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40. Not making rounded mouthfuls

Parimaṇḍala

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

0.540. ĀlopasikkhāpadaNot making rounded mouthfuls

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 dīghaṁ ālopaṁ karonti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were eating, making elongated mouthfuls. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Parimaṇḍalaṁ ālopaṁ karissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will make rounded mouthfuls,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Parimaṇḍalo ālopo kātabbo.One should make rounded mouthfuls.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca dīghaṁ ālopaṁ karoti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, makes an elongated 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.

1.17Dasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The tenth training rule is finished.

1.18Sakkaccavaggo catuttho.The fourth subchapter on respectfully is finished.

Translator’s notes

  1. For a brief explanation of the word khajjaka, see comment at Bu Sk 39:1.11.

    ↩ pli-tv-bu-vb-sk40:1.11
  2. For phalāphale see PED, sv. ā⁴.

    ↩ pli-tv-bu-vb-sk40:1.12
  3. For a brief discussion of the word uttaribhaṅga, see comment at Bu Sk 33:1.13.

    ↩ pli-tv-bu-vb-sk40:1.13