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– DHARMAGUPTAKA VINAYA

– ŚAIKṢA-KARAṆĪYA

RULE 86

One should not teach the Dharma to a person who is seated while oneself is standing — a śaikṣa-karaṇīya.

(as above)

Some were uncertain and did not dare to teach the Dharma to a sick person. The Buddha instructed:

"From now on, the rule should be recited as follows":

One should not teach the Dharma to a person who is seated while oneself is standing, except in the case of illness — a śaikṣa-karaṇīya.

Whatever bhikkhu, while a person is seated and he himself is standing, intentionally teaches them the Dharma, commits a duṣkṛta requiring confession. Because it is done intentionally, it constitutes a breach of proper conduct, a duṣkṛta. If it is not done intentionally, it is a duṣkṛta.

For bhikkhunīs, and down to sāmaṇeras and sāmaṇerīs, it is a duṣkṛta. This is called an offense.

Non-offense: If one is afflicted with some form of illness, or if a King or a King's minister compels one to speak, there is no offense.

Persons who do not offend: one who offends for the first time before the rule was established, one who is mad, one whose mind is disturbed, one who is in severe pain and distress.

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Vietnamese translation: Bhikkhu Thích Đỗng Minh and Thích Đức Thắng. DHARMAGUPTAKA VINAYA, PART ONE

Chinese translation: Tripiṭaka masters Buddhayaśas and Zhu Fonian.

Revised and annotated: Bhikkhu Thích Nguyên Chứng

(Chinese translation, fascicles 1–21; Vietnamese translation, volumes 1–2)

Buddhist Publication Committee, 2002