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Vinaya Piṭaka - Monastic Rules

Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga - Sekhiya 34: Eat with a ratio of one part of curry to three parts of rice.

Origin story

1At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time the monks from the group of six were eating almsfood with large amounts of bean curry. …

Final ruling

2“‘I will eat almsfood with the right proportion of bean curry,’ this is how you should train.”

Definitions

3Bean curry: there are two kinds of bean curry, to be taken with the hand: mung-bean curry and black-gram curry.

Almsfood should be eaten with the right proportion of bean curry. If a monk, out of disrespect, eats much bean curry, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses

4There is no offense: if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if he is sick; if it is any food apart from bean curry; if it is from relatives; if it is from those who have given an invitation; if it is by means of his own property; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.


5The fourth training rule is finished.

 

1p_2V_1850, msdiv609Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjantā sūpaññeva bahuṁ bhuñjanti … pe … .

 

2p_2V_1851"Samasūpakaṁ piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (34:179)

 

3p_2V_1852Sūpo nāma dve sūpā— muggasūpo, māsasūpo hatthahāriyo.

Samasūpako piṇḍapāto bhuñjitabbo. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca sūpaññeva bahuṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

 

4p_2V_1853Anāpatti— asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, rasarase, ñātakānaṁ pavāritānaṁ, attano dhanena, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.


5p_2V_1854Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.