Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 40: To prepare mouthfuls of suitable proportions.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
… in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks made up long pieces (of food) … " …
‘I will make up the pieces (of food) into a round,’ is a training to be observed."
One should make up a piece (of food) into a round. Whoever out of disrespect makes up a long piece (of food), 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.
The Fourth Division: that on attentively
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū dīghaṃ ālopaṃ karonti … pe … .
2 "parimaṇḍalaṃ ālopaṃ karissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (40:185)
3 parimaṇḍalo ālopo kātabbo. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca dīghaṃ ālopaṃ karoti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
4 anāpatti— asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, khajjake, phalāphale, uttaribhange, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.