佛垂般涅槃略說教誡經 1.4

1.4

「汝等比丘，受諸飲食當如服藥，於好於惡勿生增減，趣得支身以除飢渴。如蜂採花，但取其味不損色香；比丘亦爾，受人供養取自除惱，無得多求壞其善心。譬如智者籌量牛力所堪多少，不令過分以竭其力。

“You monks, when receiving food and drink, you should treat it as taking medicine. Toward the fine and the foul, do not give rise to increase or decrease [in desire], but merely sustain the body to dispel hunger and thirst. Just as a bee gathering from a flower takes only its nectar without harming its color or fragrance, so too should the monk: receive the offerings of others to dispel your own afflictions, and do not seek much and thereby ruin their wholesome mind. Just as a wise person gauges the strength of an ox to see how much it can bear, and does not exceed the measure so as to exhaust its strength.