四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 3.220

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The third clarifies that establishing contemplation has scriptural teachings. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa states: If one does not contemplate the method of eating and clings tenaciously to delicious flavors, one will fall among impure worms, have molten copper poured into one's mouth, and swallow burning iron pellets. The Daśādhyāya-vinaya states: At every meal, one should arouse a mind of revulsion, eating solely for the preservation of bodily life. The Mātṛkā states: When obtaining food, one should contemplate that it emerges from the granary, comes out of the earth, is mixed with excrement, allows seeds to grow, and returns to nourish a body of excrement, and so forth. The Vinayamātṛkā states: If a bhikṣu is of sharp faculties, upon receiving food he forms mindfulness with every mouthful; upon receiving robes, he forms mindfulness with every wearing; upon entering a room, he forms mindfulness with every entry. If one is of dull faculties, when first obtaining robes, food, or dwellings, he forms a single comprehensive thought. The Buddhapiṭaka-sūtra states: Having received almsfood from a village, one departs from the settlement and goes to a waterside where one can cultivate the Way; placing the food to one side, one sits cross-legged and should contemplate that the food is repulsive in various ways, and contemplate one's own body as an utterly vile vessel. It is as described extensively therein.