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11. Ujjagghikasikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū mahāhasitaṁ hasantā antaraghare gacchanti …pe….

Laughing loudly Origin story

At 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 were laughing loudly while walking in inhabited areas. …

“Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

Final ruling

“‘I will not laugh loudly while walking in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare gantabbaṁ. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca mahāhasitaṁ hasanto antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

One should not laugh loudly while walking in an inhabited area. If a monk, out of disrespect, laughs loudly while walking in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Anāpatti—

Non-offenses

There is no offense:

asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, hasanīyasmiṁ vatthusmiṁ mihitamattaṁ karoti, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.

if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if he is sick; if he merely smiles when something is funny; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.