Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

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Theravāda Vinaya

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law

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Mahāvibhaṅga

The Great Analysis

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Sekhiyakaṇḍa

The chapter on training

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Kabaḷavagga

The subchapter on mouthfuls

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46. Avagaṇḍakārakasikkhāpada

46. The training rule on stuffing the cheeks

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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.

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Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū avagaṇḍakārakaṁ bhuñjanti …pe…

At that time the monks from the group of six ate stuffing their cheeks. …

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“Na avagaṇḍakārakaṁ bhuñjissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.

“‘I will not eat stuffing my cheeks,’ this is how you should train.”

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Na avagaṇḍakārakaṁ bhuñjitabbaṁ.

One should not eat stuffing one’s cheeks.

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Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca ekato vā ubhato vā gaṇḍaṁ katvā bhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

If a monk, out of disrespect, eats stuffing one or both cheeks, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

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Anāpatti—

There is no offense:

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asañcicca,

if it is unintentional;

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assatiyā,

if he is not mindful;

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ajānantassa,

if he does not know;

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gilānassa,

if he is sick;

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phalāphale,

if it is any kind of fruit;

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āpadāsu,

if there is an emergency;

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ummattakassa,

if he is insane;

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ādikammikassāti.

if he is the first offender.

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Chaṭṭhasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

The sixth training rule is finished.