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

0.552. HatthanillehakasikkhāpadaLicking the hand

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 hatthanillehakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were licking their hands while eating. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na hatthanillehakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not lick my hand while eating,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Na hatthanillehakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.One should not lick one’s hand while eating.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca hatthanillehakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, licks his hand while eating, 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.

1.9Dutiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The second training rule is finished.