Lzh Mg Bu Vb Sk 40Scattering Rice
Pāli / Sanskrit:Sitthāvakāraka
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– MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA
– EXPLAINING THE BEGINNING PORTION OF THE SEKHIYA RULES:
– EXPLAINING THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE SEKHIYA RULES.
40. "A rule to be trained in: One must not scatter rice while eating."
When receiving food, one should not allow even a single grain of rice to fall to the ground. However, if a净人 (lay attendant) ladles rice and it falls to the ground, there is no offense. When food has already been placed in the mouth, one should not let it fall to the ground; but if it accidentally falls, there is no offense. When eating fish, meat, fruit, melon, or sugarcane, one must not carelessly scatter rinds, seeds, pulp, or bones on the ground, but must collect them in a pile to one side, beneath one's feet.
If through negligence and lack of restraint of the sense faculties one scatters food remnants about, this constitutes disregard for the rule to be trained in. Except in the case of mental derangement, there is no offense. Therefore it is said:
"A rule to be trained in: One must not scatter rice while eating."
When the Buddha was residing in the city of Sāvatthī, as stated in full above. At that time, a householder came to the monastery to offer a meal to the Sangha. While eating, the group of six monks waved their hands about, soiling the robes of the monks seated nearby. Those monks then asked:
—Elders! Why are you waving your hands about? Were you bitten by centipedes, bees, or scorpions?
The monks then brought the matter before the Blessed One. The Buddha thereupon ordered the group of six monks to be summoned. When they had come, the Buddha asked:
—Did this actually happen?
—It is true, Blessed One.
—From this day forward, you must not wave your hands about while eating.
The Buddha then commanded all the monks to assemble, and for ten benefits he laid down this rule for the monks; even those who have already heard it must hear it again:
Vietnamese translation: Thích Phước Sơn. MAHĀSĀṂGHIKA VINAYA
Chinese translation: TRIPIṬAKA BUDDHABHADRA OF INDIA
TOGETHER WITH ŚRAMAṆA FAXIAN, TRANSLATED DURING THE EASTERN JIN DYNASTY
Verification of meaning: Thích Đỗng Minh
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