Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Sekhiya 56: Not to empty a bowl's rinsing up water containing rice in an inhabited area.
- Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner.
At that time the enlightened one, the lord was staying among the Bhaggā on Suṃsumāra Hill in the Bhesakaḷā Grove in the deer-park. Now at that time monks in the Kokanada palace threw out amidst the houses rinsings of the bowls with lumps of boiled rice. People … spread it about, saying:
"How can these recluses, sons of the Sakyans, throw out amidst the houses rinsings of the bowls with lumps of boiled rice, like householders who enjoy pleasures of the senses?"
Monks heard these people who … spread it about. Those who were modest monks … spread it about, saying: "How can these monks throw out amidst the houses rinsings of the bowls with lumps of boiled rice … ?
"Is it true, as is said, that you, monks, threw out amidst the houses rinsings of the bowls with lumps of boiled rice?"
"It is true, lord."
The enlightened one, the lord, rebuked them, saying:
"How can you, foolish men, throw out amidst the houses rinsings of the bowls with lumps of boiled rice? It is not, foolish men, for pleasing those who are not (yet) pleased … And thus, monks, this rule of training should be set forth:
‘I will not throw out amidst the houses rinsings of the bowl with lumps of boiled rice,’ is a training to be observed."
One should not throw out amidst the houses rinsings of the bowl with lumps of boiled rice. Whoever out of disrespect throws out amidst the houses rinsings of the bowl with lumps of boiled rice, 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 he throws them out having removed or broken up or covered up or taken out, if there are accidents, if he is mad, if he is the first wrong-doer.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye. tena kho pana samayena bhikkhū kokanade pāsāde sasitthakaṃ pattadhovanaṃ antaraghare chaḍḍenti. manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā sasitthakaṃ pattadhovanaṃ antaraghare chaḍḍessanti, seyyathāpi gihī kāmabhogino"ti.
2 assosuṃ kho bhikkhū tesaṃ manussānaṃ ujjhāyantānaṃ khiyyantānaṃ vipācentānaṃ. ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma bhikkhū sasitthakaṃ pattadhovanaṃ antaraghare chaḍḍessantī"ti … pe … "saccaṃ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhū sasitthakaṃ pattadhovanaṃ antaraghare chaḍḍentī"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma te, bhikkhave, moghapurisā sasitthakaṃ pattadhovanaṃ antaraghare chaḍḍessanti. netaṃ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
3 "na sasitthakaṃ pattadhovanaṃ antaraghare chaḍḍessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā"ti. (56:201)
4 na sasitthakaṃ pattadhovanaṃ antaraghare chaḍḍetabbaṃ. yo anādariyaṃ paṭicca sasitthakaṃ pattadhovanaṃ antaraghare chaḍḍeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
5 anāpatti— asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, uddharitvā vā bhinditvā vā paṭiggahe vā nīharitvā vā chaḍḍeti, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.