San Sarv Bu Pm Finot Np 4Receiving Robe Cloth

Source Status

This item is an AI interpretation, not a translation of an original scripture. The regenerated section is based only on the descriptive information included in the data: the Vietnamese title “Nhận Vải May Y,” the English title “Receiving Robe Cloth,” the Pāli title “Cīvarapaṭiggahana,” the designation “San Sarv Bu Pm Finot Np 4,” the tradition “Sectarian Scriptures · Comparative,” the collection “Comparative Vinaya — Sanskrit,” and the truncated ending portion of the Vietnamese text.

The full source text has not been collated, so the occasion of promulgation, original wording, specific object, or procedural sequence in the text cannot be determined with certainty. What is presented below is a cautious interpretation in the direction of Vinaya study and practice, without adding details beyond the available data.

Context

The title “Cīvarapaṭiggahana” and the Vietnamese and English titles all point to receiving cloth for making robes. In the renunciant life, robes are among the basic requisites, helping cover the body, protect health, and maintain the outward dignity of the practitioner. But because clothing is also a possession that can easily stir up liking, preference, accumulation, and comparison, Vinaya often establishes careful frameworks around the receiving, keeping, using, and relinquishing of robes.

The ending portion of the Vietnamese text shows that the earlier interpretation spoke about robes that may be possessed, the principle of receiving robes from others, and the risk of offense arising when one receives too much or certifies improperly according to procedure. However, details such as “at most three sets of robes” or related terminology should be understood as part of the remaining style of the earlier interpretation, not as evidence already collated with the full source text in the present task. Therefore, the presentation should remain general and avoid making assertions beyond the data.

Content Identifiable from the Descriptive Information

From the descriptive information, it can be determined that this item belongs to the scope of Vinaya concerning the receiving of cloth for making robes. The phrase “Receiving Robe Cloth” shows that the focus is not only a completed robe, but the material or cloth used to make one. This distinction is important: receiving cloth is the first step in the process of possession and use, so from the moment of receiving, mindfulness, transparency, and proper procedure are required.

The truncated ending says that receiving robes must be related to the donor and to the procedure of certification. The content can be identified at the level of principle as follows: a renunciant is not free to accumulate cloth as desired; receiving requisites from laypeople must be placed within common discipline; and when there is wrongdoing, the item may need to be relinquished, while the offender must acknowledge the fault according to the proper form. These points accord with the spirit of Vinaya: not only preventing fault in outward action, but also cutting off the root of craving and the privatization of property in communal life.

From the designation “Np 4,” it can be said that the descriptive information suggests a training rule with a sanction concerning an item received or kept improperly. However, because the source has not been collated, the detailed procedures, formulas of declaration, number of repetitions, time limits, or specific communal mechanisms should not be stated with certainty. What can be said more securely is that the subject revolves around the ethical limits of receiving robe cloth, not an encouragement to receive much or choose fine material.

Meaning for Practice

The meaning for practice in this item lies in one’s attitude toward offerings. A layperson who gives robe cloth usually does so with faith, respect, and the wish to support the holy life. If the recipient has no limits, lacks contentment, or receives with a mind of desire, then a pure offering can be pulled into the circle of attachment. Therefore, the rule concerning receiving robes does not diminish the value of generosity; on the contrary, it protects generosity from being misused.

For a renunciant, receiving a piece of cloth is not merely receiving an object. It is receiving another person’s faith, receiving the responsibility to preserve the image of the Sangha, and receiving an opportunity to examine one’s own mind. As soon as the item comes into one’s hand, the mind may give rise to the notions “mine,” “more beautiful,” “need more,” or “keep it for later.” Precisely at this very small point, the Vinaya becomes practice. Practitioners do not wait until affliction has become great before responding; they learn to recognize affliction as soon as it arises in relation to everyday requisites.

For laypeople, this item also has reflective value. Modern life makes possession easy and continuous. We may receive more, buy more, store more, sometimes merely out of fear of lack or from the habit of accumulation. The spirit of this training rule reminds us that requisites should serve a mindful life. When an object exceeds its necessary function and becomes a place that nourishes ego, it makes the mind heavy. Knowing how to receive rightly, use rightly, and let go rightly is part of practice.

Comparative Note

No full source collation is available for the item “Cīvarapaṭiggahana,” so details of Vinaya procedure, technical terminology, and conditions of offense need to be checked before being used as scholarly material. No translator name, comparative page, canonical location, division, or chapter is stated beyond the descriptive information provided. When a complete text is available, it will be necessary to compare the title, group of training rules, object of application, conditions for receiving cloth, the meaning of “certification,” and the way of handling the item if receiving it was improper.