Lzh Mg Bu Vb Sk 27Stuffing Cheeks
Pāli / Sanskrit:Avagaṇḍakāraka
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– MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA
– EXPLAINING THE BEGINNING PORTION OF THE SEKHIYA RULES:
– EXPLAINING THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE SEKHIYA RULES.
27. "One should train: One must not shift food from one side of the mouth to the other while eating."
Shifting food from one side of the mouth to the other: holding a mouthful of rice on one side of the cheek and moving it to the other side of the cheek. One should chew on whichever side one chews, finish chewing there, and then swallow. If a bhikkhu is eating flour or soft rice, he may hold it on one side and chew on one side without incurring an offense. If one indulges the sense faculties by shifting food from one side of the mouth to the other while eating, this constitutes disregard for a rule of training. Except in the case of mental derangement, there is no offense. Therefore it is said:
"One should train: One must not shift food from one side of the mouth to the other while eating."
When the Buddha was dwelling at Sāvatthī, as described in detail above. At that time, a lay person came to the monastery to offer a meal to the Sangha; while eating, the group of six bhikkhus stuck out their tongues to eat, and people of the world ridiculed them:
—Why do the Sakyan renunciants behave like the dissolute, like snakes, like rats, like dogs, like cats, sticking out their tongues to eat? These are degenerate ones — what religious conduct do they have!
The bhikkhus then brought the matter and reported it to the Blessed One. The Buddha immediately ordered the group of six bhikkhus to be summoned. When they arrived, the Buddha asked them:
—Did this really happen?
—It is true, Blessed One.
—From this day forward, one must not stick out one's tongue to eat.
Thereupon the Buddha commanded all the bhikkhus dwelling at Sāvatthī to assemble, and for the sake of ten benefits he laid down a training rule for the bhikkhus — one that all must hear, even those who have already heard it:
Vietnamese translation: Thích Phước Sơn. MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA
Chinese translation: THE TRIPIṬAKA MASTER BUDDHABHADRA FROM INDIA
TOGETHER WITH THE ŚRAMAṆA FAXIAN, TRANSLATED DURING THE EASTERN JIN DYNASTY
VERIFICATION OF MEANING: THÍCH ĐỖNG MINH
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