012.2 – Nikorata (part 3)
[Continued from the previous part ...]
When they arrived at Jetawan temple, female monks paid homage to the Buddha and told all the story to the Buddha.
The Buddha knew that the pregnant monk got pregnant before she became a monk. However, the Buddha realized that people from other religions would have a chance to blame the Buddha that he pick up a woman that Devadatta left. To avoid the problem, the Buddha thought that this case should be judged among many creditible persons including the king.
On the next morning, the Buddha invited Kosol the king, Anathabindika the millionaire, Julaanathabindika the millionaire, Wisaka the great laywoman, and many people from famous families to have a meeting. At dusk, when all people arrived at the meeting, the Buddha called Ubalee, a senior monk who was expert on Buddhist regulation, and said “Go to judge this pregnant monk among all people.”
Ubalee, a senior monk, sat on his chair and called Wisaka to be in front of the king and said “Wisaka, please diagnose this pregnant monk to see when she got pregnant.”
Wisaka examined the pregnant monk’s body, calculated and told Ubalee that the pregnant monk got pregnant before she became a monk. So that the judge had been made. Many months passed, the pregnant monk finally delivered a baby.
One day, the king traveled near the house of the female monks and heard a sound of the baby, so he asked his councilor. The councilor told that the pregnant monk had delivered a baby.
The king said “Taking care of baby is female monks’ worry. I’ll take care that baby.”
[To be continued ...]