BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Buddhist Monastic Code 1a meal-donation. Dressing (§) early in the morning, taking his bowl and (outer) robe,he went to her and on arrival sat down in front of her, exposing his penis. She satdown in front of him, exposing her vagina. He, impassioned, stared at her vagina.Semen was released from his penis (§). He said to her, 'Go and fetch some water,sister. I'll wash my lower robe.'"'Give it here, master. I'll wash it.'"Then she took some of the semen (§) in her mouth and inserted some of it in hervagina. With that, she conceived a child."The bhikkhunīs said, 'This bhikkhunī has been practicing unchastity. She'spregnant.'"'It's not that I've been practicing unchastity.' And she told them what hadhappened. The bhikkhunīs criticized and complained and spread it about, 'How canthis Master Udāyin get a bhikkhunī to wash his used robe?'"There are three factors for an offense here: object, effort, and result.Object: a used robe. Robe, here, according to the Commentary, means any robethat has been dyed and properly marked (see Pc 58). This is its way of saying thatthe robe must be a finished cloth requisite of the type suitable for wearing, but neednot be determined as one of one's basic three robes. In other words, it could alsobe as yet undetermined, or a spare robe determined as a requisite cloth.Used, according to the Vibhaṅga, means worn around the body at least once.According to the Commentary, it can mean used in other ways — e.g., rolled up asa pillow or worn draped over the shoulder or head — as well.The Vibhaṅga adds that sitting cloths and bed sheets are grounds for a dukkaṭa;other requisites, grounds for no offense.Effort. One tells an unrelated bhikkhunī to wash, dye, or beat the robe.A bhikkhunī, here, means one who has received the double ordination, first in theBhikkhunī Saṅgha and secondly in the Bhikkhu Saṅgha (see BMC2, Chapter 23). Abhikkhunī who has received only her first ordination is grounds for a dukkaṭa.Female trainees and female novices are not grounds for an offense.Unrelated is explained by the Vibhaṅga as meaning unrelated back through sevengrandfathers, either on the father's or the mother's side. The Commentary explainsfurther that this means seven generations counted back starting from one'sgrandfather. Thus all descendants of one's great-great-great-great-great-greatgreat-grandfathersare counted as one's relatives. In-laws, however, are not. Thisdefinition of unrelated applies wherever the Vibhaṅga mentions the word. At the timeof the Buddha, perceived ties of kinship extended more widely than they do today,160