BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Rule IndexSeeking and receiving a rains-bathing cloth before the fourth month of the hotseason is a nissaggiya pācittiya offense. Using a rains-bathing cloth before the lasttwo weeks of the fourth month of the hot season is also a nissaggiya pācittiyaoffense. (NP 24)Taking thread that one has asked for improperly and getting weavers to weave clothfrom it — when they are unrelated and have not made a previous offer to weave —is a nissaggiya pācittiya offense. (NP 26)When donors who are not relatives — and have not invited one to ask — havearranged for weavers to weave robe-cloth intended for one: Receiving the clothafter getting the weavers to improve it is a nissaggiya pācittiya offense. (NP 27)Keeping robe-cloth offered in urgency past the end of the robe season after havingaccepted it during the last eleven days of the Rains-residence is a nissaggiyapācittiya offense. (NP 28)When one is living in a dangerous wilderness abode during the month after theRains-residence and has left one of one's robes in the village where one normallygoes for alms: Being away from the abode and the village for more than six nightsat a stretch — except when authorized by the Community — is a nissaggiyapācittiya offense. (NP 29)Wearing an unmarked robe is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 58)Acquiring an overly large sitting cloth after making it — or having it made — forone's own use is a pācittiya offense requiring that one cut the cloth down to sizebefore confessing the offense. (Pc 89)Acquiring an overly large skin-eruption covering cloth after making it — or having itmade — for one's own use is a pācittiya offense requiring that one cut the clothdown to size before confessing the offense. (Pc 90)Acquiring an overly large rains-bathing cloth after making it — or having it made —for one's own use is a pācittiya offense requiring that one cut the cloth down to sizebefore confessing the offense. (Pc 91)Acquiring an overly large robe after making it — or having it made — for one's ownuse is a pācittiya offense requiring that one cut the robe down to size beforeconfessing the offense. (Pc 92)FoodEating any of the five staple foods that a lay person has offered as the result of abhikkhunī's prompting — unless the lay person was already planning to offer thefood before her prompting — is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 29)520