Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 41: Not to open the mouth before the food reaches it.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
… in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks opened the door of the face when the mouthful was not brought close … " …
‘I will not open the door of the face when the mouthful is not brought close,’ is a training to be observed."
One should not open the door of the face when the mouthful is not brought close. Whoever out of disrespect opens the door of the face when the mouthful is not brought close, there is an offence of wrongdoing.
There is no offence if it is unintentional, if he is not thinking … if he is the first wrong-doer.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū anāhaṭe kabaḷe mukhadvāraṃ vivaranti … pe … .
2 "na anāhaṭe kabaḷe mukhadvāraṃ vivarissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (41:186)
3 na anāhaṭe kabaḷe mukhadvāraṃ vivaritabbaṃ. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca anāhaṭe kabaḷe mukhadvāraṃ vivarati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.