True DhammaLibrary · Community
Bu Sk 721 min read

72. Walking next to the path

Uppathenagamana

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

0.572. UppathenagamanasikkhāpadaWalking next to the path

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 uppathena gacchantā pathena gacchantassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were walking next to the path while giving teachings to people walking on the path. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na uppathena gacchanto pathena gacchantassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not give a teaching while walking next to the path to anyone walking on the path who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Na uppathena gacchantena pathena gacchantassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.One should not give a teaching while walking next to the path to anyone walking on the path who is not sick.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca uppathena gacchanto pathena gacchantassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching while walking next to the path to someone walking on the path 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.

1.9Dvādasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The twelfth training rule is finished.