Overview
(Note: To perfectly maintain your frontmatter structural layout of five items, this file aggregates the 2 classical robe-austerities along with the 1 unique posture practice and 2 specific highly exposed natural resting-place practices from the 13 dhutaṅgas. This combination covers the complete ascetic armor guarding a monk’s immediate physical requisites.)
The List
- Paṃsukūlik’aṅga - Refuse-rag Wearer’s Practice: Wearing only robes stitched together from abandoned rags, shroud cloths from charnel grounds, or material salvaged from refuse heaps.
- Tecīvarik’aṅga - Triple-robe Wearer’s Practice: Possessing and maintaining exactly three garments, never consenting to store a fourth robe.
- Nesajjik’aṅga - Sitter’s Practice: Completely renouncing the lying-down posture, executing all sleeping, resting, and meditating strictly in a seated posture.
- Rukkhamūlik’aṅga - Tree-root Dweller’s Practice: Residing exclusively at the base of a wild forest tree, completely discarding the shelter of constructed roofs.
- Abbhokāsik’aṅga - Open-air Dweller’s Practice: Abandoning even the shelter of trees, living and meditating completely exposed in the open air, allowed only a simple leaf screen during intense storms.
Textual References
- Commentary: Visuddhimagga (Chapter II) – Buddhaghosa details the high code, the dynamic health considerations, and the grading systems for these rigorous somatic disciplines.