Buddhism · Vinaya Pitaka · Monastic Discipline

Rule 72

Swaying the body · 16. Dutiyakāyappacālakasikkhāpada

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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 were swaying and leaning their bodies while sitting in inhabited areas. … One should not sway one’s body while sitting in an inhabited area; one should sit keeping one’s body straight. If a monk, out of disrespect, sways and leans his body while sitting in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if he is sick; if he has entered his dwelling; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender. The sixth training rule is finished.

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdanti, kāyaṁ olambentā …pe…. Na kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ. Kāyaṁ paggahetvā nisīditabbaṁ. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdati kāyaṁ olambento, āpatti dukkaṭassa. asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, vāsūpagatassa, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti. Chaṭṭhasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

“‘I will not sway my body while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

“Na kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

There is no offense:

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