AN 5.273–285A Lodgings Allotter
Pāli / Sanskrit:Senāsanapaññāpakasuttādi
Qualities of one who is appointed to assign lodgings, and other monastery responsibilities.
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– Numbered Discourses 5.273–285
– 27. Abbreviated Texts on Appointments
A Lodgings Allotter
“Mendicants, someone with five qualities should not be appointed as lodgings allotter … they don’t know if a lodging has been allotted or not … Someone with five qualities should be appointed as lodgings allotter … they know if a lodging has been allotted or not …
A person should not be appointed as lodgings allocator … they don’t know if a lodging has been allocated or not … A person should be appointed as lodgings allocator … they know if a lodging has been allocated or not …
A person should not be appointed as storeperson … they don’t know if stores are protected or not … A person should be appointed as storeperson … they know if stores are protected or not …
… robe receiver …
… robe distributor …
… porridge distributor …
… fruit distributor …
… cake distributor …
… dispenser of minor accessories …
… allocator of bathing cloths …
… bowl allocator …
… supervisor of monastery staff …
… supervisor of novices … What five? They don’t make decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice. And they know if a novice has been supervised or not. A supervisor of novices with these five qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.”
The “…” is an abbreviation carried over from the Pāli original itself, called peyyāla. The early canon was memorized and recited, so passages repeated verbatim from a preceding discourse were commonly contracted to an elision mark rather than written out in full. Venerable Thích Minh Châu's translation preserves this convention. Some texts therefore look short — but that is the canonical form, not missing content or a truncated translation. The elided passages can be read in full in the preceding discourses of the same chapter.
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