Q: How can a pārājika monk, who deserves an expulsion from the order of monks because of his wrong doing, cure as a lay person?
Q: What should a monk do if he wishes to remain in the monastic community after committing a serious offence that requires an expulsion? What will happen if he disrobes unaware of such offences being committed? After disrobing, if he becomes aware of his crime, how can he cure himself as a layperson?
Pyae Sone Aung
St.Petersburg, Russia Federation
A: There are four kinds of such offences. They are
1. having sex with someone
2. stealing
3. killing a human
4. Falsely claiming or pretending to have gained jhāna (mental absorption) magga path and phala ( fruition) knowledge.
If an offender wants to continue his monastic life, he will have to downgrade himself to the status of a novice (samanera).
Whether he wears the monk’s robes or not, he can no longer be considered as a monk once the offence is committed. He has transformed into a lay person automatically. If he does not disrobe in spite of the crime he is responsible, he will go straight to hell after his death. But a person who disrobes but unaware of his wrong – doing, then his subsequent meritorious deeds as a lay person can bring him even to Nibbāna.
Q: Is it true that one should be thinking of the enlightened one while making sex?
One day, Buddha asked Visakha, “My beloved daughter … Is there a moment in your life when I am not in your thoughts?” And Visakha replied “Oh yes, while I am in the toilet and when I am having sex.” Buddha then said “If you think of me while in the toilet, you will enjoy good health. If you do so while having sex, then you will bear obedient kids. I read that somewhere. Was that really true?
Pyae Sone Aung
St. Petersburg, Russia Federation
A: I could not find such conversation recorded in the scripture at all. It is entirely false. But it is probably a misinterpretation of a statement made in sampajañña pabba section of the Satipaṭṭhāna sutta, i.e. Uccāra Passāvakamme Sampajānakārī hoti.
It means you must be mindful and note in detail to know comprehensively while you are passing out excrements in the toilet. In other words, you need to continue your meditation even during indecent acts. That was misinterpreted and wrongly portrayed as in your question.
Q: Illness and Vipassanā
Q: What should a monk do if he wishes to remain in the monastic community after committing a serious offence that requires an expulsion? What will happen if he disrobes unaware of such offences being committed? After disrobing, if he becomes aware of his crime, how can he cure himself as a layperson?
Pyae Sone Aung
St.Petersburg, Russia Federation
A: There are four kinds of such offences. They are
1. having sex with someone
2. stealing
3. killing a human
4. Falsely claiming or pretending to have gained jhāna (mental absorption) magga path and phala ( fruition) knowledge.
If an offender wants to continue his monastic life, he will have to downgrade himself to the status of a novice (samanera).
Whether he wears the monk’s robes or not, he can no longer be considered as a monk once the offence is committed. He has transformed into a lay person automatically. If he does not disrobe in spite of the crime he is responsible, he will go straight to hell after his death. But a person who disrobes but unaware of his wrong – doing, then his subsequent meritorious deeds as a lay person can bring him even to Nibbāna.
Q: Is it true that one should be thinking of the enlightened one while making sex?
One day, Buddha asked Visakha, “My beloved daughter … Is there a moment in your life when I am not in your thoughts?” And Visakha replied “Oh yes, while I am in the toilet and when I am having sex.” Buddha then said “If you think of me while in the toilet, you will enjoy good health. If you do so while having sex, then you will bear obedient kids. I read that somewhere. Was that really true?
Pyae Sone Aung
St. Petersburg, Russia Federation
A: I could not find such conversation recorded in the scripture at all. It is entirely false. But it is probably a misinterpretation of a statement made in sampajañña pabba section of the Satipaṭṭhāna sutta, i.e. Uccāra Passāvakamme Sampajānakārī hoti.
It means you must be mindful and note in detail to know comprehensively while you are passing out excrements in the toilet. In other words, you need to continue your meditation even during indecent acts. That was misinterpreted and wrongly portrayed as in your question.
Q: Illness and Vipassanā
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