0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
0.4ParimaṇḍalavaggaThe subchapter on evenly all around

0.58. DutiyaokkhittacakkhusikkhāpadaNot lowering the eyes

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 tahaṁ tahaṁ olokentā antaraghare nisīdanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were looking here and there while sitting in inhabited areas. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Okkhittacakkhu antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will lower my eyes while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Okkhittacakkhunā antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ yugamattaṁ pekkhantena.One should lower one’s eyes while sitting in an inhabited area, looking a plow’s length ahead.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca tahaṁ tahaṁ olokento antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, looks here and there while sitting in an inhabited area, 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; 1.11āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.12ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.13ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.14Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The eighth training rule is finished.