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Mv I 53
PTS: Mv I 67 | CS: vin.mv.01.53
Bhikkhunīdūsakavatthu
The Case of the Molesters of Bhikkhunīs[1]
by
Ven. Khematto Bhikkhu
Alternate translations/layout: 'line by line' Pāḷi - English

(Mv.I.67.1) [131] Now on that occasion several bhikkhunīs were traveling on the road from Sāketa to Sāvatthī. On the road bandits, coming out, robbed some of the bhikkhunīs and molested some of them. The king’s men of Sāvatthī, coming out, captured some of the bandits, and chased some of them away. Those that they chased away went forth among the monks. Those that were captured were led off to be executed. Those bandits that had gone forth saw the bandits being led away to be executed and, on seeing them, said,

“It’s a good thing we ran away. If we had been captured today, we would be executed in just the same way.”

The monks said to them, “But friends, what did you do?”

So the ones who had gone forth reported the matter to the monks. The monks reported the matter to the Blessed One.

“Monks, one who has molested a bhikkhunī, if unaccepted, is not to be given Acceptance. If accepted, he is to be expelled.[2]

“A schismatic, if unaccepted, is not to be given Acceptance. If accepted, he is to be expelled.[3]

“One who has shed (a Tathāgata’s) blood, if unaccepted, is not to be given Acceptance. If accepted, he is to be expelled.”[4]

Notes

1.
See also BMCII Chap. 14: Absolutely disqualified.
2.
Commentary: “Monks, one who has molested a bhikkhunī”: In this case, one who molests a regular bhikkhunī in any of the three orifices: This is called ‘one who has molested a bhikkhunī’. For him, the Going-forth and Acceptance are prohibited. But for one who commits a transgression of virtue by bodily contact, the Going-forth and Acceptance are not prohibited. One who molests by force, against her will, a (former bhikkhunī) who had dressed herself in white is also not one who has molested a bhikkhunī. One who molests by force, a willing (former bhikkhunī) who had dressed herself in white is also not one who has molested a bhikkhunī. Why? Because just by accepting the status of a householder, she becomes a non-bhikkhunī. One who molests (a former bhikkhunī) who has broken her virtue [i.e., a pārājika] even once or one who transgresses with female novices or trainees is not one who has molested a bhikkhunī. He can receive the Going-forth and Acceptance.
3.
See BMCII Chap. 21: Ending schism, BMCII Chap. 14: Absolutely disqualified.
4.
See also BMCII Chap. 14: Absolutely disqualified.
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