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

0.518. DutiyabāhuppacālakasikkhāpadaSwinging the arms

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 bāhuppacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdanti bāhuṁ olambentā …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were swinging and dangling their arms while sitting in inhabited areas. …

1.3.0Final ruling

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

1.4Na bāhuppacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ.One should not swing one’s arms while sitting in an inhabited area;1.5Bāhuṁ paggahetvā nisīditabbaṁ.one should sit keeping one’s arms steady.1.6Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca bāhuppacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdati bāhuṁ olambento, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, swings and dangles his arms 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.

1.16Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The eighth training rule is finished.