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36. Odanappaṭicchādanasikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū sūpampi byañjanampi odanena paṭicchādenti bhiyyokamyataṁ upādāya …pe….

Covering with rice 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 covering their curries with rice because they wanted more. …

“Na sūpaṁ vā byañjanaṁ vā odanena paṭicchādessāmi bhiyyokamyataṁ upādāyāti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

Final ruling

“‘I will not cover my curries with rice because I want more,’ this is how you should train.”

Na sūpaṁ vā byañjanaṁ vā odanena paṭicchādetabbaṁ bhiyyokamyataṁ upādāya. Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca sūpaṁ vā byañjanaṁ vā odanena paṭicchādeti bhiyyokamyataṁ upādāya, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

One should not cover one’s curries with rice because one wants more. If a monk, out of disrespect, covers his curries with rice because he wants more, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Anāpatti—

Non-offenses

There is no offense:

asañcicca, assatiyā, ajānantassa, sāmikā paṭicchādetvā denti, na bhiyyokamyataṁ upādāya, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.

if it is unintentional; if he is not mindful; if he does not know; if the owners cover it and then give; if it is not out of a desire for more; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.