- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4KabaḷavaggaThe subchapter on mouthfuls
0.543. SakabaḷasikkhāpadaSpeaking with food in mouth
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 sakabaḷena mukhena byāharanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six spoke with food in their mouths. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na sakabaḷena mukhena byāharissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not speak with food in my mouth,’ this is how you should train.”
1.4Na sakabaḷena mukhena byāharitabbaṁ.One should not speak with food in one’s mouth.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca sakabaḷena mukhena byāharati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, speaks with food in his mouth, 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.
1.9Tatiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The third training rule is finished.