Lzh Dg Bi Pm Np 8Excessive Prompting for Robe Funds
Pāli / Sanskrit:Rāja
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The Rule on Excessive Prompting for Robe Cloth
Background
This rule belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka in the Pāli Canon, especially in the Bhikkhunī Pātimokkha, the basic precepts of the bhikkhunīs. This is a passage from the disciplinary rules established by the Buddha to govern the community of female monastics in the early Sangha.
The background arose from a specific event: bhikkhunīs acted improperly by urging laypeople or friends one by one to request cloth for making robes, such as the Saṅghāṭi, the outer robe of those gone forth. This repeated action toward the same person, or excessive prompting, was regarded as unfitting for the ethics of a practitioner, because it showed greed, lack of self-knowledge, and caused trouble for donors.
The Buddha, with his manifold wisdom, saw that this conduct was harmful to the Sangha and also did not create conditions for the development of the virtues of diligence (viriya) and contentment (santuṭṭhi) in the minds of monastics. From this, he established a disciplinary rule to regulate such behavior.
Main Content
The rule stipulates that bhikkhunīs may not prompt excessively or urge repeatedly again and again the same person in order to request robe cloth. “Excessive prompting” (atireka-sammodhana) is understood as asking many times, adopting a prolonged pleading attitude, or using inappropriate means of persuasion in order to obtain what one wants.
The core principle of this rule is that a bhikkhunī may make a request once, but if the person does not respond, she should not continue to press. If this rule is violated, the conduct is considered a Pācittiya, a Pātimokkha offense requiring recollection and participation. This means that the offender must confess the fault before the Sangha and carry out appropriate acts of repentance.
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