True DhammaLibrary · Community
Bu Sk 321 min read

32. Not eating with attention on the almsbowl

Pattasaññī

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
  • 0.4SakkaccavaggaThe subchapter on respectfully

0.532. PattasaññīsikkhāpadaNot eating with attention on the almsbowl

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 tahaṁ tahaṁ olokentā piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjanti, ākirantepi atikkantepi na jānanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were eating almsfood while looking here and there, and they did not know whether people were still giving or whether they had received too much. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Pattasaññī piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will eat almsfood with attention on the almsbowl,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Pattasaññinā piṇḍapāto bhuñjitabbo.Almsfood is to be eaten with attention on the bowl.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca tahaṁ tahaṁ olokento piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, eats almsfood while looking here and there, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

1.6.0Non-offenses

1.6.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.7.1asañcicca …pe…if it is unintentional; 1.7.2if he is not mindful; 1.7.3if he does not know; 1.7.4if he is sick; 1.7.5if there is an emergency; 1.7.6if he is insane; 1.8ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.9Dutiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The second training rule is finished.