Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 38: Not to look into someone else's bowl with jealousy.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
… in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks looked at others’ bowls captious-mindedly … " …
‘Not captious-mindedly will I look at others’ bowls,’ is a training to be observed."
One should not look at others’ bowls captious-mindedly. Whoever out of disrespect looks at others’ bowls captious-mindedly, 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 looks thinking, ‘I will give or I will make (another) give,’ if he is not captious-minded, 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 ujjhānasaññī paresaṃ pattaṃ olokenti … pe … .
2 "na ujjhānasaññī paresaṃ pattaṃ olokessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (38:183)
3 na ujjhānasaññinā paresaṃ patto oloketabbo. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca ujjhānasaññī paresaṃ pattaṃ oloketi, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
4 anāpatti— asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, "dassāmī"ti vā "dāpessāmī"ti vā oloketi, na ujjhānasaññissa, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.