Pādukāvaggasikkhābada

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 875

[875] Origin at Sāvatthī. Now at that time the group-of-six bhikkhus (chabbaggiyā), walking off the path, taught the Dhamma to one walking on the path. … "I will not, while walking off the path, teach the Dhamma to a person who is not sick walking on the path" — thus should the training be undertaken. The Dhamma should not be taught by one walking off the path to a person who is not sick walking on the path. Whichever bhikkhu, out of disrespect, walking off the path, teaches the Dhamma to a person who is not sick walking on the path, incurs an offence of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa). There is no offence: if it is unintentional; if he is unmindful; if he does not know; if the person is sick; in emergencies; if he is insane; if he is the first offender (ādikammika). The Three Miscellaneous Rules — 1.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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