Vinaya — Regras dos Monges (Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga) — Eating at the wrong time

1Origin story
At one time when the Buddha was staying at Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, there was a hilltop fair in Rājagaha, which the monks from the group of seventeen went to see. When people saw the monks, they bathed them, anointed them, fed them cooked food, and gave them fresh food. They took that food and brought it back to the monastery. And they said to the monks from the group of six, “Help yourselves!”

2“But where did you get this food?” And they told them what had happened.

3“So, do you eat at the wrong time?”

4“Yes.”

5The monks from the group of six complained and criticized them, “How can those monks from the group of seventeen eat at the wrong time?”

6They told the monks, and the monks of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can the monks from the group of seventeen eat at the wrong time?” … “Is it true, monks, that you do this?”

7“It’s true, sir.”

8The Buddha rebuked them … “Foolish men, how can you do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:

9Final ruling
‘If a monk eats fresh or cooked food at the wrong time, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”

10Definitions
A:

11whoever …

12Monk:

13… The monk who has been given the full ordination by a unanimous Sangha through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of monk is meant in this case.

14At the wrong time:

15when the middle of the day has passed, until dawn.

16Fresh food:

17apart from the five cooked foods, the post-midday tonics, the seven-day tonics, and the lifetime tonics, the rest is called “fresh food”.

18Cooked food:

19there are five kinds of cooked food: cooked grain, porridge, flour products, fish, and meat.

20If he receives fresh or cooked food with the intention of eating it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. For every mouthful swallowed, he commits an offense entailing confession.

21Permutations
If it is the wrong time, and he perceives it as such, and he eats fresh or cooked food, he commits an offense entailing confession. If it is the wrong time, but he is unsure of it, and he eats fresh or cooked food, he commits an offense entailing confession. If it is the wrong time, but he perceives it as the right time, and he eats fresh or cooked food, he commits an offense entailing confession.

22If he receives post-midday tonics, seven-day tonics, or lifetime tonics for the purpose of food, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. For every mouthful swallowed, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

23If it is the right time, but he perceives it as the wrong time, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is the right time, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is the right time, and he perceives it as such, there is no offense.

24Non-offenses
There is no offense: if, when there is a reason, he uses post-midday tonics, seven-day tonics, or lifetime tonics; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.

25The training rule on eating at the wrong time, the seventh, is finished.