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Theravāda Vinaya
Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
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Mahāvibhaṅga
The Great Analysis
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Sekhiyakaṇḍa
The chapter on training
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Pādukavagga
The subchapter on shoes
63. Yānasikkhāpada
63. The training rule on vehicles
Origin story
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 yānagatassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….
At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people in vehicles. …
Final ruling
“Na yānagatassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone in a vehicle who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
Definitions
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Yānaṁ nāma
A vehicle:
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vayhaṁ ratho sakaṭaṁ sandamānikā sivikā pāṭaṅkī.
a wagon, a carriage, a cart, a chariot, a palanquin, a litter.
Na yānagatassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.
One should not give a teaching to anyone in a vehicle who is not sick.
Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca yānagatassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone in a vehicle who is not sick, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
Non-offenses
Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
asañcicca …pe…
if it is unintentional;
if he is not mindful;
if he does not know;
if he is sick;
if there is an emergency;
if he is insane;
ādikammikassāti.
if he is the first offender.
Tatiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
The third training rule is finished.
