Bu Sk 8
8. The second training rule on lowered eyes
8. Dutiyaokkhittacakkhusikkhāpada
from: The Great Analysis
The chapter on training The subchapter on evenly all around
8. The second training rule on lowered 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. …
Final ruling
“‘I will lower my eyes while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”
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.
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 Parimaṇḍalavagga
8. Dutiyaokkhittacakkhusikkhāpada
Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū tahaṁ tahaṁ olokentā antaraghare nisīdanti …pe….
“Okkhittacakkhu antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
Okkhittacakkhunā antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ yugamattaṁ pekkhantena. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca tahaṁ tahaṁ olokento antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
Anāpatti— asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.
Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.