Theravāda Vinaya
Translators: brahmali
Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
Mahāvibhaṅga
The Great Analysis
Sekhiyakaṇḍa
The chapter on training
Pādukavagga
The subchapter on shoes
65. Pallatthikasikkhāpada
The training rule on clasping the knees
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 pallatthikāya nisinnassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….
At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people who were seated clasping their knees. …
“Na pallatthikāya nisinnassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone who is seated clasping their knees and who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
Na pallatthikāya nisinnassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.
One should not give a teaching to anyone who is seated clasping their knees and who is not sick.
Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca hatthapallatthikāya vā dussapallatthikāya vā nisinnassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
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.
Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
asañcicca …pe…
if it is unintentional;
ādikammikassāti.
if he is the first offender.
Pañcamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
The fifth training rule is finished.