PATIDESANIYA DHAMMA

PÂTIDESANIYÂ DHAMMÂ.
RULES REGARDING MATTERS WHICH OUGHT TO BE CONFESSED.

Here, venerable Sirs, the four rules regarding matters which ought to be
confessed come into recitation.
1. Whatsoever Bhikkhu, when a Bhikkhunî not related to him has entered within
the houses1, shall, with his own hand, accept at her hands food, either hard or
soft, and eat or enjoy it--that is a matter which ought to be confessed by that
Bhikkhu, saying, 'I have fallen, Brethren, into a blameworthy offence,
unbecoming, which ought to be confessed; and I confess it!'
2. Now Bhikkhus, when they have been invited to laymen's houses, eat. If the
Bhikkhunî stay there giving directions, saying, 'Here give curry, give rice
here!' the Bhikkhunî ought to be rebuked by those Bhikkhus, saying, 'Stand
aside, Sister, as long as the Bhikkhus are eating!' If it should not occur to a
single Bhikkhu to rebuke the Bhikkhunî, saying, 'Stand aside, Sister, as long as
the Bhikkhus are eating!'--that is a matter that ought to be confessed by those
Bhikkhus, saying, 'We have fallen, Brethren, into a blameworthy offence,
unbecoming, which ought to be confessed; and we confess it!' 3. Whatsoever
Bhikkhu shall accept, with his p. 57 own hand, food, either hard or soft, in
such households as have been (by a formal sammuti) declared to be households,
under discipline1, without having been previously invited, and without being
sick, and eat it or enjoy it--that is a matter that ought to be confessed by
that Bhikkhu, saying, 'I have fallen, Brethren, into a blameworthy offence,
unbecoming, which ought to be confessed; and I confess it!'
4. Whatsoever Bhikkhu, while he is dwelling in a place belonging to the class
of those forest dwellings which are held to be insecure and dangerous2, shall
accept, with his own hand, at his home, food, either hard or soft, without
having previously given notice (of the danger incurred by people that enter that
forest), unless he is sick, and shall eat it or enjoy it--that is a matter that
ought to be confessed by that Bhikkhu, saying, 'I have fallen, Brethren, into a
blameworthy offence, unbecoming, which ought to be confessed; and I confess it!'



Here end the Pâtidesaniyas.





Venerable Sirs, the four rules regarding matters which require confession
have been recited.
In respect of them I ask the venerable ones, 'Are you pure in this matter?'
A second time I ask the venerable ones, 'Are you pure in this matter?'
A third time I ask the venerable ones, 'Are you pure in this matter?'
The venerable ones are pure herein. Therefore do they keep silence. Thus I
understand.
Here endeth the recitation or the Pâtidesaniyas.