Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga - Sekhiya 58: Not to teach the dhamma to someone holding a walking stick unless they are ill.
- Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Brahmali. (More copyright information)
Origin story
1At 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 gave teachings to people holding staffs. …
Final ruling
2“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone holding a staff who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
Definitions
3A staff: a stick measuring 1.6 meters. What is longer than that is not a staff, nor what is shorter.
4One should not give a teaching to anyone holding a staff who is not sick. 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
5There is no offense: if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if he is sick; if there are dangers; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
6The eighth training rule is finished.
1p_2V_1984, msdiv635Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū daṇḍapāṇissa dhammaṁ desenti … pe … .
2p_2V_1985"Na daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā" ti.
3p_2V_1986Daṇḍo nāma majjhimassa purisassa catuhattho daṇḍo. Tato ukkaṭṭho adaṇḍo, omako adaṇḍo.
4p_2V_1987Na daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
5p_2V_1988Anāpatti— asañcicca … pe … ādikammikassāti.
6p_2V_1989Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.