Bu Sk 18

18. Dutiyabāhuppacālakasikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū bāhuppacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdanti bāhuṁ olambentā …pe….

Swinging the arms 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 swinging and dangling their arms while sitting in inhabited areas. …

“Na bāhuppacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

Final ruling

“‘I will not swing my arms while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

Na bāhuppacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ. Bāhuṁ paggahetvā nisīditabbaṁ. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca bāhuppacālakaṁ antaraghare nisīdati bāhuṁ olambento, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

One should not swing one’s arms while sitting in an inhabited area; one should sit keeping one’s arms steady. If a monk, out of disrespect, swings and dangles his arms while sitting in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Anāpatti—

Non-offenses

There is no offense:

asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, vāsūpagatassa, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.

if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if he is sick; if he has entered his dwelling; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.