Lzh Mg Bu Vb Sk 66While Standing

– MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA

– CLARIFICATION OF THE BEGINNING PORTION OF THE SEKHIYA RULES:

– CLARIFICATION OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE SEKHIYA RULES.

66. "A rule to be trained in: One must not defecate or urinate while standing."

If one's heels are soiled with mud and one fears soiling one's robe, then one may defecate or urinate while standing without offense. If one's heels are painful, have sores, or are swollen, then one may defecate or urinate while standing without offense.

If one, with unrestrained faculties, defecates or urinate while standing, that constitutes disregard for this rule of training. Except in the case of mental derangement, there is no offense. Therefore it is said:

"A rule to be trained in: One must not defecate or urinate while standing."

Summary verse:

When the Buddha was residing in the city of Sāvatthī, as described in detail above. At that time, the Buddha said to Ānanda:

—The Saṅgha has a dispute; go there and quell that dispute.

Ānanda then said to the Buddha:

—What is a dispute of the Saṅgha that must be quelled?

The Buddha taught:

—The group of six bhikkhus, knowing that the Saṅgha has already quelled a dispute in accordance with the Dhamma, in accordance with the Vinaya, in accordance with the Vinaya discipline, afterward stir up the dispute among the bhikkhus again, saying: "That was not in accordance with the Dhamma," and furthermore, "That legal act was not valid"—as has been clearly stated in the Pācittiya rules. Among the countless regular affairs of the Saṅgha, the disciples of the Blessed One employ these seven principles of Settling Disputes to quell them.

These are called regular affairs, quelled by means of these seven principles of Settling Disputes. Therefore it is said: "If a bhikkhu, knowing that the Saṅgha has already quelled a dispute in accordance with the Dhamma and in accordance with the Vinaya, afterward stirs it up again, he commits a Pācittiya offense."

The seven principles of Settling Disputes end here.

The Dhamma and that which accords with the Dhamma are as mentioned in the two sections of the Vinaya. "Accords with" means to practice in conformity with this Dhamma.

END OF THE MAIN PRECEPT TEXT.

End of the twenty-second fascicle.

Vietnamese translation: Thích Phước Sơn. MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA

Chinese translation: TRIPIṬAKA BUDDHABHADRA OF INDIA

TOGETHER WITH ŚRAMAṆA FAXIAN, TRANSLATED DURING THE EASTERN JIN DYNASTY

DOCTRINAL VERIFICATION: THÍCH ĐỖNG MINH