Hatthaniddhunaka

Theravāda Vinaya

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law

Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

Sekhiyakaṇḍa

The chapter on training

Kabaḷavagga

The subchapter on mouthfuls

47. Hatthaniddhunakasikkhāpada

Shaking the hand

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 hatthaniddhunakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe….

At that time the monks from the group of six ate shaking their hands. …

Final ruling

“Na hatthaniddhunakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

“‘I will not eat shaking my hand,’ this is how you should train.”

Na hatthaniddhunakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.

One should not eat shaking one’s hand.

Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca hatthaniddhunakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

If a monk, out of disrespect, eats shaking his hand, 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;

kacavaraṁ chaḍḍento hatthaṁ niddhunāti,

if he shakes his hand to discard trash;

āpadāsu,

if there is an emergency;

ummattakassa,

if he is insane;

ādikammikassāti.

if he is the first offender.

Sattamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

The seventh training rule is finished.