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Rule 117Traveling in a vehicle · 85. Yānasikkhāpada
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Buddhism · Vinaya Pitaka · Monastic Discipline
Rule 117
Traveling in a vehicle · 85. Yānasikkhāpada
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At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, the nuns from the group of six were traveling in vehicles. People complained and criticized them, “How can the nuns travel in a vehicle? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!” The nuns heard the complaints of those people. The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can the nuns from the group of six travel in a vehicle?” … “Is it true, monks, that those nuns do this?” “It’s true, sir.” The Buddha rebuked them … “How can the nuns from the group of six do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this: In this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the nuns.
‘If a nun travels in a vehicle, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
“Yā pana bhikkhunī yānena yāyeyya, pācittiyan”ti.
Soon afterwards there was a sick nun who was not able to travel on foot. … They told the Buddha. The Buddha then had the Sangha gathered and addressed the monks: “Monks, I allow a sick nun to use a vehicle. And so, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
A: whoever … Nun: … The nun who has been given the full ordination in unanimity by both Sanghas through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of nun is meant in this case. Who is not sick: who is able to travel on foot. Who is sick: who is unable to travel on foot. A vehicle: a wagon, a carriage, a cart, a chariot, a palanquin, a litter. Travels: if she travels in a vehicle even once, she commits an offense entailing confession.
If she is not sick, and she does not perceive herself as sick, and she travels in a vehicle, she commits an offense entailing confession. If she is not sick, but she is unsure of it, and she travels in a vehicle, she commits an offense entailing confession. If she is not sick, but she perceives herself as sick, and she travels in a vehicle, she commits an offense entailing confession. If she is sick, but she does not perceive herself as sick, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. If she is sick, but she is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. If she is sick, and she perceives herself as sick, there is no offense.
