- Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- ParimaṇḍalavaggaThe subchapter on evenly all around
9. UkkhittakasikkhāpadaLifting the robes
Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.
Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū ukkhittakāya antaraghare gacchanti …pe….
ukkhittakāya → SEKHIYA, 9.10.-In C the reading ukkhittakāyaṁ prevails. (pts note)At that time the monks from the group of six were lifting their robes while walking in inhabited areas. …
“Na ukkhittakāya antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
gamissāmīti → gamissāmīti nisīdissāmīti (pts)“‘I will not lift my robe while walking in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”
Na ukkhittakāya antaraghare gantabbaṁ.One should not lift one’s robe while walking in an inhabited area. Yo 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.
Anāpatti—There is no offense: asañcicca,if it is unintentional; assatiyā,if he is not mindful; ajānantassa,if he does not know; gilānassa,if he is sick; āpadāsuif there is an emergency; ummattakassa,if he is insane; ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.
Navamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The ninth training rule is finished.