- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- 0.4KabaḷavaggaThe subchapter on mouthfuls
0.548. SitthāvakārakasikkhāpadaScattering rice
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 sitthāvakārakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe…At that time the monks from the group of six scattered rice while eating. …
1.3.0Final ruling
1.3.1“Na sitthāvakārakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not eat scattering rice,’ this is how you should train.”
1.4Na sitthāvakārakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.One should not scatter rice while eating.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca sitthāvakārakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, eats scattering rice, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
1.6.0Non-offenses
1.6.1PTS 4.197Anāpatti—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; 1.11kacavaraṁ chaḍḍento sitthaṁ chaḍḍayati,if he discards rice while discarding trash; 1.12āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.13ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.14ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.
1.15Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The eighth training rule is finished.