- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4ParimaṇḍalavaggaThe subchapter on evenly all around
0.59. UkkhittakasikkhāpadaLifting the robes
1.0Origin story
1.1PTS 4.187Tena 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 ukkhittakāya antaraghare gacchanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were lifting their robes while walking in inhabited areas. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na ukkhittakāya antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not lift my robe while walking in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”
1.4Na ukkhittakāya antaraghare gantabbaṁ.One should not lift one’s robe while walking in an inhabited area.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca ekato vā ubhato vā ukkhipitvā antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, lifts his robe on one or both sides while walking 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; 1.11āpadāsuif there is an emergency; 1.12ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.13ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.
1.14Navamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The ninth training rule is finished.