Controverted PointNa vattabbaṁ—The reason and the adherents as above.“saṅgho bhuñjati pivati khādati sāyatī”ti? The reason and the adherents as above.Āmantā. Theravādin:But you must admit that there are those who partake of the meals of the Order, both daily and on special occasions, both of rice-gruel and of drink.Nanu atthi keci saṅghabhattāni karonti, uddesabhattāni karonti, yāgupānāni karontīti? Moreover, did not the Exalted One speak of “meals taken in company”, “in turn”, “of food left over”, and “not left over”?And did He not speak of eight kinds of drinks: “mango-syrup, jambu-syrup, plantain-syrup, mocha-syrup, honey-syrup, grape-juice, lilyroot-syrup, and phārusaka-syrup”? How then can you maintain your view?Āmantā. Mahāsuññatāvādin:But does a Path, does Fruition “enjoy”, “eat”, “drink”? … .Hañci atthi keci saṅghabhattāni karonti, uddesabhattāni karonti, yāgupānāni karonti, tena vata re vattabbe—Mahāsuññatāvādin:“saṅgho bhuñjati pivati khādati sāyatī”ti.

Shwe Zan AungNa vattabbaṁ—This SuttaCentral edition was prepared byManfred WierichandVen. Vimalaand proofread byJosephine Tobin. Some changes were introduced:“saṅgho bhuñjati pivati khādati sāyatī”ti? Manfred WierichĀmantā. Ven. VimalaNanu vuttaṁ bhagavatā—Josephine Tobin“gaṇabhojanaṁ paramparabhojanaṁ atirittabhojanaṁ anatirittabhojanan”ti? Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.Cross-references were linked.Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.Āmantā. Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.Hañci vuttaṁ bhagavatā—Cross-references were linked.“gaṇabhojanaṁ paramparabhojanaṁ atirittabhojanaṁ anatirittabhojanaṁ”, tena vata re vattabbe—Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.“saṅgho bhuñjati pivati khādati sāyatī”ti.

Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.Na vattabbaṁ—The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.“saṅgho bhuñjati pivati khādati sāyatī”ti? This electronic version is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 licence (CC BY-NC 3.0) as found here:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/Āmantā. All copyright is owned by the Pali Text Society. See also the statement under http://www.palitext.com/ → Publications → Copyright Announcement. For non-commercial use only.Nanu aṭṭha pānāni vuttāni bhagavatā—ambapānaṁ, jambupānaṁ, cocapānaṁ, mocapānaṁ, madhukapānaṁ, muddikapānaṁ, sālukapānaṁ, phārusakapānanti? Āmantā. Hañci aṭṭha pānāni vuttāni bhagavatā—ambapānaṁ, jambupānaṁ, cocapānaṁ, mocapānaṁ, madhukapānaṁ, muddikapānaṁ, sālukapānaṁ, phārusakapānaṁ, tena vata re vattabbe—“saṅgho bhuñjati pivati khādati sāyatī”ti.

Saṅgho bhuñjati pivati khādati sāyatīti? Āmantā. Maggo bhuñjati pivati khādati sāyati, phalaṁ bhuñjati pivati khādati sāyatīti? Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe….

Na vattabbaṁ saṅgho bhuñjatītikathā niṭṭhitā.