- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4PādukavaggaThe subchapter on shoes
0.571. PacchatogamanasikkhāpadaWalking behind
1.0Origin story
1.1PTS 4.205Tena 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 pacchato gacchantā purato gacchantassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were giving teachings to people walking in front of them. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na pacchato gacchanto purato gacchantassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone walking in front of me who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
1.4Na pacchato gacchantena purato gacchantassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.One should not give a teaching to anyone walking in front of oneself who is not sick.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca pacchato gacchanto purato gacchantassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone walking in front of him 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.
1.9Ekādasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The eleventh training rule is finished.