[Buddha-l] Footwear

[Bankei]

Hi Ngawang

it sounds like it is much safer to go barefoot with all those rules.

Bankei


On 21/08/06, Ngawang Dorje <rahula_80 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> Bankei wrote:
>
>  > I suppose it may depend on your interpretation. Footwear not made out
> of leather should be ok.<
>
>  Stuart wrote:
> > Is non-leather footwear mentioned at all?<
>
>  The Buddha only allowed leather footwear. Non-leather footwear is
> prohibited. According to Bhikkhu Thanissaro, rubber is classified under
> leather.
>
> "I allow single-layered leather footwear. Double-layered leather footwear
> should not be worn. Triple-layered leather footwear should not be worn.
> Multi-layered leather footwear should not be worn. Whoever should wear it:
> an offense of wrong doing." — Mv.V.1.30
>
> "I allow in all outlying districts multi-layered leather footwear." —
> Mv.V.13.13
>
> "Wooden footwear should not be worn. Whoever should wear it: an offense of
> wrong doing." — Mv.V.6.4
>
> "Woven palmyra-leaf footwear should not be worn. Whoever should wear it:
> an offense of wrong doing." — Mv.V.7.2
>
> "Woven bamboo footwear should not be worn. Whoever should wear it: an
> offense of wrong doing." — Mv.V.7.3
>
> "Footwear woven of grass should not be worn. Footwear woven of muñja grass
> ... woven of reeds ... woven of marshy date-palm ... woven of kamala-grass
> ... knitted from wool ... decorated with gold ... decorated with silver ...
> decorated with gems ... decorated with lapis lazuli ... decorated with
> crystal ... decorated with bronze ... decorated with glass (mirrors) ...
> decorated with tin ... decorated with zinc (lead) ... decorated with copper
> should not be worn. Whoever should wear it: an offense of wrong doing.
> Non-leather footwear that is meant for walking should not be worn. Whoever
> should wear it: an offense of wrong doing. I allow three kinds of
> non-leather footwear if fixed permanently in place: privy shoes, urinal
> shoes, rinsing-room shoes." — Mv.V.8.3
>
>
> Thanks,
> Rahula
>
>
>
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