Pāṭidesanīyakaṇḍa

Vinayapiṭaka · Parivāra · Vol. 8 · Section 162

[162]¹ [Question:] Where was the pāṭidesanīya laid down by that Blessed One who knows and sees, the Arahant, the Perfectly Awakened One, [concerning a bhikkhu] who, when an unrelated bhikkhunī has entered among the houses, accepts hard food or soft food from her hand with his own hand and eats it? [Answer:] It was laid down at Sāvatthī. [Q.] Concerning whom? [A.] Concerning a certain bhikkhu. [Q.] On account of what matter? [A.] On the matter of a certain bhikkhu accepting material food (āmisa) from the hand of an unrelated bhikkhunī who had entered among the houses.² There is one laying-down (paññatti). Of the six origins of offenses (āpattisamuṭṭhāna), it arises by two origins: it may arise from body, not from speech, not from mind (citta); it may arise from body and from mind, not from speech …³ — ¹ [Editorial: the item number is supplied from the edition's numbering; it does not appear in the Pali or Thai text as given.] ² [Siam edition footnote at this point:] "The summary verses (uddāna) at the end of the various sections (vagga) [appear] in the European and Burmese books; they are not shown here; they are displayed [in those books], but they differ from one another. One who wishes may consult them there." ³ [The Pali itself elides with (pe).]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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