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58. The training rule on holding a staff
58. Daṇḍapāṇisikkhāpada
from: The Great Analysis
The chapter on training The subchapter on slurping
58. The training rule on holding a staff
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 holding staffs. …
Final ruling
“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone holding a staff who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”
Definitions
A staff: a stick measuring 1.6 meters. What is longer than that is not a staff, nor what is shorter.
One should not give a teaching to anyone holding a staff who is not sick. If a monk out, of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone holding a staff who is not sick, 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 there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
The eighth training rule is finished.
Sekhiyakaṇḍa Surusuruvagga
58. Daṇḍapāṇisikkhāpada
Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū daṇḍapāṇissa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….
“Na daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
Daṇḍo nāma majjhimassa purisassa catuhattho daṇḍo. Tato ukkaṭṭho adaṇḍo, omako adaṇḍo.
Na daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca daṇḍapāṇissa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
Anāpatti— asañcicca …pe… ādikammikassāti.
Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.