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30. Not receiving on an even level

Samatittika

Translated by Bhikkhu Brahmali · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
  • 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
  • 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
  • 0.4KhambhakatavaggaThe subchapter on hands on hips

0.530. SamatittikasikkhāpadaNot receiving on an even level

1.0Origin story

1.1Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.1.2Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū thūpīkataṁ piṇḍapātaṁ paṭiggaṇhanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six received almsfood in a heap. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Samatittikaṁ piṇḍapātaṁ paṭiggahessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will receive an even level of almsfood,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4PTS 4.191Samatittiko piṇḍapāto paṭiggahetabbo.Almsfood is to be received at an even level.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca thūpīkataṁ piṇḍapātaṁ paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, receives almsfood in a heap, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.1

1.6.0Non-offenses

1.6.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.7.1asañcicca,if it is unintentional; 1.7.2assatiyā,if he is not mindful; 1.7.3ajānantassa,if he does not know; 1.7.4āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.8ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.9ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.10Dasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The tenth training rule is finished.

1.11Khambhakatavaggo tatiyo.The third subchapter on hands on hips is finished.

Translator’s notes

  1. According to the commentary, this seems to mean that the food should not protrude beyond the rim of the bowl. Sp 2.605: Thūpīkataṁ piṇḍapātaṁ paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassāti ettha thūpīkato nāma pattassa antomukhavaṭṭilekhaṁ atikkamitvā kato, “Thūpīkataṁ piṇḍapātaṁ paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa: here thūpīkata means having gone beyond the inner rim of the bowl.”

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