21 kinds of wrong livelihood for monastics
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21 kinds of wrong livelihood for monastics (bhikkhus and bhikkhunis)
- 1. Medical practice (vejjakammaṃ karoti)
- 2. Acting as a messenger (dūtakammaṃ karoti)
- 3. Doing things at the behest of laymen (pahiṇakammaṃ karoti)
- 4. Lancing boils (gaṇḍaṃ phāleti)
- 5. Giving oil for medical application (arumakkhaṇaṃ deti)
- 6. Giving emetics (uddhaṃ virecanaṃ deti)
- 7. Giving purgatives (adho virecanaṃ deti)
- 8. Preparing oil for nose-treatment (natthutelaṃ pacati)
- 9. Preparing oil for medicine (pivanatelaṃ pacati)
- 10. Presenting bamboos (veḷudānaṃ deti)
- 11. Presenting leaves (pattadānaṃ deti)
- 12. Presenting flowers (pupphadānaṃ deti)
- 13. Presenting fruits (phaladānaṃ deti)
- 14. Presenting soap-clay (sinānadānaṃ deti)
- 15. Presenting tooth-sticks (dantakaṭṭhadānaṃ deti)
- 16. Presenting water for washing the face (mukhodakadānaṃ deti)
- 17. Presenting talcum powder (cuṇṇamattikadānaṃ deti)
- 18. Using flattering speech (cāṭukamyaṃ karoti)
- 19. Acting like half-cooked bean soup, i.e., speaking half-truths (muggasūpiyaṃ karoti)
- 20. Fondling children (pāribatyaṃ karoti)
- 21. Running errands (jaṅghapesaniyaṃ karoti)
(Vinaya Pitaka)
References
- http://www.aimwell.org/
- The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained. David N. Snyder, Ph.D., 2006.
- http://www.thedhamma.com/