Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 39: Not to eat by inserting large morsels in the mouth.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
… in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks made up large mouthfuls … " …
‘I will not make up too large a mouthful,’ is a training to be observed."
One should not make up too large a mouthful. Whoever out of disrespect makes up too large a mouthful, there is an offence of wrong-doing.
There is no offence if it is unintentional, if he is not thinking, if he does not know, if he is ill, if they are solid victuals, all sorts of fruits, 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 mahantaṃ kabaḷaṃ karonti … pe … .
2 "nātimahantaṃ kabaḷaṃ karissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (39:184)
3 nātimahanto kabaḷo kātabbo. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca mahantaṃ kabaḷaṃ karoti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
4 anāpatti— asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, khajjake, phalāphale, uttaribhange, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.