Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka
by I. B. Horner | 2014 | 386,194 words | ISBN-13: 9781921842160
The English translation of the Khandhaka: the second book of the Pali Vinaya Pitaka, one of the three major ‘baskets’ of Therevada canonical literature. It is a collection of various narratives. The English translation of the Vinaya-pitaka (third part, khandhaka) contains many Pali original words, but transliterated using a system similar to the I...
The story of a raper of nuns
Kd.1.67.1 Now at that time several nuns were going along the high-road from Sāketa to Sāvatthī. Thieves, having issued forth on the road, robbed some nuns and seduced other nuns. Those in the royal service, having set out from Sāvatthī … = Kd.1.66.1, Kd.1.66.1 … The monks told this matter to the Lord. He said:
“Monks, if a seducer of a nun is not ordained, he should not be ordained; if he is ordained, he should be expelled.[1]
“Monks, if a schismatic is not ordained, he should not be ordained; if he is ordained, he should be expelled.
“Monks, if a shedder of (a Truth-finder’s[2]) blood is not ordained, he should not be ordained; if he is ordained, he should be expelled.[3]”
Footnotes and references:
[2]:
So the Commentary, Vin-a.1024.