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63. Yānasikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū yānagatassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….

Sitting in a vehicle 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 gave teachings to people in vehicles. …

“Na yānagatassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

Final ruling

“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone in a vehicle who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”

Yānaṁ nāma

Definitions

A vehicle:

vayhaṁ ratho sakaṭaṁ sandamānikā sivikā pāṭaṅkī. Na yānagatassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca yānagatassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

a wagon, a carriage, a cart, a chariot, a palanquin, a litter. One should not give a teaching to anyone in a vehicle who is not sick. If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone in a vehicle who is not sick, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Anāpatti—

Non-offenses

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.