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6. Being unrestrained

Dutiyasusaṁvuta

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

0.56. DutiyasusaṁvutasikkhāpadaBeing unrestrained

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 hatthampi pādampi kīḷāpentā antaraghare nisīdanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were playing with their hands and feet while sitting in inhabited areas. …

1.3.0Final ruling

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

1.4Susaṁvutena antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ.One should be well-restrained while sitting in an inhabited area.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca hatthaṁ vā pādaṁ vā kīḷāpento antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, plays with his hands or feet 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; 1.11ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.12ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.13Chaṭṭhasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The sixth training rule is finished.