- Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law Theravāda Vinaya
- The Great Analysis Mahāvibhaṅga
- The chapter on training Sekhiyakaṇḍa
- The subchapter on evenly all around Parimaṇḍalavagga
7. The training rule on lowered eyes 7. Okkhittacakkhusikkhāpada
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 looking here and there while walking in inhabited areas. … Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū tahaṁ tahaṁ olokentā antaraghare gacchanti …pe….
Final ruling
“‘I will lower my eyes while walking in inhabited areas,’ this is how you should train.” “Okkhittacakkhu antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
One should lower one’s eyes while walking in an inhabited area, looking a plow’s length ahead. Okkhittacakkhunā antaraghare gantabbaṁ yugamattaṁ pekkhantena. If a monk, out of disrespect, looks here and there while walking in an inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca tahaṁ tahaṁ olokento antaraghare gacchati, 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 there is an emergency; āpadāsu, if he is insane; ummattakassa, if he is the first offender. ādikammikassāti.
The seventh training rule is finished. Sattamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.