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63. Sitting in a vehicle

Yāna

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

0.563. YānasikkhāpadaSitting in a vehicle

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 yānagatassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people in vehicles. …

1.3.0Final ruling

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

1.4.0Definitions

1.4.1Yānaṁ nāmaA vehicle:
1.5vayhaṁ ratho sakaṭaṁ sandamānikā sivikā pāṭaṅkī.a wagon, a carriage, a cart, a chariot, a palanquin, a litter.

1.6Na yānagatassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.One should not give a teaching to anyone in a vehicle who is not sick.1.7Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca yānagatassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone in a vehicle who is not sick, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

1.8.0Non-offenses

1.8.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.9.1asañcicca …pe…if it is unintentional; 1.9.2if he is not mindful; 1.9.3if he does not know; 1.9.4if he is sick; 1.9.5if there is an emergency; 1.9.6if he is insane; 1.10ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.11Tatiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The third training rule is finished.