0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
0.4KabaḷavaggaThe subchapter on mouthfuls

0.549. JivhānicchārakasikkhāpadaSticking out the tongue

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 jivhānicchārakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six ate sticking out their tongues. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na jivhānicchārakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not eat sticking out my tongue,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Na jivhānicchārakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.One should not eat sticking out one’s tongue.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca jivhānicchārakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, eats sticking out his tongue, 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.

1.9Navamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The ninth training rule is finished.