Lzh Sarv Bi Vb Np 27Exchanging Personal Property
Pāli / Sanskrit:Puggalikacetāpana
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Sutra on Exchanging Personal Property (Puggalikacetāpana)
Background
This sutra belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka, specifically the Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga (the rules for women renunciants), among the rules of Nisaggiya Pācittiya (violations requiring relinquishment of the object and confession). The sutra was recorded in order to regulate conduct related to exchanging, giving, or receiving the property of nuns.
In the early practicing community, when women renunciants lived together in monasteries, issues concerning ownership of personal requisites often arose. The rules concerning Puggalikacetāpana (exchanging personal property) were developed by the Buddha and the Sangha to protect purity of mind, prevent actions likely to lead to disputes and greed, and preserve communal harmony.
Main Content
The basic principle of Puggalikacetāpana concerns exchanging or giving a personal requisite that a nun owns to another person, or receiving an item from another person outside the system of communal Sangha property. When a nun exchanges her personal requisites with another not for a genuine purpose of assistance, or for the purpose of making the requisite more valuable for her own benefit, this action is regarded as a violation of Nisaggiya Pācittiya.
Specifically, if a nun has a personal requisite she is permitted to keep (such as a yellow robe or an almsbowl) and exchanges it with another person's requisite with the intention of making her own item better or more valuable, this violation occurs. This offense requires the nun to relinquish that object to the Sangha (or to the appointed person) and confess the offense.
This rule does not forbid sincere exchange or giving of requisites, but its core principle is that there should be no active intention to increase value or make one's own item better for a private purpose. The purpose of the sutra is to cultivate the renunciation of greed (lobha) and protect the purity of the religious mind.
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