Theravāda Vinaya
Translators: brahmali
Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
Mahāvibhaṅga
The Great Analysis
Sekhiyakaṇḍa
The chapter on training
Kabaḷavagga
The subchapter on mouthfuls
44. Piṇḍukkhepakasikkhāpada
The training rule on lifted balls of food
Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.
Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe…
At that time the monks from the group of six ate from lifted balls of food. …
“Na piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.
“‘I will not eat from a lifted ball of food,’ this is how you should train.”
Na piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.
One should not eat from a lifted ball of food.
Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If a monk, out of disrespect, eats from a lifted ball of food, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
asañcicca,
if it is unintentional;
assatiyā,
if he is not mindful;
ajānantassa,
if he does not know;
gilānassa,
if he is sick;
khajjake,
if it is a fresh food;
phalāphale,
if it is any kind of fruit;
āpadāsu,
if there is an emergency;
ummattakassa,
if he is insane;
ādikammikassāti.
if he is the first offender.
Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
The fourth training rule is finished.