- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4UjjagghikavaggaThe subchapter on laughing loudly
0.514. DutiyauccasaddasikkhāpadaBeing noisy
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 uccāsaddaṁ mahāsaddaṁ karontā antaraghare nisīdanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were noisy while sitting in inhabited areas. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Appasaddo antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not be noisy while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”
1.4Appasaddena antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ.One should not be noisy while sitting in an inhabited area.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca uccāsaddaṁ mahāsaddaṁ karonto antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, is noisy while sitting in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
1.6.0Non-offenses
1.6.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.7.1asañcicca …pe…if it is unintentional; 1.7.2if he is not mindful; 1.7.3if he does not know; 1.7.4if he is sick; 1.7.5if there is an emergency; 1.7.6if he is insane; 1.8ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.
1.9Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fourth training rule is finished.