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33. Not eating in order

Sapadāna

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

0.533. SapadānasikkhāpadaNot eating in order

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 omasitvā piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six ate almsfood picking here and there. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Sapadānaṁ piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will eat almsfood in order,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Sapadānaṁ piṇḍapāto bhuñjitabbo.Almsfood is to be eaten in order.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca tahaṁ tahaṁ omasitvā piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, eats almsfood picking here and there, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

1.6.0Non-offenses

1.6.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.7asañcicca,if it is unintentional; 1.8assatiyā,if he is not mindful; 1.9ajānantassa,if he does not know; 1.10gilānassa,if he is sick; 1.11aññesaṁ dento omasati,if he picks things out to give to others; 1.12aññassa bhājane ākiranto omasati,if he picks things out to put it into someone else’s vessel; 1.13uttaribhaṅge,if it is a non-bean curry;1 1.14āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.15ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.16ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.17Tatiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The third training rule is finished.

Translator’s notes

  1. According to Vin-vn-ṭ 1907 uttaribhaṅga is just another word for byañjana: uttaribhaṅgaṁ nāma byañjanaṁ. Byañjana seems to refer to curries apart from the standard bean-curries, which are called sūpa. However, since uttaribhaṅga is a rare word, the basic meaning of which is something like “further condiments”, it is quite possible that it is here meant to include all foods apart from bean curries.

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