Bu Pc 3636. Encouraging a monastic to eat after refusing an invitation
Pāli / Sanskrit:Dutiyapavāraṇā
A monk who tricks another monk who has finished his meal into eating more, aiming to criticize him, must confess the offense.
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Explanation of Bu Pc 36: Encouraging a Monastic to Eat After Refusing
Background
Bu Pc 36 (Dutiyapavāraṇā) appears in the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Theravāda tradition, which records in detail the rules of practice for monastics. This is one of the important rules (sīla) concerning honesty and respect within the Saṅgha community.
The background of this rule is set in the early monastic environment, where monastics lived according to strictly disciplined principles. During that period, the eating habits of monastics were regulated — they were permitted to eat only in the morning and at midday (before the designated hour), after which was a period of fasting and abstinence from food. When a monastic refuses further food, it signifies that the person has completed their meal, reflecting proper practice and purity of conduct.
Main Content
Bu Pc 36 concerns the action of a monastic who deliberately employs a means of persuasion to encourage another monastic — one who has already refused further food — to continue eating. The motivation behind this action is the intention to criticize and find fault with the other monastic — perhaps because the first monastic wishes, for some reason, to besmirch the other's reputation or cause them to transgress the rules of discipline.
This technique of "inviting" (pavāraṇā) is a subtle form of deception. Rather than offering direct criticism, the monastic deliberately creates a situation that causes the other to violate the rule. This is not an ordinary action but a deliberate act of conduct, driven by an unwholesome mind (akusala citta) — specifically, the desire to find fault with another.
According to the Vinaya Piṭaka, any monastic who performs this action must confess the offense (pāṭidesanīya pāpañña) — one of the four categories of offenses requiring disclosure during the Pāṭimokkha recitation. This conduct is regarded as a transgression among those things to be avoided (dukkaṭa), as it involves deception, an unwholesome mind, and the deliberate attempt to harm the reputation of a fellow monastic.
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