一切經音義 50.283

50.283

食米（齊宗舊云食屑此外道修行苦行合手大指及第二指以物縛之往至人家舂穀簸米處以彼縛指拾取米屑聚置掌中隨得多少去以為食若全粒者即不取之恐多所取縛兩指耳亦名鷄鳩言外道拾米如鷄鳩行也）。

Eating broken rice (食米; tradition in the lineage of Qi says: "Eating crumbs. This refers to non-Buddhist ascetics practising austerities who bind their thumb and index finger together with an object and go to houses where grain is being pounded and winnowed, using those bound fingers to pick up broken bits of rice, placing them in the palm of their hand, taking whatever amount they get as their food. If they find whole grains, they do not take them, fearing that they would take too much, which is why they bind the two fingers. This is also called 'chicken and pigeon practice', meaning the non-Buddhists pick up rice like the behavior of chickens and pigeons").