The Bhikkhus Rules

A Guide for Laypeople

by Bhikkhu Ariyesako | 1998 | 50,970 words

The Theravadin Buddhist Monk's Rules compiled and explained by: Bhikkhu Ariyesako Discipline is for the sake of restraint, restraint for the sake of freedom from remorse, freedom from remorse for the sake of joy, joy for the sake of rapture, rapture for the sake of tranquillity, tranquillity for the sake of pleasure, pleasure for the sake of conce...

Eating Alms Food

When eating, a bhikkhu should:

  • eat his food methodically, from one side of the bowl to the other.
  • eat bean curry only in proper proportion to the rice.
  • level his rice before eating from it.
  • refrain from throwing away — in an inhabited area — bowl rinsing water that has grains of rice in it. [Sekhiya]
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