Lzh Mi Bu Pm Pd 2Letting a Nun Order Food
Pāli / Sanskrit:Dutiyapāṭidesanīya
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Explanation of the Dutiyapāṭidesanīya Sutta (The Second Reporting)
Background
The Dutiyapāṭidesanīya Sutta is found in the Pāṭidesanīya section, the section on reporting, of the Vinaya Piṭaka, within the Sutta Vibhaṅga for bhikkhunīs. This content arose from a specific situation in the life of the early monastic community, concerning the management of food and communal discipline.
The sutta’s background records that nuns in the town of Sāvatthī violated a rule concerning allowing another bhikkhunī to order and prepare food in a way not appropriate to the rules of the Sangha. This violation was discovered by the Buddha, who then established a new rule to protect the purity of the community of nuns.
Main Content
The Dutiyapāṭidesanīya Sutta states that if a nun allows another bhikkhunī to order or request others to prepare food for her, the nun who performs this act must report her fault before the whole community. This act is considered a Pāṭidesanīya offense, that is, a fault that the offender must “report” or “confess” publicly.
This fault is lighter than offenses such as Pārājika, defeat, or Saṅghādisesa, communal offenses, but it still requires acknowledgment and remorse. The purpose of this rule is to maintain the principle that each nun should be responsible for managing her own needs for food and drink and should not delegate this to others in certain ways, avoiding situations that could lead to unnecessary dependence or trouble for the Sangha.
The Dutiyapāṭidesanīya rule especially emphasizes the independence and personal responsibility of each bhikkhunī in maintaining the standards of renunciation. It also reflects the Buddha’s concern to protect the honor and respect of the community of nuns in society.
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