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Rule 184Clasping the knees · 65. Pallatthikasikkhāpada
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Buddhism · Vinaya Pitaka · Monastic Discipline
Rule 184
Clasping the knees · 65. Pallatthikasikkhāpada
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At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people who were seated clasping their knees. … One should not give a teaching to anyone who is seated clasping their knees and who is not sick. If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone who is clasping their knees with their hands or with a cloth and who is not sick, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. if he is the first offender. The fifth training rule is finished.
