Theravāda Vinaya
Translators: brahmali
Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
Mahāvibhaṅga
The Great Analysis
Sekhiyakaṇḍa
The chapter on training
Khambhakatavagga
The subchapter on hands on hips
23. Oguṇṭhitasikkhāpada
The training rule on covering the head
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 sasīsaṁ pārupitvā antaraghare gacchanti …pe….
At that time the monks from the group of six were covering their heads with their upper robes while walking in inhabited areas. …
“Na oguṇṭhito antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
“‘I will not cover my head while walking in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”
Na oguṇṭhitena antaraghare gantabbaṁ.
One should not cover one’s head while walking in an inhabited area.
Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca sasīsaṁ pārupitvā antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If a monk, out of disrespect, covers his head with his upper robe while walking in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
asañcicca …pe…
if it is unintentional;
ādikammikassāti.
if he is the first offender.
Tatiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
The third training rule is finished.