- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4SakkaccavaggaThe subchapter on respectfully
0.534. SamasūpakasikkhāpadaNot eating in the right proportions
1.0Origin story
1.1PTS 4.192Tena 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 piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjantā sūpaññeva bahuṁ bhuñjanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were eating almsfood with large amounts of bean curry. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Samasūpakaṁ piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will eat almsfood with the right proportion of bean curry,’ this is how you should train.”1
1.4.0Definitions
- 1.4.1Sūpo nāmaBean curry:
- 1.5dve sūpā—there are two kinds of bean curry, to be taken with the hand:1.6muggasūpo, māsasūpo hatthahāriyo.mung-bean curry and black-gram curry.
1.7Samasūpako piṇḍapāto bhuñjitabbo.Almsfood is to be eaten with the right proportion of bean curry.1.8Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca sūpaññeva bahuṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, eats much bean curry, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
1.9.0Non-offenses
1.9.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.10asañcicca,if it is unintentional; 1.11assatiyā,if he is not mindful; 1.12ajānantassa,if he does not know; 1.13gilānassa,if he is sick; 1.14rasarase,if it is any food apart from bean curry;2 1.15ñātakānaṁ,if it is from relatives; 1.16pavāritānaṁ,if it is from those who have given an invitation; 1.17attano dhanena,if it is by means of his own property; 1.18āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.19ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.20ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.
1.21Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fourth training rule is finished.