San Lo Bi Vb Pc 6Memorizing the Teaching
Pāli / Sanskrit:Padasodhamma
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Padasodhamma Sutta: Remembering the Teaching
Background
Padasodhamma (Pāli: Pada-sodhamma, provisionally translated as "Pure Teaching") is a disciplinary rule (Pātimokkha) belonging to the Vinaya Piṭaka of Theravāda Buddhism. This text is found in the Sutta Vibhaṅga, the section that gives detailed explanations of the rules of discipline, especially the Pācittiya offenses, minor violations requiring confession.
In the context of the Sangha, the Buddha especially emphasized the importance of remembering and preserving the Dharma. Records, study, and the accurate transmission of the teachings are the foundation for the long endurance of the Buddha Dharma. Padasodhamma reflects this concern through a rule related to learning, remembering, and accurately conveying the scriptures.
Main Content
The specific content of the Padasodhamma text has not been fully translated in the present materials. However, based on the tradition of the Pāli Canon, rules in the Pācittiya group often relate to violations in the study and training activities of the Sangha, especially actions that may harm the preservation and transmission of the Dharma.
The title "Memorizing the Teaching" suggests that this text is related to learning, memorizing, or conveying the Buddha Dharma. In the Theravāda tradition, the three principal methods for preserving the Dharma are: (1) Sutta, discourses learned by heart; (2) Vinaya, disciplinary rules; and (3) Abhidhamma, analytical treatises. Learning and accurately remembering each "pada" (word, concept) of the Dharma is extremely important.
This rule may concern a specific act such as altering the Buddha’s teachings according to one’s own preference, or a violation occurring in the process of collective study. Its purpose is to ensure the integrity of the Dharma and prevent the bozofication or fresh alteration or distortion of the Buddha’s words.
Practical Meaning
Padasodhamma teaches that protecting the Dharma is not only the responsibility of venerable teachers or elders, but of every bhikkhu and bhikkhunī.
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