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16. Swaying the body

Dutiyakāyappacālaka

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

0.516. DutiyakāyappacālakasikkhāpadaSwaying the body

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 kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdanti, kāyaṁ olambentā …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were swaying and leaning their bodies while sitting in inhabited areas. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not sway my body while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Na kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ.One should not sway one’s body while sitting in an inhabited area;1.5Kāyaṁ paggahetvā nisīditabbaṁ.one should sit keeping one’s body straight.1.6Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdati kāyaṁ olambento, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, sways and leans his body while sitting in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

1.7.0Non-offenses

1.7.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.8asañcicca,if it is unintentional; 1.9assatiyā,if he is not mindful; 1.10ajānantassa,if he does not know; 1.11gilānassa,if he is sick; 1.12vāsūpagatassa,if he has entered his dwelling; 1.13āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.14ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.15ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.16Chaṭṭhasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The sixth training rule is finished.