pli-tv-bi-pm:6.1–6.12

Kiṁ saṅghassa pubbakiccaṁ? Pārisuddhiṁ ayyāyo ārocetha, pātimokkhaṁ uddisissāmi, taṁ sabbāva santā sādhukaṁ suṇoma manasi karoma. Yassā siyā āpatti, sā āvikareyya, asantiyā āpattiyā tuṇhī bhavitabbaṁ, tuṇhībhāvena kho panāyyāyo, “parisuddhā”ti vedissāmi. Yathā kho pana paccekapuṭṭhassā veyyākaraṇaṁ hoti, evamevaṁ evarūpāya parisāya yāvatatiyaṁ anusāvitaṁ hoti. Yā pana bhikkhunī yāvatatiyaṁ anusāviyamāne saramānā santiṁ āpattiṁ nāvikareyya, sampajānamusāvādassā hoti. Sampajānamusāvādo kho panāyyāyo, antarāyiko dhammo vutto bhagavatā, tasmā saramānāya bhikkhuniyā āpannāya visuddhāpekkhāya santī āpatti āvikātabbā, āvikatā hissā phāsu hoti.

What is the preliminary duty of the Sangha? The venerables should declare their purity. I will recite the Monastic Code. Everyone present should listen to it and attend carefully. Anyone who has committed an offense should reveal it. If you haven’t committed any offense, you should remain silent. If you are silent, I will regard you as pure. Just as one responds when asked individually, so too, an announcement is made three times in this kind of gathering. If a nun remembers an offense while the announcement is being made up to the third time, but doesn’t reveal it, she is lying in full awareness. Lying in full awareness is called an obstacle by the Buddha. A nun who remembers an offense and is seeking purification should therefore reveal it. When it’s revealed, she will be at ease.