the Pc group, and the relevant Vinaya context. This version is only a Vietnamese interpretation translated into English to replace the truncated Vietnamese text, with a level of caution appropriate to the data available.