- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4KabaḷavaggaThe subchapter on mouthfuls
0.545. KabaḷāvacchedakasikkhāpadaBreaking up 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 kabaḷāvacchedakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six ate breaking up mouthfuls. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1PTS 4.196“Na kabaḷāvacchedakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not eat breaking up mouthfuls,’ this is how you should train.”1
1.4Na kabaḷāvacchedakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.One should not eat breaking up mouthfuls.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca kabaḷāvacchedakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, eats breaking up mouthfuls, 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 1.13uttaribhaṅge,if it is a non-bean curry;4 1.14āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.15ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.16ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.
1.17Pañcamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The fifth training rule is finished.