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Theravāda Vinaya Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
Mahāvibhaṅga The Great Analysis
Sekhiyakaṇḍa The chapter on training
Surusuruvagga The subchapter on slurping
58. Daṇḍapāṇisikkhāpada Holding a staff
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 daṇḍapāṇissa dhammaṁ desenti …pe…. At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people holding staffs. …
Final ruling
“Na daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti. “‘I will not give a teaching to anyone holding a staff who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
Definitions
Daṇḍo nāma A staff:
majjhimassa purisassa catuhattho daṇḍo. a stick measuring 1.6 meters. Majjhimassa purisassa catuhattho daṇḍo, “It is a stick of four forearms of a man of average height.” For a discussion of the hattha, see sugata in Appendix of Technical Terms.
Tato ukkaṭṭho adaṇḍo, omako adaṇḍo. What is longer than that is not a staff, nor what is shorter.
Na daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo. One should not give a teaching to anyone holding a staff who is not sick.
Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. If a monk out, of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone holding a staff 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.
Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ. The eighth training rule is finished.