Lzh Mg Bi Pm Pc 113Atirekaprāmāṇikamañca
Pāli / Sanskrit:Atirekaprāmāṇikamañca
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COMMENTARY ON THE ATIREKAPRĀMĀṆIKAMAÑCA SUTTA
Background
The Atirekaprāmāṇikamañca Sutta belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka within the Theravāda Buddhist tradition, specifically the Pātimokkha — the code of discipline for bhikkhus. It is one of the detailed regulations established to maintain discipline within the Sangha, the communities of monastics who follow the Buddha.
The Vinaya Piṭaka was compiled with the purpose of protecting the purity of the Sangha and establishing a genuine community of practice. The rules are not arbitrary impositions, but rather arise from specific situations that occurred in monastic life, which the Buddha identified and provided guidance on resolving. This sutta concerns the matter of exceeding measure — sometimes rendered as "surplus measure" or "measuring beyond the standard" — reflecting a form of transgression related to truthfulness in the statements and conduct of bhikkhus.
Main Content
Atirekaprāmāṇika (atireka = exceeding; prāmāṇika = measured, estimated) is a term referring to the conduct of speaking excessively, exaggerating, or making statements that are not true. Mañca may be understood as "lying down" or "a resting place," but in the context of Vinaya study, it typically indicates a specific case or a legal situation.
This regulation emphasizes that bhikkhus must speak truthfully, particularly in matters relating to practice, effort, and meditative composure. To exaggerate or speak beyond what is true concerning one's own attainments in practice or one's supernatural capabilities is an ethical transgression, for it constitutes a form of falsehood — and falsehood is already prohibited within the five precepts (Pañcasīla) and is further upheld in the eight precepts (Aṭṭhasīla).
This rule is also connected to the category of Pāyattika or Pācittiya — regulations of a lighter nature, but ones that still require confession and repentance before the Sangha if transgressed. It protects the trustworthiness and purity of the Sangha community, preventing members from using the practice as a means to elevate their own reputation or influence.
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