Bu Sk 8

8. Dutiyaokkhittacakkhusikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū tahaṁ tahaṁ olokentā antaraghare nisīdanti …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 sitting in inhabited areas. …

“Okkhittacakkhu antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

Final ruling

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

Okkhittacakkhunā antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ yugamattaṁ pekkhantena. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca tahaṁ tahaṁ olokento antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

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