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46. Stuffing the cheeks

Avagaṇḍakāraka

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
  • 0.4KabaḷavaggaThe subchapter on mouthfuls

0.546. AvagaṇḍakārakasikkhāpadaStuffing the cheeks

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 avagaṇḍakārakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe…At that time the monks from the group of six ate stuffing their cheeks. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na avagaṇḍakārakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not eat stuffing my cheeks,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Na avagaṇḍakārakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.One should not eat stuffing one’s cheeks.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca ekato vā ubhato vā gaṇḍaṁ katvā bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, eats stuffing one or both cheeks, 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; 1.11phalāphale,if it is any kind of fruit;1 1.12āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.13ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.14ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.15Chaṭṭhasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The sixth training rule is finished.

Translator’s notes

  1. For phalāphale see PED, sv. ā⁴.

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