- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4KabaḷavaggaThe subchapter on mouthfuls
0.544. PiṇḍukkhepakasikkhāpadaEating from lifted 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 piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe…At that time the monks from the group of six ate from lifted balls of food. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not eat from a lifted ball of food,’ this is how you should train.”1
1.4Na piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.One should not eat from a lifted ball of food.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, eats from a lifted ball of food, 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;2 1.12phalāphale,if it is any kind of fruit;3 1.13āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.14ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.15ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.
1.16Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fourth training rule is finished.