Xct Mu Bu Pm Sk 40Receiving Respectfully
Pāli / Sanskrit:Sakkaccapaṭiggahaṇa
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Exposition of the Sakkaccapaṭiggahaṇa Discourse (Receiving Respectfully)
Context
The Sakkaccapaṭiggahaṇa discourse is found in the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, a collection of training rules for the Theravāda Buddhist Sangha. This Vinaya is presented through specific situations that occurred in the Sangha during the Buddha’s lifetime, where the Buddha established principles of life to maintain discipline, harmony, and spiritual progress.
This discourse concerns an important aspect of the renunciant life: how to receive things respectfully and carefully. It is not a specific prohibition, but a guideline concerning attitude and action that reflects deep understanding of wholesome thought and self-control in every daily act.
Main Content
The term sakkaccapaṭiggahaṇa may be divided into sakkacca (carefully, respectfully) and paṭiggahaṇa (receiving, accepting). The discourse teaches that bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs, when receiving anything, from food and robes to requisites for practice, must act with full attention and respect.
Specifically, when receiving food from laypeople’s offerings, a practitioner should not be hurried, inattentive, or careless. Instead, one should recognize that this is the faith and support of the donor for the practice of the Buddhadharma. Every act of receiving must reflect mindfulness (sati) and right view (sammā-diṭṭhi), that is, full awareness.
This principle also applies to receiving teachings, advice, and even criticism from others in the Sangha. Receiving respectfully means opening the mind, examining carefully, and not rejecting irrationally. This is the foundation of wisdom (paññā) and non-arrogance (anatimānī).
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