Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 25: Not to stand on tiptoes or on the heels within inhabited areas.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
… in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks, crouching down on their heels, went amidst the houses … " …
‘Not crouching down on the heels will I go amidst the houses,’ is a training to be observed."
One should not go amidst the houses crouching down on the heels. Whoever out of disrespect goes amidst the houses crouching down on the heels, there is an offence of wrong-doing.
There is no offence if it is unintentional … if he is the first wrong-doer.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū ukkuṭikāya antaraghare gacchanti … pe … .
2 "na ukkuṭikāya antaraghare gamissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (25:170)
3 na ukkuṭikāya antaraghare gantabbaṃ. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca ukkuṭikāya antaraghare gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.