- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4PādukavaggaThe subchapter on shoes
0.565. PallatthikasikkhāpadaClasping the knees
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 pallatthikāya nisinnassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people who were seated clasping their knees. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na pallatthikāya nisinnassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone who is seated clasping their knees and who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
1.4Na pallatthikāya nisinnassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.One should not give a teaching to anyone who is seated clasping their knees and who is not sick.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca hatthapallatthikāya vā dussapallatthikāya vā nisinnassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone who is clasping their knees with their hands or with a cloth and who is not sick, 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.
1.9Pañcamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fifth training rule is finished.