- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4PādukavaggaThe subchapter on shoes
0.564. SayanasikkhāpadaLying down
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.1.2PTS 4.202Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū sayanagatassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people who were lying down. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na sayanagatassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone lying down who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
1.4Na sayanagatassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.One should not give a teaching to anyone lying down who is not sick.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca antamaso chamāyampi nipannassa sayanagatassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone who is lying down and who is not sick, even if they are just lying on the ground, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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.
1.9Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fourth training rule is finished.