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 The
eight requisites (aṭṭha parikkhāra) are the eight
basic necessities that Buddhist monks and nuns are
allowed to have as their personal property. They are: (1) an outer
robe, (2) an inner robe, (3) a thick double robe for
winter, (4) an alms bowl for gathering food, (5) a razor
for shaving, (6) a needle and thread, (7) a belt and
(8) a water strainer for removing impurities from drinking
water. Monks and nuns were expected to take everything they owned
with them wherever they went 'just as a bird takes only its wings
with it wherever it goes' (D.I,71). In practice, monks and nuns today
usually own far more than this, but the life of simplicity remains
the ideal. See Alms Gathering. |
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