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74. Defecating on cultivated plants

Hariteuccāra

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

0.574. HariteuccārasikkhāpadaDefecating on cultivated plants

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 harite uccārampi passāvampi kheḷampi karonti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were defecating, urinating, and spitting on cultivated plants. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na harite agilāno uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘When not sick, I will not defecate, urinate, or spit on cultivated plants,’ this is how you should train.”1

1.4Na harite agilānena uccāro vā passāvo vā kheḷo vā kātabbo.If one is not sick, one should not defecate, urinate, or spit on cultivated plants.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca harite agilāno uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karoti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If, out of disrespect, a monk who is not sick defecates, urinates, or spits on cultivated plants, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

1.6.0Non-offenses

1.6.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.7asañcicca,if it is unintentional; 1.8assatiyā,if he is not mindful; 1.9ajānantassa,if he does not know; 1.10gilānassa,if he is sick; 1.11appaharite kato haritaṁ ottharati,if he does it in a place with no cultivated plants, but it then spreads to cultivated plants; 1.12āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.13ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.14ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.15Cuddasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fourteenth training rule is finished.

Translator’s notes

  1. Harita could in principle refer to all plants, but it is elsewhere defined as what is cultivated, see Bu Pc 19:2.1.14 and Bi Pc 9:2.1.14.

    ↩ pli-tv-bu-vb-sk74:1.3.1