Theravadan

From: Pali, Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli

5. Ekāsanikaṅgakathā[v. The One-Sessioner’s Practice]

Ekāsanikaṅgampi ‘‘nānāsanabhojanaṃ paṭikkhipāmi,v. The one-sessioner’s practice is undertaken with one of the following statements: “I refuse eating in several sessions”

ekāsanikaṅgaṃ samādiyāmī’’ti imesaṃ aññataravacanena samādinnaṃ hoti.or “I undertake the one-sessioner’s practice.”

Tena pana ekāsanikena āsanasālāyaṃ nisīdantena therāsane anisīditvāWhen the one-sessioner sits down in the sitting hall, instead of sitting on an elder’s seat,

‘‘idaṃ mayhaṃ pāpuṇissatī’’ti patirūpaṃ āsanaṃ sallakkhetvā nisīditabbaṃ.he should notice which seat is likely to fall to him and sit down on that.

Sacassa vippakate bhojane ācariyo vā upajjhāyo vā āgacchati, uṭṭhāya vattaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati.If his teacher or preceptor arrives while the meal is still unfinished, it is allowable for him to get up and do the duties.

Tipiṭakacūḷābhayatthero panāha ‘‘āsanaṃ vā rakkheyya bhojanaṃ vā,But the Elder Tipiṭaka Cūla-Abhaya said: “He should either keep his seat [and finish his meal] or [if he gets up he should leave the rest of] his meal [in order not to break the ascetic practice].

ayañca vippakatabhojano, tasmā vattaṃ karotu, bhojanaṃ pana mā bhuñjatū’’ti.And this is one whose meal is still unfinished; therefore let him do the duties, but in that case let him not eat the [rest of the] meal.”

Idamassa vidhānaṃ.These are the directions.

Pabhedato pana ayampi tividho hoti.This too has three grades.

Tattha ukkaṭṭho appaṃ vā hotu bahu vā, yamhi bhojane hatthaṃ otāreti, tato aññaṃ gaṇhituṃ na labhati.Herein, one who is strict may not take anything more than the food that he has laid his hand on whether it is little or much.

Sacepi manussā ‘‘therena na kiñci bhutta’’nti sappiādīni āharanti,And if people bring him ghee, etc., thinking “The elder has eaten nothing,”

bhesajjatthameva vaṭṭanti, na āhāratthaṃ.while these are allowable for the purpose of medicine, they are not so for the purpose of food.

Majjhimo yāva patte bhattaṃ na khīyati,The medium one may take more as long as the meal in the bowl is not exhausted;

tāva aññaṃ gaṇhituṃ labhati. Ayañhi bhojanapariyantiko nāma hoti.for he is called “one who stops when the food is finished.”

Muduko yāva āsanā na vuṭṭhāti tāva bhuñjituṃ labhati.The mild one may eat as long as he does not get up from his seat.

So hi udakapariyantiko vā hoti yāva pattadhovanaṃ na gaṇhāti tāva bhuñjanato, āsanapariyantiko vā yāva na vuṭṭhāti tāva bhuñjanato.He is either “one who stops with the water” because he eats until he takes [water for] washing the bowl, or “one who stops with the session” because he eats until he gets up.

Imesaṃ pana tiṇṇampi nānāsanabhojanaṃ bhuttakkhaṇe dhutaṅgaṃ bhijjati. Ayamettha bhedo.The ascetic practice of these three is broken at the moment when food has been eaten at more than one session. This is the breach in this instance.

Ayaṃ panānisaṃso, appābādhatā, appātaṅkatā, lahuṭṭhānaṃ, balaṃ, phāsuvihāro,The benefits are these. He has little affliction and little sickness; he has lightness, strength, and a happy life;

anatirittapaccayā anāpatti, rasataṇhāvinodanaṃ appicchatādīnaṃ anulomavuttitāti.there is no contravening [rules] about food that is not what is left over from a meal; craving for tastes is eliminated; his life conforms to the [principles of] fewness of wishes, and so on.

Ekāsanabhojane rataṃ, Na yatiṃ bhojanapaccayā rujā; Visahanti rase alolupo, Parihāpeti na kammamattano.No illness due to eating shall he feel Who gladly in one session takes his meal; No longing to indulge his sense of taste Tempts him to leave his work to go to waste.

Iti phāsuvihārakāraṇe, Sucisallekharatūpasevite; Janayetha visuddhamānaso, Ratimekāsanabhojaneti.His own true happiness a monk may find In eating in one session, pure in mind. Purity and effacement wait on this; For it gives reason to abide in bliss.

Ayaṃ ekāsanikaṅge samādānavidhānappabhedabhedānisaṃsavaṇṇanā.This is the commentary on the undertaking, directions, grades, breach, and benefits, in the case of the one-sessioner’s practice.

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