- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4UjjagghikavaggaThe subchapter on laughing loudly
0.512. DutiyaujjagghikasikkhāpadaLaughing 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 nisīdanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were laughing loudly while sitting in inhabited areas. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not laugh loudly while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”
1.4Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ.One should not laugh loudly while sitting in an inhabited area.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca mahāhasitaṁ hasanto antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, laughs loudly while sitting 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.
1.15Dutiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The second training rule is finished.