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34. Samasūpakasikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjantā sūpaññeva bahuṁ bhuñjanti …pe….

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. …

“Samasūpakaṁ piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

Final ruling

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

Sūpo nāma

Definitions

Bean curry:

dve sūpā— muggasūpo, māsasūpo hatthahāriyo. Samasūpako piṇḍapāto bhuñjitabbo. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca sūpaññeva bahuṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

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.

Anāpatti—

Non-offenses

There is no offense:

asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, gilānassa, rasarase, ñātakānaṁ, pavāritānaṁ, attano dhanena, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.

if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if he is sick; if it is any food apart from bean curry; if it is from relatives; if it is from those who have given an invitation; if it is by means of his own property; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.