Kāyappacālaka

Theravāda Vinaya

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law

Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

Sekhiyakaṇḍa

The chapter on training

Ujjagghikavagga

The subchapter on laughing loudly

15. Kāyappacālakasikkhāpada

Swaying the body

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 kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare gacchanti kāyaṁ olambentā …pe….

At that time the monks from the group of six were swaying and leaning their bodies while walking in inhabited areas. …

Final ruling

“Na kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

“‘I will not sway my body while walking in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.”

Na kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare gantabbaṁ.

One should not sway one’s body while walking in an inhabited area;

Kāyaṁ paggahetvā gantabbaṁ.

one should walk keeping one’s body straight.

Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca kāyappacālakaṁ antaraghare gacchati kāyaṁ olambento, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

If a monk, out of disrespect, sways and leans his body while walking in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses

Anāpatti—

There is no offense:

asañcicca …pe…

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;

ādikammikassāti.

if he is the first offender.

Pañcamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

The fifth training rule is finished.