Parimaṇḍalavaggasikkhābada

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 805

[805] Setting at Sāvatthī. Now on that occasion the group-of-six bhikkhus (chabbaggiyā) sat in an inhabited area playing about with their hands and playing about with their feet. … "'I will sit well-restrained in an inhabited area' — this is a training to be undertaken." One should sit well-restrained in an inhabited area. Whatever bhikkhu, out of disrespect, sits in an inhabited area playing about with a hand or a foot, commits an offence of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa). There is no offence: if it is unintentional; if he is unmindful; if he does not know; if he is ill; in emergencies; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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