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4. Not being well-covered

Dutiyasuppaṭicchanna

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
  • 0.4ParimaṇḍalavaggaThe subchapter on evenly all around

0.54. DutiyasuppaṭicchannasikkhāpadaNot being well-covered

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 kāyaṁ vivaritvā antaraghare nisīdanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six did not cover their bodies while sitting in inhabited areas. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Suppaṭicchanno antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will be well-covered while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Suppaṭicchannena antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ.One should be well-covered while sitting in an inhabited area.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca kāyaṁ vivaritvā antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, does not cover his body 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; 1.11vāsūpagatassa,if he has entered his dwelling; 1.12āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.13ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.14ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.15Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fourth training rule is finished.