- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4KhambhakatavaggaThe subchapter on hands on hips
0.525. UkkuṭikasikkhāpadaSquatting on the heels
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 ukkuṭikāya antaraghare gacchanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were moving about while squatting on their heels in inhabited areas. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na ukkuṭikāya antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not move about while squatting on my heels in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”1
1.4Na ukkuṭikāya antaraghare gantabbaṁ.One should not move about while squatting on one’s heels in an inhabited area.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca ukkuṭikāya antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, moves about while squatting on his heels 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.
1.9Pañcamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fifth training rule is finished.