Lzh Mi Bi Pm Pc 135Disposing Feces
Pāli / Sanskrit:Tirokuṭṭuccārachaḍḍana
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Disposing of Feces — Lzh Mi Bi Pm Pc 135
(AI explanation — not a full translation of the original scripture)
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Source Status
The scripture item numbered Lzh Mi Bi Pm Pc 135 belongs to the Comparative Vinaya — Chinese collection, within the Sectarian Buddhist Texts · Comparative corpus of the Inti Dharma project. The Vietnamese title is Đổ Phân, the English title is Disposing Feces, and the corresponding Pāli name is given as Tirokuṭṭuccārachaḍḍana.
At present, the full Chinese source text corresponding to this item has not been fully collated and verified within the scope of the available documents. The explanation below is therefore based only on the provided descriptive information, including the sectarian tradition, collection name, serial number, title, and corresponding Pāli name, without pretending to quote or summarize the full original text. Readers and practitioners should consult the corresponding Vinaya texts of each school directly in order to obtain the precise original text.
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Background
The Comparative Vinaya — Chinese collection gathers and places side by side the training rules and legal provisions of many early Buddhist schools preserved in the Chinese canon. This comparative work has special value because it allows comparison of how each school, such as the Dharmaguptaka, Mūlasarvāstivāda, Mahāsāṃghika, or Sarvāstivāda, expressed and regulated the same conduct.
The training rule named Tirokuṭṭuccārachaḍḍana in the Pāli system belongs to the group of Pācittiya rules, that is, training rules concerning faults requiring confession. These are not grave offenses like Pārājika or Saṅghādisesa, but still require a bhikkhu, or bhikkhunī depending on the collection, to recognize, restrain, and remedy the conduct through the rite of confession before the Sangha. The group Pc in the code Pm Pc 135 is precisely an abbreviation of Pācittiya, while Pm may indicate the school or community; in this case the context points to the bhikkhunī community, because many schools have separate Pācittiya lists for nuns with a considerably larger number of training rules than those for bhikkhus.
The serial number 135 also suggests that this lies in the list of training rules for bhikkhunīs, because the Pācittiya catalogues for bhikkhunīs are usually much longer than those for bhikkhus.
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Content Identifiable From the Descriptive Information
The title Tirokuṭṭuccārachaḍḍana may be analyzed according to Pāli etymology: tiro-kuṭṭa (beyond the wall, outside the boundary), uccāra (feces, waste), and chaḍḍana (the act of throwing away, casting off, or discarding carelessly). This name points to the act of dumping or throwing feces beyond a wall or in an unauthorized place, that is, a violation related to hygiene and order within the monastery compound or residence of the Sangha or nuns’ community.
In the Buddhist Vinaya tradition, training rules on handling waste are not merely hygienic regulations. They reflect deeper principles of respect for public space, protection of the shared living environment of the Sangha and surrounding community, and careful, mindful conduct in every daily action. A practitioner who discards waste carelessly, even in a small act, creates inconvenience, pollution, or offense toward others.
Because this is an item in the Comparative Vinaya, the original Chinese text may present this rule from the perspective of one or more schools, allowing similarities and differences to be seen in the way the traditions formulated and applied this specific training rule.
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Meaning for Practice
Although it is a minor training rule in the Pācittiya list, Tirokuṭṭuccārachaḍḍana carries an important message for practice. The life of brahmacarya requires uninterrupted attentiveness, not only in meditation or Dharma teaching, but in every ordinary act, including those related to hygiene and the handling of bodily waste.
Buddhist Vinaya recognizes that small habits reflect large states of mind: one who is careless in small matters is often also lacking in mindfulness in greater matters. Therefore, training oneself to observe rules such as this is a way of cultivating sati, mindfulness, in daily life, turning every movement and every small decision toward the peace and harmony of the collective.
Furthermore, not polluting and not creating inconvenience for others is an embodiment of compassionate conduct, not harming and not causing affliction to beings around one, even through a practical daily act. This is also the foundation of a harmonious Sangha: when each member preserves order and cleanliness in the place where they live, the whole Sangha benefits.
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Comparative Note
The full Chinese text of this item in the Comparative Vinaya has not been verified within the scope of the available documents. Researchers wishing to compare it carefully should consult the corresponding Chinese Vinaya texts directly and place them alongside the Pāli name Tirokuṭṭuccārachaḍḍana in order to trace the equivalent training rule in each sectarian tradition.
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