Lzh Mg Bu Pm Pc 46Living With an Ejected Monastic
Pāli / Sanskrit:Ukkhittasambhoga
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THE UKKHITTASAMBHOGA SUTTA: LIVING WITH A MONK WHO HAS BEEN EJECTED
Background
The Ukkhittasambhoga is a valuable regulation within the Theravāda Vinaya tradition, recording guidelines on how to manage communal relations when a monk has been ejected from the monastic community (saṅgha paccaya). The abbreviated title "Living With an Ejected Monastic" reflects the practical situations that arise in the course of collective practice.
In the historical context of the Buddha, the regulations of the Vinaya were established on the basis of specific situations. This text originates from questions concerning how to conduct oneself toward monks who have committed serious violations and been ejected (ukkhitta) according to the Pātimokkha rules, with the aim of protecting the purity of the monastic community. The question posed is: what attitude should other monks take with regard to contact, cohabitation, or communication with a monk who has been ejected?
This regulation reflects a core principle of the Buddha's Dharma—that discipline is accompanied by compassion, and that it is necessary to distinguish between the person and the wrongful act.
Main Content
According to the Theravāda Vinaya tradition, when a monk has been ejected (ukkhitta), other monks are not permitted to engage in ordinary interactions with him as they normally would. This is not out of personal animosity, but in order to maintain discipline and to create pressure that encourages the ejected monk to reform. However, this text makes clear that one must not sever all connection entirely—this is a humane form of censure with the purpose of rehabilitation.
Specific requirements are set forth: other monks should not share material comforts with the ejected monk, should not sit together with him in the same place, should not sleep in the same quarters, and should not participate together in communal practice activities. Nevertheless, they may still speak with him in order to encourage his reform, and may still provide him with necessities should he fall ill or encounter difficulty.
The essential nature of this regulation is to create a "disciplinary distance" (sambhoga—sharing, but restricted).
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