Lzh Mi Bi Pm Pc 58Sending a Monastic Back from Almsround
Pāli / Sanskrit:Uyyojana
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Uyyojana Sutta: On Sending a Monastic Back from Almsround
Background
The Uyyojana Sutta is found in the Vinaya Piṭaka, especially in the Pātimokkha, or training rules, of the Sangha. This is not a sutta on doctrine, but a legal regulation concerning the act of sending a monastic back from the almsround.
In the Theravāda Buddhist tradition, the Vinaya Piṭaka was built from specific situations that occurred in the Sangha during the Buddha’s lifetime. These regulations were recorded to maintain discipline, communal spirit, and the honor of the Sangha before the public.
This sutta concerns the situation in which a monastic participates in the almsround (piṇḍapāta), a sacred activity through which monastics compassionately go from house to house to receive rice, gruel, and food from laypeople. This is not merely a means of livelihood, but also an opportunity for the Sangha to be close to the people, proclaim the Dharma, and teach living beings.
Main Content
The Uyyojana Sutta lays down that when a monastic cannot continue taking part in the almsround for some reason, whether illness, fatigue, or other difficulties, there is the right to send that person back, that is, to permit or appoint someone else to bring this monastic back to the monastery.
This act of “sending back” (uyyojana) is not something just anyone may perform. According to the rule, it must be an act permitted or appointed by senior, virtuous members of the Sangha. The purpose is to protect the health of that monastic while also protecting the discipline and image of the Sangha before the public.
The specific content of this sutta in the Pāli Vinaya Piṭaka has not been fully translated in the supplied material, but according to the context of the Vinaya Piṭaka, this rule affirms the concern of Theravāda Buddhism for the health and discipline of each individual monastic, and for the common benefit of the community.
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