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 were eating almsfood while looking here and there, and they did not know whether people were still giving or whether they had received too much. …

Final ruling “‘I will eat almsfood with attention on the almsbowl,’ this is how you should train.”

Almsfood is to be eaten with attention on the bowl. If a monk, out of disrespect, eats almsfood while looking here and there, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses There is no offense:

if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if he is sick; if there is an emergency; if he is insane;

if he is the first offender. The second training rule is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Analysis The chapter on training The subchapter on respectfully Not eating in order

Origin story 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 almsfood picking here and there. …

Final ruling “‘I will eat almsfood in order,’ this is how you should train.”

Almsfood is to be eaten in order. If a monk, out of disrespect, eats almsfood picking here and there, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses There is no offense:

if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if he is sick; if he picks things out to give to others; if he picks things out to put it into someone else’s vessel; if it is a non-bean curry; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender. The third training rule is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Analysis The chapter on training The subchapter on respectfully Not eating in the right proportions

Origin story 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 were eating almsfood with large amounts of bean curry. …

Final ruling “‘I will eat almsfood with the right proportion of bean curry,’ this is how you should train.”

Definitions Bean curry:

there are two kinds of bean curry, to be taken with the hand: mung-bean curry and black-gram curry. Almsfood is to be eaten with the right proportion of bean curry. If a monk, out of disrespect, eats much bean curry, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses