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Theravāda Vinaya Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
Mahāvibhaṅga The Great Analysis
Sekhiyakaṇḍa The chapter on training
Pādukavagga The subchapter on shoes
72. Uppathenagamanasikkhāpada Walking next to the path
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 uppathena gacchantā pathena gacchantassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe…. At that time the monks from the group of six were walking next to the path while giving teachings to people walking on the path. …
Final ruling
“Na uppathena gacchanto pathena gacchantassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti. “‘I will not give a teaching while walking next to the path to anyone walking on the path who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
Na uppathena gacchantena pathena gacchantassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo. One should not give a teaching while walking next to the path to anyone walking on the path who is not sick.
Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca uppathena gacchanto pathena gacchantassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching while walking next to the path to someone walking on the path 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.
Dvādasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ. The twelfth training rule is finished.