Bu Sk 12
12. The second training rule on laughing loudly
12. Dutiyaujjagghikasikkhāpada
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12. The second training rule on 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 sitting in inhabited areas. …
Final ruling
“‘I will not laugh loudly while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”
One should not laugh loudly while sitting in an inhabited area. If a monk, out of disrespect, laughs loudly while sitting in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
Non-offenses
There is no offense: 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.
The second training rule is finished.
Sekhiyakaṇḍa Ujjagghikavagga
12. Dutiyaujjagghikasikkhāpada
Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū mahāhasitaṁ hasantā antaraghare nisīdanti …pe….
“Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca mahāhasitaṁ hasanto antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
Anāpatti— asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, hasanīyasmiṁ vatthusmiṁ mihitamattaṁ karoti, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.
Dutiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.