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11. Laughing loudly

Ujjagghika

Translated by Bhikkhu Brahmali · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
  • 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
  • 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
  • 0.4UjjagghikavaggaThe subchapter on laughing loudly

0.511. UjjagghikasikkhāpadaLaughing loudly

1.0Origin story

1.1Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.1.2Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū mahāhasitaṁ hasantā antaraghare gacchanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were laughing loudly while walking in inhabited areas. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not laugh loudly while walking in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare gantabbaṁ.One should not laugh loudly while walking in an inhabited area.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca mahāhasitaṁ hasanto antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, laughs loudly while walking in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

1.6.0Non-offenses

1.6.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.7asañcicca,if it is unintentional; 1.8assatiyā,if he is not mindful; 1.9ajānantassa,if he does not know; 1.10gilānassa,if he is sick; 1.11hasanīyasmiṁ vatthusmiṁ mihitamattaṁ karoti,if he merely smiles when something is funny; 1.12āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.13ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.14ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.15Paṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The first training rule is finished.