Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 33: Eat the food from one side of the bowl to the other without rejecting any.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
… in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks, having chosen here and there, ate almsfood … " …
‘On continuous alms-tour will I eat almsfood,’ is a training to be observed."
One should eat almsfood on continuous alms-tour. Whoever out of disrespect eats almsfood, having chosen, here and there, there is an offence of wrongdoing.
There is no offence if it is unintentional, if he is not thinking, if he does not know, if he is ill, if giving to others he is impatient, if piling up (food) into another’s vessel he is impatient, if there are dainties, if there are accidents, if he is mad, if he is the first wrong-doer.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū tahaṃ tahaṃ omasitvā piṇḍapātaṃ bhuñjanti … pe … .
2 "sapadānaṃ piṇḍapātaṃ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (33:178)
3 sapadānaṃ piṇḍapāto bhuñjitabbo. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca tahaṃ tahaṃ omasitvā piṇḍapātaṃ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
4 anāpatti— asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, aññesaṃ dento omasati, aññassa bhājane ākiranto omasati, uttaribhange, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.