BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Pārājika Chapter 4 a paṇḍaka (essentially, a eunuch or a person born neuter — see Saṅghādisesa2), a "non-human" being, (this includes nāgas, petas, devas, and yakkhas), a hermaphrodite, a person who poses as a bhikkhu without having been ordained, a bhikkhu who has ordained in another religion without first giving up hisstatus as a bhikkhu, a person who has murdered his father, a person who has murdered his mother, a person who has murdered an arahant, a person who has sexually molested a bhikkhunī, a person who has maliciously injured a Buddha to the point of causing him tobleed, and a person who has dishonestly caused a schism in the Saṅgha, knowing orsuspecting that his position was contrary to the Dhamma-Vinaya.These eleven equivalent pārājikas apply to bhikkhunīs as well.The twelfth equivalent pārājika, which applies only to bhikkhunīs, is the case wherea bhikkhunī leaves the Bhikkhunī Saṅgha and takes up the role of a lay woman(Cv.X.26.1). Unlike the bhikkhus, the bhikkhunīs have no formal procedure fordisrobing. If they leave the Saṅgha, they are not allowed to reordain for the rest ofthis lifetime.In addition to the twenty actual and equivalent pārājikas, the Commentary givesseparate listing to the four anulomika (derived) pārājikas, which are actually fourcases included under Pr 1: the bhikkhu with a supple back who sticks his penis inhis mouth, the bhikkhu with a long penis who inserts it into his anus, the bhikkhuwho performs oral intercourse with someone else, and the bhikkhu who receivesanal intercourse. Of these, three can be extrapolated to apply to bhikkhunīs, too.Why the Commentary lists these cases as separate pārājikas is hard to tell, until it'ssimply to ensure that these permutations of Pr 1 don't get overlooked. Still, theentire list of 24 is important, for under the rules dealing with falsely accusinganother bhikkhu of having committed a pārājika (Sg 8 & 9) or the rule dealing withconcealing another bhikkhu's pārājika offense (Pc 64), the Commentary definespārājika as including equivalent and derived pārājikas as well.75