THE ANUD¢PAN¢
mindfulness to prevent arising of such unwholesome states of mind.
With regard to the remaining sense doors, similar control is to be maintained so that no
defilement would arise from hearing a sound, smelling an odour, tasting a flavour,
touching a tangible object or cognizing a mental object.
(c) Œjivaparisuddhi-sÊla
ŒjivapÈrisuddhi-sÊla, the morality of purity of livelihood, means avoiding six kinds of
livelihood which the Vinaya prohibits and avoiding of all other kinds of wrong livelihood.
The six
sikkhÈpadas
promulgated by the Buddha with regard to livelihood are:
(1) Having evil wishes and being oppressed by them, if a
bhikkhu
boasts of
jhÈna
,
magga,
phala
attainments which are not present in him, and which have never been present
before, he is guilty of
PÈrÈjika-Èpatti
.
(2) For the sake of livelihood, if he acts as a go-between, arranging marriages, he is guilty
of
Sanghadisesa-Èpatti
.
(3) Without mentioning directly: ‚I am an
arahat
‛, if he says, for the sake of livelihood:
‚A certain
bhikkhu
lives at your monastery, that
bhikkhu
is an
arahat
‛ and if the donor
of the monastery understands what he means, he is guilty of
Thullaccaya-Èpatti
.
(4) For the sake of livelihood, if he asks for and eats sumptuous food
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, without being ill,
he is guilty of
PÈcittiya-Èpatti
.
(5) For the sake of livelihood, if a
bhikkhunÊ
asks for and eats sumptuous food, without
being ill, she is guilty of
PÈtidesaniya-Èpatti
.
(6) For the sake of livelihood, if a
bhikkhu
asks for and eats curry or boiled rice, without
being ill, he is guilty of
Dukkata-Èpatti
.
Other kinds of wrong livelihood, in addition to the above six are:
(1) Kuhana, hypocrisy,
(2) Lapana, talking,
(3) Nemittkata, hinting,
(4) NippesikatÈ, belittling.
(5) LÈbbhena lÈbham nijigisanatÈ, seeking gain with gain.
(1) Kuhana (hypocrisy), is of three kinds:
(i) Hypocrisy in use of requisites (Paccaya patisevana).
(ii) Hypocrisy in talk on subjects close to attainments of the Path and the Fruition
States (Samanta jappana).
(iii) Hypocrisy in change of postures to deceive lay devotees (IriyÈpatha saÓÔhapana).
(i) When lay devotees offer a
bhikkhu
robes, etc. although he wants them, having evil
desires to pretend and pose himself as if he has attributes which are non-existent, he says,
in order to get even more, (for robes): ‚What is the use of such expensive robes for a
bhikkhu
? Only
pansukulika
robes made of refuse rags is proper for him.‛ (For food) he
says: ‚What is the use of such expensive food for a
bhikkhu
? Only food obtained on alms
round is proper for a
bhikkhu
.‛ (For dwelling place) he says: ‚What is the use of such a
fine dwelling place for a
bhikkhu
? Only dwelling at the foot of a tree or in the open air is
proper for him.‛ (For medicine) he says: ‚What is the use of such expensive medicine for a
bhikkhu
? Cow urine or a portion of gall nut or myrobalan is good for him as medicine.‛
Accordingly, to practise what he preaches, he uses only coarse robes, coarse dwelling
place and coarse medicines. Lay devotees think so highly of him thus: ‚This Venerable One
has few wishes; he is easily contented; he is free from desires of material goods and sense
pleasures; he does not mix with lay people; he is also very diligent (in the practice of
Dhamma).‛ Then they invite him to accept more and more of requisites. Then the
bhikkhu
with evil desires boastfully says: ‚
Dayaka
, when these three things: the faith, material
goods to offer and the person to receive them are present, then the good person who has
12. Sumptuous food means food mixed with ghee, butter, oil, honey, molasses, fish, milk and curd.