BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

The Lie Chapter Chapter 8.1"So Ven. Rāhula told him what had happened."There are two factors for the full offense here:1) Object an unordained person.2) Effort: (a) lying down, (b) together in the same dwelling with theunordained person, (c) for four nights running.Object. The Vibhaṅga defines unordained person as anyone other than a bhikkhu.The Sub-commentary, citing the Three Gaṇṭhipadas, notes that this means malesbut not females, as there is another training rule, following immediately on this one,dealing specifically with females. According to the Commentary, unordained personincludes not only human beings but also any animal large enough to haveintercourse with. Again, the Sub-commentary would qualify this as "male animals"for the same reason.Perception as to whether the other person is ordained is not a mitigating factor here(see Pc 4).Lying down. To be lying down together with someone else means to be lying downat the same time as the other person is lying down within the area defined as adwelling (see below). This factor is fulfilled whether the bhikkhu lies down when theother person is already lying there, or vice versa, or both lie down at the same time.Although there are other training rules where lying down is included under the termsitting, sitting is not included under the term lying down here. Whether the bhikkhuor the other person falls asleep is of no account.If both parties get up and then lie down again, the bhikkhu incurs another pācittiya.Dwelling. The Vibhaṅga defines the dwelling that can be grounds for a pācittiya hereas a place completely roofed and completely walled, or mostly roofed and mostlywalled. A place half-roofed and half-walled, it says, is grounds for a dukkaṭa, whilea place (a) fully roofed but with no wall (e.g., an open pavilion), (b) fully walled butwith no roof (e.g., a corral), or (c) less than half-roofed and less than half-walled,is not grounds for an offense.Buddhaghosa quotes the Mahā Aṭṭhakathā, the major ancient commentary, as fillingin all the other possibilities:Grounds for a p cittiya: a placefully roofed and mostly walled,fully roofed and half-walled,mostly roofed and half-walled,mostly roofed and fully walled,half-roofed and fully walled, or243