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增一阿含經云。若過分飽食。則氣急身滿。百脈不調。令心壅塞。坐臥不安。若限少食。則身羸心懸。意慮無固。偈云。多食致苦患。少食氣力衰。處中而食者。如秤無高下○經云。多食人有五苦。一大便數。二小便數。三多睡。四身重不堪修業。五多患不消化○大薩遮經偈云。噉食太過人。身重多懈怠。現在未來世。於身失大利。睡眠自受苦。亦惱於他人。迷悶難𮄔窹。應時籌量食。

The Zengyi ahan jing says: If one eats to excess, one's breathing becomes rapid and the body full, the hundred meridians become disharmonious, causing the mind to become blocked, and one is uncomfortable whether sitting or lying down. If one restricts oneself to too little food, the body becomes emaciated and the mind unsettled, and one's thoughts have no stability. A verse says: / 'Eating much causes suffering and illness; / eating little weakens energy and strength. / One who eats in moderation / is like a balance without high or low.' / A sūtra says: A person who eats much has five sufferings: first, frequent defecation; second, frequent urination; third, much sleep; fourth, a heavy body incapable of cultivating practice; fifth, frequent suffering from indigestion. / A verse in the Dasazhe jing says: / 'A person who eats food in excess / has a heavy body and much indolence. / In the present and future lives, / they lose great benefit to the body. / In sleep they experience suffering themselves, / and also distress others. / Stupefied, it is difficult to awaken; / one should measure one's food in accordance with the proper time.'