Bu Sk 7

7. Okkhittacakkhusikkhāpada

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

Not lowering the eyes 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 looking here and there while walking in inhabited areas. …

“Okkhittacakkhu antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

Final ruling

“‘I will lower my eyes while walking in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

Okkhittacakkhunā antaraghare gantabbaṁ yugamattaṁ pekkhantena. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca tahaṁ tahaṁ olokento antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

One should lower one’s eyes while walking in an inhabited area, looking a plow’s length ahead. If a monk, out of disrespect, looks here and there while walking in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Anāpatti—

Non-offenses

There is no offense:

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

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; if he is the first offender.