0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
0.4PādukavaggaThe subchapter on shoes

0.566. VeṭhitasikkhāpadaWearing a headdress

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 veṭhitasīsassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people with headdresses. …

1.3.0Final ruling

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

1.4.0Definitions

1.4.1Veṭhitasīso nāmaA headdress:: 1.5kesantaṁ na dassāpetvā veṭhito hoti.if the ends of the hair are not showing it is a headdress.

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

1.8.0Non-offenses

1.8.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.9asañcicca,if it is unintentional; 1.10assatiyā,if he is not mindful; 1.11ajānantassa,if he does not know; 1.12gilānassa,if he is sick; 1.13kesantaṁ vivarāpetvā deseti,if he teaches the person after having them uncover the ends of their hair; 1.14āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.15ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.16ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.17Chaṭṭhasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The sixth training rule is finished.