- Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law Theravāda Vinaya
- The Great Analysis Mahāvibhaṅga
- The chapter on training Sekhiyakaṇḍa
- The subchapter on shoes Pādukavagga
74. The training rule on defecating on cultivated plants 74. Hariteuccārasikkhāpada
Origin story
At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. At that time the monks from the group of six were defecating, urinating, and spitting on cultivated plants. … Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū harite uccārampi passāvampi kheḷampi karonti …pe….
Final ruling
“‘When not sick, I will not defecate, urinate, or spit on cultivated plants,’ this is how you should train.” “Na harite agilāno uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
If one is not sick, one should not defecate, urinate, or spit on cultivated plants. Na harite agilānena uccāro vā passāvo vā kheḷo vā kātabbo. If, out of disrespect, a monk who is not sick defecates, urinates, or spits on cultivated plants, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca harite agilāno uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karoti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
Non-offenses
There is no offense: Anāpatti—if it is unintentional; asañcicca, if he is not mindful; assatiyā, if he does not know; ajānantassa, if he is sick; gilānassa, if he does it in a place with no cultivated plants, but it then spreads to cultivated plants; appaharite kato haritaṁ ottharati, if there is an emergency; āpadāsu, if he is insane; ummattakassa, if he is the first offender. ādikammikassāti.
The fourteenth training rule is finished. Cuddasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.