Kabaḷāvacchedaka

Theravāda Vinaya

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law

Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

Sekhiyakaṇḍa

The chapter on training

Kabaḷavagga

The subchapter on mouthfuls

45. Kabaḷāvacchedakasikkhāpada

Breaking up mouthfuls

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 kabaḷāvacchedakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe….

At that time the monks from the group of six ate breaking up mouthfuls. …

Final ruling

“Na kabaḷāvacchedakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

“‘I will not eat breaking up mouthfuls,’ this is how you should train.”

Na kabaḷāvacchedakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.

One should not eat breaking up mouthfuls.

Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca kabaḷāvacchedakaṁ bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

If a monk, out of disrespect, eats breaking up mouthfuls, 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;

khajjake,

if it is fresh food;

phalāphale,

if it is any kind of fruit;

uttaribhaṅge,

if it is a non-bean curry;

āpadāsu,

if there is an emergency;

ummattakassa,

if he is insane;

ādikammikassāti.

if he is the first offender.

Pañcamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

The fifth training rule is finished.