Lzh Mu Bi Vb Np 9Requesting Fine Robes From a Combined Robe Fund
Pāli / Sanskrit:Dutiyaupakkhata
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Dutiyaupakkhata Sutta: Requesting Fine Clothing From a Combined Robe Fund
Background
This text belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka, specifically the Pātimokkha Nuns’ Rules, the rules for bhikkhunīs. Dutiyaupakkhata, provisionally translated "the second request for fine robes," records a regulation concerning how female monastics (bhikkhunīs) are permitted to request clothing from the common fund of the Saṅgha.
In the context of Early Buddhism, bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs had to follow a detailed system of regulations concerning property and the use of material things. Clothing is one of the four essential requisites (caturapaccaya), together with food, lodging, medicine, and robes. However, the Buddha did not permit monastics to accumulate too much or to demand unreasonably luxurious items.
The Vinaya Piṭaka records that bhikkhunīs are not permitted to ask for fine clothing too many times or to request overly luxurious things from the common fund, because this violates the spirit of practice in frugality and non-greed. This regulation was laid down to protect the spiritual life of the Saṅgha and ensure that monastics maintain a mind that does not demand too much from society.
Main Content
The rule in this text emphasizes that a female monastic may request clothing from the common fund (saṃghika bhanda) only under certain conditions. If the community of nuns has a separate fund for buying clothing for its members, then requests for robes must not exceed reasonable limits.
Specifically, the rule forbids bhikkhunīs from asking a second time (dutiya) for clothing from the common fund if they have already asked once within a certain period. This is intended to avoid the situation in which a few people consume too much of the Saṅgha’s property, leading to unfairness and creating jealousy in the community.
The text also prescribes that if a bhikkhunī needs clothing for legitimate reasons, such as because her old robe has torn or because the weather has changed, she must inform the other nuns or the leaders of the group of nuns.
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