Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c16.16

v1.c16.16

The common Pāli expression for propriety in food as found in the Piṭakas is *bhojane mattaññu*, i.e. a bhikkhu should exercise sufficient self-restraint with regard to his food. He must always remember that he takes food not for making his body good-looking but just for its maintenance in order to be able to fulfil his mission. His food will be of such a nature that he must not develop a taste for new sensations (*vedanaṃ*) and at the same time get rid of the old ones.²