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61. Wearing shoes

Pāduka

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
  • 0.4PādukavaggaThe subchapter on shoes

0.561. PādukasikkhāpadaWearing shoes

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 pādukāruḷhassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people wearing shoes. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na pādukāruḷhassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone wearing shoes who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Na pādukāruḷhassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.One should not give a teaching to anyone wearing shoes who is not sick.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca akkantassa vā paṭimukkassa vā omukkassa vā agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone who is not sick and who is standing on shoes, whose shoes are fastened, or whose shoes are loose, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.1

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.

1.9Paṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The first training rule is finished.

Translator’s notes

  1. Sp 2.638: Akkantassāti chattadaṇḍake aṅgulantaraṁ appavesetvā kevalaṁ pādukaṁ akkamitvā ṭhitassa. Paṭimukkassāti paṭimuñcitvā ṭhitassa. Upāhanāyapi eseva nayo. Omukkoti panettha paṇhikabaddhaṁ omuñcitvā ṭhito vuccati, “Akkantassa: not having entered the toes into the chattadaṇḍaka, he stands on top of the entire shoe. Paṭimukkassa: he stands after fastening. But here, standing after loosening the heel strap, it is called omukka.” It is not clear what a chattadaṇḍaka, literally, “a sunshade rib”, means in this context. Perhaps it refers to the thong that goes between the toes.

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