Lzh Mi Bu Vb Pd 3Receiving Food From Designated Families
Pāli / Sanskrit:Tatiyapāṭidesanīya
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THE TATIYAPĀṬIDESANĪYA DISCOURSE
On Receiving Food From Designated Families
Background
Tatiyapāṭidesanīya, the third Pāṭidesanīya, is part of the Vinaya Piṭaka in the Theravāda tradition, found in the Pali Canon. This discourse is recorded in the Bhikkhunī-vibhaṅga, the analysis of the nuns’ discipline, or in the Bhikkhu-vibhaṅga, and concerns rules of practice for bhikkhunīs regarding the acceptance of food from families that have been designated beforehand.
The historical formation of this discourse arose from specific stories during the Buddha’s building of the Sangha. As the Sangha developed, clear rules needed to be established to maintain discipline and protect the honor of monastics, as well as to avoid unnecessary suspicion from the lay community. The Pāṭidesanīya discourses in general concern acts that must be “publicly confessed” or “declared before the public,” and they are not full offenses (pārājika, saṅghādisesa) but lighter faults requiring correction.
Main Content
The third Tatiyapāṭidesanīya focuses on the issue of a nun regularly receiving food from certain families without formal arrangement. This may cause misunderstandings or suspicion about the relationship between the nun and that family. This rule aims to ensure that nuns do not develop overly close attachment to any particular family, which could lead to favoritism, dependence, or the loss of the spiritual independence necessary for practice.
The discourse states that if a nun regularly receives food from a “designated” family without an official decision from the Sangha, or if she acts in a way that suggests a private connection with that family, then she must “declare” (pāṭideseti) or “confess” this act in the presence of the Sangha or before other senior nuns.
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