[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt) › 3.71 # 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.71 English (machine translation) 3.71 - **Language:** English ### [3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.71) Precept Thirty-Five: Eating After Being Satisfied. The intention of the precept is: Generally, food functions to satisfy a hungry body; exceeding this fosters greed, while too little is insufficient, so the matter requires moderation. However, the karmic bodily strength of the four great elements has strengths and weaknesses, so the sage provided four kinds of graduated regulation, beginning from a single morsel and ending with the procedure of leftover food to reduce it. This is the method of moderation according to capacities. Now, if a fourth kind of person does not perform the procedure for leftover food and eats the five proper foods again, it fosters greed and obstructs the Path, violating the teaching with profound error; therefore it was instituted. There are five specific conditions: 1. It is satisfied eating. 2. The perception of satisfied eating. 3. Abandoning the deportment. 4. There is no special circumstance, except for illness and the procedure for leftover food, which are not offenses. 5. Eating again, committing \[an offense\] accordingly. Below, the Prātimokṣa text is properly clarified. This arose due to a monk who was greedy and gluttonous and did not know satisfaction in food; thus this precept was instituted. - [Previous: 3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.70) - [Next: 3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.72) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.71) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.71) · Pramāṇa