Precepts Concerning Toilet Practices

Precepts concerning toilet practices

• Na Ihito agilāno uccāran vā passāvan vā karissāmīti sikhā karauīyā.

A healthy person should not defecate or urinate in a standing postion. What is meant here is that it is dificullt to sit when not in good health. When urinating in a sitting posture, some cannot pass urine fully. It is also a certain type of disability. It is not an offence for such a person to urinate standing.

• Na harito agilāno uccāran vā passāvan vā khelan vā karissāmīti sikhā karauīyā.

One should not defecate or urinate on grass etc., which are not dead. Should not spit on them. Should not spit even on surfaced root of a live tree. Putting phlegm and snot is also included in the act of spitting. It is not an offence if urine passed at a place devoid of grass flows onto grass elsewhere. It is not an offence to squat on the root of a live tree and defecate on to the ground.

• Na udake agilāno uccāran vā passāvan vā khēlan vā karissāmīti sikhā karauīyā.

A healthy person should not defecate, urinate or spit on water suitable for consumption. It is not an offence to spit on sea-water, which is not suitable for consumption. It is also not an offence when the whole area is flooded.