- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4SurusuruvaggaThe subchapter on slurping
0.558. DaṇḍapāṇisikkhāpadaHolding a staff
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 daṇḍapāṇissa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people holding staffs. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone holding a staff who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
1.4.0Definitions
- 1.4.1Daṇḍo nāmaA staff:
- 1.5majjhimassa purisassa catuhattho daṇḍo.a stick measuring 1.6 meters.11.6Tato ukkaṭṭho adaṇḍo, omako adaṇḍo.What is longer than that is not a staff, nor what is shorter.
1.7Na daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.One should not give a teaching to anyone holding a staff who is not sick.1.8Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk out, of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone holding a staff who is not sick, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
1.9.0Non-offenses
1.9.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.10.1asañcicca …pe…if it is unintentional; 1.10.2if he is not mindful; 1.10.3if he does not know; 1.10.4if he is sick; 1.10.5if there is an emergency; 1.10.6if he is insane; 1.11ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.
1.12Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The eighth training rule is finished.