Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 23: Not to cover the head when sitting in inhabited areas.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
… in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks, having dressed themselves, including their heads, in the upper robes, went amidst the houses … " …
‘Not muffled up will I go amidst the houses,’ is a training to be observed."
One should not go muffled up amidst the houses. Whoever out of disrespect goes amidst the houses, having dressed himself, including his head, in the upper robe, there is an offence of wrongdoing.
There is no offence if it is unintentional, if he is not thinking, if he does not know, if he is ill, if he has gone into residence for the rains, if there are accidents, if he is mad, if he is the first wrong-doer.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū sasīsaṃ pārupitvā antaraghare gacchanti … pe … .
2 "na oguṇṭhito antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (23:168)
3 na oguṇṭhitena antaraghare gantabbaṃ. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca sasīsaṃ pārupitvā antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.