[574] There is no offense (anāpatti): if, standing in the monastery, he sees it; if the fighting comes and is seen at the place where the bhikkhu is standing, sitting, or lying down; if he sees it while going in the opposite direction; if, there being something to be done, he goes and sees it; in emergencies; if he is insane; if he is the first offender (ādikammika).
The tenth training rule is finished.
The Acelaka Chapter, the fifth.
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Its summary (uddāna):
Cake, the talk of Upananda, the triad and the visit,
Mahānāma, Pasenadi, the army, the one wounded — these are the ten.
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# 1 The Sinhalese edition reads: "The naked ascetic, dismissing, with-a-meal, the two in private,
# with-food, medicine, [an army] on the move, an army, a battle."
The first training rule of the Surāpāna Chapter
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.