Yāna

Theravāda Vinaya

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law

Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

Sekhiyakaṇḍa

The chapter on training

Pādukavagga

The subchapter on shoes

63. Yānasikkhāpada

Sitting in a vehicle

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 yānagatassa dhammaṁ desenti …pe….

At that time the monks from the group of six gave teachings to people in vehicles. …

Final ruling

“Na yānagatassa agilānassa dhammaṁ desessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

“‘I will not give a teaching to anyone in a vehicle who is not sick,’ this is how you should train.”

Definitions

Yānaṁ nāma

A vehicle:

vayhaṁ ratho sakaṭaṁ sandamānikā sivikā pāṭaṅkī.

a wagon, a carriage, a cart, a chariot, a palanquin, a litter.

Na yānagatassa agilānassa dhammo desetabbo.

One should not give a teaching to anyone in a vehicle who is not sick.

Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca yānagatassa agilānassa dhammaṁ deseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

If a monk, out of disrespect, gives a teaching to someone in a vehicle who is not sick, 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.

Tatiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

The third training rule is finished.