Re: 1 meal per day for bhikkhu/samanera/8 precepts observer

Thx you anyway for your reply,however, I'm still looking the discourse of the vinaya practice which some of the Buddha's senior disciples in other cities who eat a few times in a day because they claimed this was said by the Thatagata, but they were all been advised by the Buddha not to do so, I'm not sure whether that discourse is from Majjhima Nikaya.

Thanks again,

With Metta.
Yow

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From: Ngawang Dorje <rahula_80@...>
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Sent: Saturday, 23 February, 2008 9:46:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Pali] 1 meal per day for bhikkhu/samanera/8 precepts observer

Hi,

On the Dhutanga Practices:

“Moreover, an untrue man, who is learned…who is expert in the Discipline….who is a preacher of the Dhamma…who is a forest dweller….who is a refuse-rag wearer….an almsfood eater….a tree-root dweller….a charnel-ground dweller….an open-air dweller….a continual sitter…..an any-bed user….a one-session eater consider thus: ‘I am a one-session eater; but these other bhikkhus are not one-session eaters.’ So he lauds himself and disparages others because of his being a one-session eater. This too is the character of an untrue man.

“But a true man consider thus: ‘It is not because of being one-session eater that states of greed, hatred, or delusion are destroyed. Even though someone may not be a one-session eater, yet if he has entered upon the way that accords with the Dhamma, entered upon the proper way, and conducts himself according to the Dhamma, he should be honoured for that, he should be praised for that.’ So, putting the practice of the way first, he neither lauds himself not disparages others because of his being a one-session eater. This too is the character of a true man.”

[MN 113: Sappurisa Sutta – The True Man. The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha – A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya by Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi (2001) Wisdom Publications, Massachusetts, p. 910-911.]

“Wearing cast-off cloth, ……Going for alms, …….Wearing only one triple set of robes, …….Bypassing no donors on his alms round, ……. Eating only one meal a day, ……….Eating from the bowl, …….Refusing food brought afterwards, ……..Living in the wilderness, ……..Living at the foot of a tree, ………Living in the open air, …….Living in a cemetery, ……..Accepting whatever lodging he's assigned, ………Not lying down…….”

Theragata 16.7: Bhaddiya Kaligodhayaputta. Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (2005) Available from:

http://www.accessto insight.org/ tipitaka/ kn/thag/thag. 16.07.than. html

From the Visuddhimagga:

[The 13 Kinds of Ascetic Practices]

2. Thirteen kinds of ascetic practices have been allowed by the Blessed One to clansmen who have given up the things of the flesh and, regardless of body and life, are desirous of undertaking a practice on conformity [with their aim]. They are:

i. i. the refuse-rag-wearer’ s practice

ii. the triple-robe- wearer’s practice

iii. the alms-food-eater’ s practice

iv. the house-to-house- seeker’s practice

v. the one-sessioner’ s practice

vi. the bowl-food-eater’ s practice

vii. the later-food-refuser’ s practice

viii. the forest-dweller’ s practice

ix. the tree-root-dweller’ s practice

x. the open-air-dweller’ s practice

xi. the charnel-ground- dweller’s practice

xii. the any-bed-user’ s practice

xiii. the sitter’s practice

[Visuddhimagga, Chapter II: Description of the Ascetic Practices. The Path of Purification by Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa. Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Nanamoli, p. 59-83]

See also:

http://www.accessto insight.org/ lib/authors/ khantipalo/ wheel083. html

Or, perhaps you have in mind a passage found in DN 1 and DN 2:

Bhikkhu Bodhi has:

“He eats only in one part of the day, refraining from food at night and from eating at improper times.”

Bhikkhu Thanissaro has:

"He eats only once a day, refraining from the evening meal and from food at the wrong time of day.”

Maurice Walshe has:

"He eats once a day and not at night, refraining from eating at improper times.”

Ven Dhammanando wrote:

"Bhikkhu Bodhi's rendering is in conformity with the commentary's gloss on 'ekabhattika' (one-mealer) .

Thanissaro and Walshe seem to be assuming that being an ekabhattika is the same as being an ekâsanika (one who eats at a single session), but in the commentaries these are different practices. An ekabhattika can have as many eating sessions as he likes between dawn and midday, whereas an ekâsanika undertakes the dhutanga practice of eating only one."

Regards,

Rahula

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