Ten Indulgences

Ten Indulgences (dasa vatthuni)

The Ten Indulgences recorded in the four vinaya texts are slightly different from each other. In the Mahisāsaka vinaya they are recorded as follows:

1) It is allowed to keep salt and ginger. This is not impure.

2) After meal time if one got extra food and picks up with two fingers and to eat is allowed. (The interpretation of the southern tradition is: To take meals slightly after mid-day, that is when the shadow is two finger broad).

3) After a meal if there is another chance to eat one can sit down and eat again. This is allowed as not impure.

4) To go to another village and to have .a second meal there on the same day is allowed.

5) To drink honey mixed with butter is allowed.

6) To drink half brewed wine is allowed.

7) To make a cloth mat the size of one's choice is allowed.

8) To practice what one has learned before is allowed.

9) To ask someone to inquire after a friend's health is allowed.

10) To accept gold and silver and to keep them is allowed.

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See Also

• A Study On The I-Pu-Tsung-Lun-Lun by Tao-Wei Liang