0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
0.4KabaḷavaggaThe subchapter on mouthfuls

0.547. HatthaniddhunakasikkhāpadaShaking the hand

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 hatthaniddhunakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six ate shaking their hands. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na hatthaniddhunakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not eat shaking my hand,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Na hatthaniddhunakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.One should not eat shaking one’s hand.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca hatthaniddhunakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, eats shaking his hand, 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; 1.11kacavaraṁ chaḍḍento hatthaṁ niddhunāti,if he shakes his hand to discard trash; 1.12āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.13ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.14ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.15Sattamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The seventh training rule is finished.