San Lo Bu Pm Sk 2Evenly All Around (2nd)

Source Status

This entry has descriptive information and a truncated ending of the Vietnamese text, but it does not have the complete source text. The data gives the number “San Lo Bu Pm Sk 2,” the Vietnamese title “Đều Khắp Xung Quanh (Lần 2),” the English title “Evenly All Around (2nd),” the Pali title “Dutiyaparimaṇḍala,” belonging to “Sectarian Canon · Comparative” and “Comparative Vinaya — Sanskrit.” Because the original wording is missing, this section is only an AI interpretation based on the title and the stylistic traces of the truncated ending, not a translation of the original Vinaya text.

Context

The title “Evenly All Around” suggests a regulation concerning straightness, roundness, or symmetry in deportment. However, the data does not indicate whether this refers to wearing the robe, sitting, arranging the body, or some other specific action. The truncated ending speaks of the monks sitting in an even circle, but that detail is not confirmed by the descriptive information. Therefore, when rewriting, one must avoid turning the suggestion of the older passage into a certain fact.

In discipline, the quality of being “even all around” may generally be understood as an expression of moderation and freedom from imbalance. Whether applied to robes, seating, bodily bearing, or some aspect of communal activity, the noteworthy point remains the training of bodily conduct so that it is orderly, not arbitrary, not visually disorderly, and not a cause of disharmony in the community.

Content That Can Be Determined from the Descriptive Information

From the Pali title “Dutiyaparimaṇḍala” and the Vietnamese title “2nd,” it can be determined that this is a second entry related to a concept expressed as “parimaṇḍala” or “evenly all around.” But the data does not say what the first entry is, how the two differ, or what specific behavior is regulated. Therefore, it should not be asserted that this concerns a ceremony, a position in the assembly, or a definite spatial arrangement.

What can be interpreted is this: the training rule emphasizes adjustment in outward expression. “Evenly all around” is not only an aesthetic of form, but a sign of a mind that is not distracted. When the body is placed in upright order, the mind has an opportunity to recognize tendencies toward haste, laxity, or carelessness. Thus discipline is not separate from meditative contemplation; it brings practice into each small gesture.

Meaning for Practice

The life of practice needs regularity. If a practitioner is diligent only during ceremonial hours but heedless in daily activities, practice is easily split in two. A training rule concerning being “even all around” reminds us that the path lies in consistency: bodily action has order, speech has restraint, and the mind has observation. External neatness is not for others to praise, but so that one does not get swept along by arbitrary habits.

If understood broadly for lay students of the Buddha, “evenly all around” can become a principle of life. We do not maintain mindfulness only when chanting sutras or sitting in meditation, but also when entering the house, sitting down at the dining table, working, speaking with others, and using objects. Practice should not be confined to a few solemn moments; it needs to permeate the whole of life.

Comparative Note

There is not yet a complete source to determine the exact scope of “Dutiyaparimaṇḍala.” The old ending mentions sitting in a circle and equality in the Sangha, but because the data does not confirm this, those details are not presented as source content. When a comparative text is available, it is necessary to check what action the rule concerns, because the same title may be interpreted differently without context. At present, the certain portion is only the theme of deportment related to regularity, symmetry, and the “second” nature of the entry.