Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules

Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 49: Not to poke the tongue out when eating.

  • Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.

… in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks ate putting out their tongues … " …


‘I will not eat putting out the tongue,’ is a training to be observed."

One should not eat putting out the tongue … offence of wrong-doing.


There is no offence if it is unintentional … if he is the first wrong-doer.

1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū jivhānicchārakaṃ bhuñjanti … pe … .


2 "na jivhānicchārakaṃ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (49:194)

3 na jivhānicchārakaṃ bhuñjitabbaṃ. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca jivhānicchārakaṃ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.


4 anāpatti— asañcicca … pe … ādikammikassāti.

5 navamasikkhāpadaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.