Dutiyaujjagghika

Theravāda Vinaya

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law

Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

Sekhiyakaṇḍa

The chapter on training

Ujjagghikavagga

The subchapter on laughing loudly

12. Dutiyaujjagghikasikkhāpada

Laughing loudly

Origin story

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.

Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū mahāhasitaṁ hasantā antaraghare nisīdanti …pe….

At that time the monks from the group of six were laughing loudly while sitting in inhabited areas. …

Final ruling

“Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

“‘I will not laugh loudly while sitting in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare nisīditabbaṁ.

One should not laugh loudly while sitting in an inhabited area.

Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca mahāhasitaṁ hasanto antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

If a monk, out of disrespect, laughs loudly while sitting in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses

Anāpatti—

There is no offense:

asañcicca,

if it is unintentional;

assatiyā,

if he is not mindful;

ajānantassa,

if he does not know;

gilānassa,

if he is sick;

hasanīyasmiṁ vatthusmiṁ mihitamattaṁ karoti,

if he merely smiles when something is funny;

āpadāsu,

if there is an emergency;

ummattakassa,

if he is insane;

ādikammikassāti.

if he is the first offender.

Dutiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

The second training rule is finished.