Bi Ss 1010. Renouncing the training in anger
Pāli / Sanskrit:Sikkhaṁpaccācikkhaṇa
A nun who persistently says that she will renounce Buddhism and join another religion is to be suspended.
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Sikkhaṁpaccācikkhaṇa: Renouncing the Training in Anger
Background
This text is found in the Vinaya Piṭaka, specifically in the section on Bhikkhunī Saṁvara — the Discipline for Nuns. These are detailed regulations for maintaining harmony and discipline within the community of female monastics. The background of this text arises from a specific incident: a certain nun repeatedly and persistently declared that she would abandon Buddhism and take refuge in another religion. This declaration was neither casual nor aggressive, but rather an attitude pervaded by anger (dosa) — one of the roots of greed, hatred, and delusion.
These were not inadvertent words or a single utterance. The "persistence" of this declaration reveals an intention rooted in frustration and dissatisfaction with the Dharma or with the monastic way of life. When a member of the Sangha repeatedly declares such a thing, it gives rise to a loss of trust, disorder within the community, and a weakening of the stream of the Dharma.
Main Content
This text stipulates that if a nun repeatedly and persistently declares her intention to abandon Buddhism and take refuge in another religion — that is, Sikkhaṁ paccācikkhati, to renounce the training — she must be placed in the state of parivāsa (suspension — a temporary exclusion from formal participation in the activities of the Sangha). This is an educative measure, not a harsh punishment.
Parivāsa is a period of temporary separation, during which the nun remains within the Sangha but is temporarily suspended from the rights of full membership. She may not participate in the decisions of the community, may not receive special honors or support, and must submit to close supervision by senior elders. This gives her the opportunity to reflect again, to return to the mind of the Dharma, or to confirm that the decision to renounce is definitive.
The reason this text prescribes such a measure is that the matter does not concern merely the level of outward conduct. It pertains to the mind (citta) — specifically anger, ill-temper, and dissatisfaction. When someone speaks in this way "in anger"
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