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Pāli / Sanskrit:Vilekhana
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Vilekhana Sutta (The Act of Scraping)
Background
The Vilekhana Sutta belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Theravāda Buddhist tradition and is recorded in the Pātimokkha of the bhikkhus. The content of this teaching refers to an action regarded as a Pārājika violation, a defeat offense that is irreparable in monastic life.
In the context of the Vinaya Piṭaka, these rules were promulgated by the Buddha to protect the purity of the Sangha, maintain discipline within the monastic community, and ensure that the disciples lived according to noble ethical principles. The term “Vilekhana” (vilekhati: to scrape, to clean by scraping) denotes a specific action raised by the teaching. In the context of renunciant practice, this action is connected with violating the rules of body, speech, and mind that had been established in the Sangha community.
Main Content
The specific content of this teaching has not yet been fully translated in the present material. However, according to the structure of the Pāli Vinaya Piṭaka, teachings belonging to the Pātimokkha usually include: (1) the root incident witnessed by or reported to the Buddha; (2) the specific ethical rule promulgated; and (3) the level of violation and its consequence.
In the case of Vilekhana, this teaching concerns actions that violate the chastity and purity of a bhikkhu. The rules in the Vinaya Piṭaka are built on the principle of “Vinaya,” discipline, whose function is to guide the conduct of practitioners, eliminate actions unsuitable for the monastic life, and create harmony in the Sangha. Every Pātimokkha teaching begins from a specific event in the life of the Buddha and his disciples, thereby showing the meaning of the rule.
Practical Meaning
Although it is a teaching from the ancient Vinaya Piṭaka, the teaching of Vilekhana carries deep meaning for both monastics and laypeople in the course of modern practice. This teaching reminds us that purity (suddhi) is not only physical cleanliness, but cleanliness in mind, speech, and action as well.
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