The Second Treatise on the Perfections – 2728
2. For the sake of livelihood, if he acts as a go-between, arranging
marriages, he is guilty of an offence requiring a meeting of the Saṅgha
(
Saṅghādisesa-āpatti
).
3. Without mentioning directly: “I am an Arahat,” if he says, for the sake
of livelihood: “A certain monastic lives at your monastery and that
monastic is an Arahat,” and if the supporter of the monastery
understands that he means himself, he is guilty of a grave offence
(
thullaccaya-āpatti
).
4. For the sake of livelihood, if he asks for and eats sumptuous food, such
as food mixed with ghee, butter, oil, honey, molasses, fish, milk and
curd, without being ill, he is guilty of an offence requiring confession
(
pācittiya-āpatti
).
5. For the sake of livelihood, if a nun asks for and eats sumptuous food,
without being ill, she is guilty of an offence requiring an
acknowledgement (
pāṭidesanīya-āpatti
).
6. For the sake of livelihood, if a monastic asks for and eats curry or
boiled rice, without being ill, he is guilty of an offence of wrong doing
(
dukkaṭa-āpatti
).
Other kinds of wrong livelihood, in addition to the above six, are:
1. Hypocrisy (
kuhanā
).
2. Flattery (
lapana
).
3. Hinting (
nemittikatā
).
4. Belittling (
nippesikatā
).
5. Seeking gain with gain (
lābhena lābhaṁ nijigīsanatā
).
1. Hypocrisy (
kuhanā
) is of three kinds: Hypocrisy in the use of requisites
(
paccaya-paṭisevana
); hypocrisy in talk on subjects close to attainments of the
path and the fruition states (
samanta-jappā
); hypocrisy in change of postures to
deceive lay devotees (
iriyāpatha-saṇṭhapana
).
When lay devotees offer a monastic robes, bowls, etc., although he wants them,
having evil desires to pretend and pose as if he has attributes which are non-
existent, he says, in order to get even more: “What is the use of such expensive