Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Pācittiya 38: The Training Rule on Storing.
- Translated from the Pali by Brahmali Bhikkhu.
Origin story
1
At one time the Buddha, the Master, was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time Venerable Belaṭṭhasīsa, Venerable Ānanda’s preceptor, was staying in the wilderness. After walking for alms, he brought boiled rice back to the monastery. He then got it dried and stored it. Whenever he got hungry, he moistened it and ate it. As a consequence, he only entered the village for alms after a long time.
The monks asked him: “Why do you enter the village for alms after such a long time?" And he told them.
“But do you eat food that has been stored?"
“Yes."
2 The monks of few desires … complained and criticised him: “How can Venerable Belaṭṭhasīsa eat food that has been stored?" … “Is it true, Belaṭṭhasīsa, that you do this?" “It’s true, Master." The Buddha, the Master, criticised him: “ … Belaṭṭhasīsa, how can you eat food that has been stored? This will not give rise to confidence in those without it … And, monks, this training rule should be recited thus:
Final ruling
3 “If a monk eats staple or non-staple food that has been stored, he commits an offence entailing confession."
Definitions
4 A: whoever … Monk: … The monk who is ordained by a complete Sangha through a procedure of one motion and three announcements, which is unchallengeable and fit to stand; this sort of monk is meant in this case.
5 That has been stored: received today and eaten on the following day.
6 Non-staple food: apart from the five staple foods, the post-midday allowables, the seven-day allowables, and the lifetime allowables - the rest is called ‘non-staple food.’
7 Staple food: there are five kinds of staple food: cooked grain, porridge, flour, fish, and meat.
8 If he receives staple or non-staple food with the intention of eating it, he commits and offence of bad conduct. For every mouthful, he commits an offence entailing confession.
Permutations
9 If it has been stored, and he perceives it as stored, and he eats staple or non-staple food, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it has been stored, but he has doubts about it, and he eats staple or non-staple food, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it has been stored, but he perceives it as not stored, and he eats staple or non-staple food, he commits an offence entailing confession.
10If he receives post-midday allowables, seven-day allowables, or lifetime allowables for the purpose of food, he commits an offence of bad conduct. For every mouthful, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it has not been stored, but he perceives it as stored, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it has not been stored, but he has doubts about it, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it has not been stored, and he perceives it as not stored, there is no offence.
Non-offences
11There is no offence: if he stores and eats it during the right time; if he stores and eats post-midday allowables during the remainder of the day; if he stores and eats seven-day allowables during the seven-day period; if he uses lifetime allowables when there is a reason; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
12The eighth rule, the training rule on storing, is finished.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena āyasmato ānandassa upajjhāyo āyasmā belaṭṭhasīso araññe viharati. so piṇḍāya caritvā sukkhakuraṃ ārāmaṃ haritvā sukkhāpetvā nikkhipati. yadā āhārena attho hoti, tadā udakena temetvā temetvā bhuñjati, cirena gāmaṃ piṇḍāya pavisati. bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ belaṭṭhasīsaṃ etadavocuṃ— "kissa tvaṃ, āvuso, cirena gāmaṃ piṇḍāya pavisasī"ti? atha kho āyasmā belaṭṭhasīso bhikkhūnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesi. "kiṃ pana tvaṃ, āvuso, sannidhikārakaṃ bhojanaṃ bhuñjasī"ti? "evamāvuso"ti.
2 ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma āyasmā belaṭṭhasīso sannidhikārakaṃ bhojanaṃ bhuñjissatī"ti … pe … "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, belaṭṭhasīsa, sannidhikārakaṃ bhojanaṃ bhuñjasī"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma tvaṃ, belaṭṭhasīsa, sannidhikārakaṃ bhojanaṃ bhuñjissasi. netaṃ, belaṭṭhasīsa, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
3 "yo pana bhikkhu sannidhikārakaṃ khādanīyaṃ vā bhojanīyaṃ vā khādeyya vā bhuñjeyya vā, pācittiyan"ti. (38:87)
4 yo panāti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhūti … pe … ayaṃ imasmiṃ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
5 sannidhikārakaṃ nāma ajja paṭiggahitaṃ aparajju khāditaṃ hoti.
6 khādanīyaṃ nāma pañca bhojanāni— yāmakālikaṃ sattāhakālikaṃ yāvajīvikaṃ ṭhapetvā avasesaṃ khādanīyaṃ nāma.
7 bhojanīyaṃ nāma pañca bhojanāni— odano, kummāso, sattu, maccho, maṃsaṃ.
8 "khādissāmi bhuñjissāmī"ti paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti pācittiyassa.
9 sannidhikārake sannidhikārakasaññī khādanīyaṃ vā bhojanīyaṃ vā khādati vā bhuñjati vā, āpatti pācittiyassa. sannidhikārake vematiko khādanīyaṃ vā bhojanīyaṃ vā khādati vā bhuñjati vā, āpatti pācittiyassa. sannidhikārake asannidhikārakasaññī khādanīyaṃ vā bhojanīyaṃ vā khādati vā bhuñjati vā, āpatti pācittiyassa.
10 yāmakālikaṃ sattāhakālikaṃ yāvajīvikaṃ āhāratthāya paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti dukkaṭassa. asannidhikārake sannidhikārakasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. asannidhikārake vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. asannidhikārake asannidhikārakasaññī, anāpatti.
11 anāpatti— yāvakālikaṃ yāvakāle nidahitvā bhuñjati, yāmakālikaṃ yāme nidahitvā bhuñjati, sattāhakālikaṃ sattāhaṃ nidahitvā bhuñjati, yāvajīvikaṃ sati paccaye paribhuñjati, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.