Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 51: Not to make a slurping noise when drinking.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
At one time the enlightened one, the lord, was staying at Kosambī in Ghosita’s monastery. Now at that time a milk drink had been prepared for the Order by a certain brahmin. The monks drank the milk making a hissing sound. A certain monk who had formerly been an actor spoke thus: "It seems that this whole Order is cooled." Those who were modest monks … spread it about, saying: "How can this monk make a joke about the Order?" …
"Is it true, as is said, that you, monk, made a joke about the Order?"
"It is true, lord."
The enlightened one, the lord, rebuked him, saying:
"How can you, foolish man, make a joke about the Order? It is not, foolish man, for pleasing those who are not (yet) pleased … " … and having rebuked him, having given reasoned talk, he addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks, a joke should not be made about the enlightened one or dhamma or the Order. Whoever should make (one), there is an offence of wrong-doing."
Then the lord, having rebuked that monk in many a figure for his difficulty in maintaining himself … " … And thus, monks, this rule of training should be set forth:
‘I will not eat making a hissing sound,’ is a training to be observed."
One should not eat making a hissing sound … if he is the first wrong-doer.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā kosambiyaṃ viharati ghositārāme. tena kho pana samayena aññatarena brāhmaṇena saṇghassa payopānaṃ paṭiyattaṃ hoti. bhikkhū surusurukārakaṃ khīraṃ pivanti. aññataro naṭapubbako bhikkhu evamāha— "sabboyaṃ maññe saṇgho sītīkato"ti.
2 ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma bhikkhu saṇghaṃ ārabbha davaṃ karissatī"ti … pe … "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, bhikkhu, saṇghaṃ ārabbha davaṃ akāsī"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma tvaṃ, moghapurisa, saṇghaṃ ārabbha davaṃ karissasi. netaṃ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … vigarahitvā … pe … dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi— "na, bhikkhave, buddhaṃ vā dhammaṃ vā saṇghaṃ vā ārabbha davo kātabbo. yo kareyya, āpatti dukkaṭassā"ti. atha kho bhagavā taṃ bhikkhuṃ anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā dubbharatāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
3 "na surusurukārakaṃ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (51:196)
4 na surusurukārakaṃ bhuñjitabbaṃ. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca surusurukārakaṃ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.