Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 26: Not to sit with the knees raised and the arms wrapped around the legs when in inhabited areas.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
… in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks sat down amidst the houses lolling … " …
‘Not lolling will I sit down amidst the houses,’ is a training to be observed."
One should not sit down amidst the houses lolling. Whoever out of disrespect sits down amidst the houses lolling, there is an offence of wrong-doing.
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 pallatthikāya antaraghare nisīdanti … pe … .
2 "na pallatthikāya antaraghare nisīdissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (26:171)
3 na pallatthikāya antaraghare nisīditabbaṃ. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca hatthapallatthikāya vā dussapallatthikāya vā antaraghare nisīdati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
4 anāpatti— asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, vāsūpagatassa, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.