Upp Np 9Requesting Fine Robes From a Combined Robe Fund
Pāli / Sanskrit:Dutiyaupakkhata
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Exposition of the Dutiyaupakkhata Sutta
Requesting Fine Robes from a Combined Robe Fund
Context
The Dutiyaupakkhata Sutta belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, in the Nissaggiya Pācittiya section, the violations requiring relinquishment and confession. It is one of the detailed rules concerning the management of property and the use of a common fund in the Buddhist monastic community.
The background of this discourse concerns bhikkhus who had a tendency to seek subtle profit from the communal fund of the Sangha. In the Buddha’s time, some bhikkhus proposed establishing a common fund to gather the property of the Sangha, for the purpose of easier management and development of communal property. However, some monastics sought to exploit this mechanism to ask for valuable robes from the fund for themselves, beyond the needs of study and practice.
The Buddha saw that this was harmful to the spirit of going forth and to equality in the Sangha, and therefore established a clear rule about requesting robes from a common fund.
Main Content
The discourse states that if a common robe fund (robe fund) is established for the entire Sangha, bhikkhus should not request valuable or fine robes from this fund for themselves unless there is the consent of the Sangha or of those authorized to manage the fund.
More specifically, a bhikkhu’s arbitrarily requesting the best kinds of robes from the common fund, or hinting at ways to obtain valuable robes, is considered a violation. This violates the principle of vinaya because it shows craving, lack of concern for the community, and exploitation of a common system for personal benefit.
If a bhikkhu carries out this action, he must relinquish that robe and confess before the Sangha. This is called nissaggiya pācittiya, a violation requiring relinquishment of the article and public confession.
This rule also implies that a bhikkhu should ask for ordinary robes, suitable to his status and needs of study and practice, not luxurious or rare robes.
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