‘Even if he has been appointed, if a monk instructs the nuns after sunset, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”

Definitions Has been appointed: has been appointed through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements. After sunset: after the sun has gone down. The nuns: they have been given the full ordination by both Sanghas. Instructs: if he instructs in the eight important principles or he gives any other teaching, he commits an offense entailing confession.

Permutations If the sun has set, and he perceives that it has, and he instructs the nuns, he commits an offense entailing confession. If the sun has set, but he is unsure of it, and he instructs the nuns, he commits an offense entailing confession. If the sun has set, but he perceives that it has not, and he instructs the nuns, he commits an offense entailing confession. If he instructs a nun who is fully ordained only on one side, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the sun has not set, but he perceives that it has, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the sun has not set, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the sun has not set, and he perceives that it has not, there is no offense.

Non-offenses There is no offense: if he recites; if he tests them; if he recites when asked to do so; if he asks a question; if he replies when asked a question; if he is speaking for the benefit of someone else and the nuns listen in; if it is to a trainee nun; if it is to a novice nun; if he is insane; if he is the first offender. The training rule on instructing nuns after sunset, the second, is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Analysis The chapter on offenses entailing confession The subchapter on the instruction Instructing nuns in a nunnery

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