BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Sekhiya Chapter 1046. I will not eat stuffing out the cheeks: a training to be observed.This is another rule that does not cover fruits, solid foods, or special confections.Apparently this allowance covers cases where the fruits, etc., would make up amouthful a little on the large side, as defined under Sk 39.47. I will not eat shaking (food off) the hand: a training to beobserved.According to the Vibhaṅga, there is no offense in shaking the hand while throwingaway scraps.48. I will not eat scattering lumps of rice about: a training to beobserved.The Vibhaṅga states that there is no offense in throwing away lumps of rice whilethrowing away scraps.49. I will not eat sticking out the tongue: a training to be observed.50. I will not eat smacking the lips: a training to be observed.51. I will not eat making a slurping noise: a training to be observed.In the origin story to this rule, a certain brahman prepared a milk drink for thebhikkhus, who drank it making a hissing or slurping sound. One of the bhikkhus, aformer actor, made a joke about the fact: "It's as if this entire Saṅgha were cooled."(This of course, is a pun on the higher meaning of the term, cooled.) Word got tothe Buddha, who in addition to formulating this rule, also imposed a dukkaṭa on theact of making a joke about the Buddha, Dhamma, or Saṅgha.52. I will not eat licking the hands: a training to be observed.According to the Commentary, this rule also covers the act of sticking a finger intothe mouth. There are times, though — it says — when one is eating a semi-liquidfood with one's hand, in which case it is all right to stick the tips of the fingers intothe mouth so as to get as much of the food as possible into the mouth withoutspilling it.449