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39. Making an overlarge mouthful

Nātimahanta

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

0.539. KabaḷasikkhāpadaMaking an overlarge mouthful

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 mahantaṁ kabaḷaṁ karonti …pe…At that time the monks from the group of six were eating, making large mouthfuls. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Nātimahantaṁ kabaḷaṁ karissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not make mouthfuls that are too large,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Nātimahanto kabaḷo kātabbo.One should not make mouthfuls that are too large.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca mahantaṁ kabaḷaṁ karoti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, makes a large mouthful, 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; 1.11khajjake,if it is fresh food;1 1.12phalāphale,if it is any kind of fruit;2 1.13uttaribhaṅge,if it is a non-bean curry;3 1.14āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.15ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.16ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.17Navamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The ninth training rule is finished.

Translator’s notes

  1. According to Sp 2.615 khajjaka refers to all fresh foods: Ettha mūlakhādanīyādi sabbaṁ gahetabbaṁ, “Here the fresh foods which are roots, etc., may all be taken.”

    ↩ pli-tv-bu-vb-sk39:1.11
  2. For phalāphale see PED, sv. ā⁴.

    ↩ pli-tv-bu-vb-sk39:1.12
  3. For a brief discussion of the word uttaribhaṅga, see comment at Bu Sk 33:1.13.

    ↩ pli-tv-bu-vb-sk39:1.13