Eating from lifted mouthfuls · 44. Piṇḍukkhepakasikkhāpada
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At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time the monks from the group of six ate from lifted balls of food. … One should not eat from a lifted ball of food. If a monk, out of disrespect, eats from a lifted ball of food, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if he is sick; if it is fresh food; if it is any kind of fruit; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender. The fourth training rule is finished.
Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe… Na piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca piṇḍukkhepakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa. asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, khajjake, phalāphale, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti. Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
“‘I will not eat from a lifted ball of food,’ this is how you should train.”
