Lzh Mi Bi Vb Sk 51Receiving Respectfully
Pāli / Sanskrit:Sakkaccapaṭiggahaṇa
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THE DISCOURSE ON RECEIVING RESPECTFULLY
Sakkaccapaṭiggahaṇa - A Teaching on How to Receive and Uphold the True Dharma
Context
The Sakkaccapaṭiggahaṇa discourse (Receiving respectfully) is recorded in the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, reflecting the serious manner in which bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs should receive, protect, and practice according to the Buddha’s teaching. This discourse arises from regulations concerning Sangha discipline, where reverence for the Dharma is the foundation of virtue.
In the context of the Theravāda Buddhadharma, the word "sakkacca" means "carefully, thoroughly, reverently," while "paṭiggahaṇa" means "receiving, acceptance, upholding." Combined, Sakkaccapaṭiggahaṇa indicates the way a monastic or practitioner should receive the Buddha’s teaching with complete sincerity, not as something ignored or treated indifferently.
Main Content
This discourse emphasizes that receiving the Dharma must be done with deep care. It is not merely listening passively to a teaching, but an active deed of wisdom and attention (manasikāra). When receiving instructions, discourses (sutta), or guidance on practice, the practitioner needs to:
First, listen with complete attention (appamāda), that is, without negligence or drowsiness. Second, understand the profound meaning of the teaching, not stopping merely at the sequence of words. Third, have practical respect for the one who transmits the teaching as well as for the Dharma itself.
In the spirit of the Vinaya Piṭaka, this mode of receiving is not blind obedience or old-style scholasticism. In many discourses, the Buddha encouraged his disciples to examine (pariyatti), reflect (patibhāga), and practice (paṭipatti) the teaching. Yet the first step is to receive it respectfully and carefully, opening the mind to contain the Dharma, like a boat holding water without overflowing or leaking.
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