Lzh Mu Bi Vb Pd 2Asking for Curd
Pāli / Sanskrit:Dadhiviññāpana
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DISCOURSE ON ASKING FOR CURD (DADHIVIÑÑĀPANA)
Background
The Dadhiviññāpana Sutta is found in the Vinaya Piṭaka, specifically in the Pātimokkha Bhikkhunī section of the Theravāda tradition. This is the detailed legal section on the rules of life for Buddhist female monastics.
The background of this discourse concerns a practical situation in the community of female monastics during the lifetime of the Buddha Śākyamuni. A bhikkhunī urgently needed curd, a kind of sour or fermented milk, but the manner of requesting or asking for this food from laypeople had to follow certain ethical and disciplinary principles.
All the rules in the Pātimokkha were taught by the Buddha Śākyamuni to protect the purity of the Saṅgha, preserve the honor of the Buddha-Dharma, and guide devotees in proper practice. Though this discourse seems to concern a small matter, it carries deep meaning regarding how monastics behave and receive requests.
Main Content
The Dadhiviññāpana Sutta concerns the rule for when a bhikkhunī needs to ask for or request foods such as curd. According to the rules in the Vinaya Piṭaka, monastics should not actively ask for food, especially things considered surplus (ati-rekim) or not basic nourishment.
The question is: may a bhikkhunī ask laypeople to prepare curd? If so, under what conditions? The Buddha set forth the principle that, although curd is a nourishing food, if a bhikkhunī actively requests it (viññāpana) without permission or without following the proper procedure, this is regarded as a violation of one of the precepts.
The manner of requesting must be skillful, free from greed, and not troublesome to laypeople. The Buddha-Dharma encourages self-restraint and the avoidance of harm to the faith of those who support the Saṅgha.
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