Samasūpaka

Theravāda Vinaya

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law

Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

Sekhiyakaṇḍa

The chapter on training

Sakkaccavagga

The subchapter on respectfully

34. Samasūpakasikkhāpada

Not eating in the right proportions

Origin story

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.

Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjantā sūpaññeva bahuṁ bhuñjanti …pe….

At that time the monks from the group of six were eating almsfood with large amounts of bean curry. …

Final ruling

“Samasūpakaṁ piṇḍapātaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

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

Definitions

Sūpo nāma

Bean curry:

dve sūpā—

there are two kinds of bean curry, to be taken with the hand:

muggasūpo, māsasūpo hatthahāriyo.

mung-bean curry and black-gram curry.

Samasūpako piṇḍapāto bhuñjitabbo.

Almsfood is to be eaten with the right proportion of bean curry.

Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca sūpaññeva bahuṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

If a monk, out of disrespect, eats much bean curry, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses

Anāpatti—

There is no offense:

asañcicca,

if it is unintentional;

assatiyā,

if he is not mindful;

ajānantassa,

if he does not know;

gilānassa,

if he is sick;

rasarase,

if it is any food apart from bean curry;

ñātakānaṁ,

if it is from relatives;

pavāritānaṁ,

if it is from those who have given an invitation;

attano dhanena,

if it is by means of his own property;

āpadāsu,

if there is an emergency;

ummattakassa,

if he is insane;

ādikammikassāti.

if he is the first offender.

Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

The fourth training rule is finished.