Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

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Theravāda Vinaya

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law

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Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

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Sekhiyakaṇḍa

The chapter on training

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Ujjagghikavagga

The subchapter on laughing loudly

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11. Ujjagghikasikkhāpada

11. The training rule on laughing loudly

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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.

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Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū mahāhasitaṁ hasantā antaraghare gacchanti …pe….

At that time the monks from the group of six were laughing loudly while walking in inhabited areas. …

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“Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

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

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Na ujjagghikāya antaraghare gantabbaṁ.

One should not laugh loudly while walking in an inhabited area.

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Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca mahāhasitaṁ hasanto antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

If a monk, out of disrespect, laughs loudly while walking in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

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Anāpatti—

There is no offense:

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asañcicca,

if it is unintentional;

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assatiyā,

if he is not mindful;

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ajānantassa,

if he does not know;

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gilānassa,

if he is sick;

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hasanīyasmiṁ vatthusmiṁ mihitamattaṁ karoti,

if he merely smiles when something is funny;

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āpadāsu,

if there is an emergency;

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ummattakassa,

if he is insane;

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ādikammikassāti.

if he is the first offender.

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Paṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

The first training rule is finished.