Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga
by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 137,074 words
The Cullavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of the First and Second Buddhist Councils as well as the establishment of the community of Buddhist nuns. The Cullavagga also elaborates on the etiquette and duties of Bhikkhus....
Cullavagga, Khandaka 5, Chapter 25
1. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu was a ruminator[1], and he, continually ruminating, used to chew the cud.
The Bhikkhus murmured, were annoyed, and were indignant, saying, 'This Bhikkhu eats food out of hours[2].' And they told this matter to the Blessed One.
'This Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, has but lately fallen from the condition of being an ox. I allow, O Bhikkhus, to a ruminator the chew of the cud. But nothing, O Bhikkhus, brought from the door of the mouth to the outside thereof is to be so chewed[3]. Whosoever does so, shall be dealt with according to the law[4].'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Romanthaka.
[2]:
Which is against the rule laid down in the 27th Pācittiya.
[3]:
That would be a breach of the 30th Pācittiya.
[4]:
That is, according to the 27th, 28th, or 30th Pācittiya.