PTS vp En 369 PTS cs 12 ‘Venerable Nāgasena, those three qualities of food you say he ought to take, which are they?’
‘Just, O king, as food is the support of all beings, just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, be a handle, as it were, by which all beings may open the door of the noble eightfold path. This, O king, is the first of the qualities of food he ought to have.
PTS cs 13 ‘And again, O king, just as food increases people’s strength; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, grow in increase of virtue. This, O king, is the second of the qualities of food he ought to have.
PTS cs 14 ‘And again, O king, just as food is a thing desired of all beings; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, be desired of all the world. This, O king, is the third of the qualities of food he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by Mahā Moggallāna, the Elder:
“By self-restraint, training, and righteousness,
By duty done, and by attainments reached,
The strenuous recluse should make himself
To all men in the world a thing desired “’
6. Bhojanaṅgapañha
6. Bhojanaṅgapañha
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘bhojanassa tīṇi aṅgāni gahetabbānī’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamāni tāni tīṇi aṅgāni gahetabbānī”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, bhojanaṁ sabbasattānaṁ upatthambho; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sabbasattānaṁ maggupatthambhena bhavitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanassa paṭhamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘bhojanassa tīṇi aṅgāni gahetabbānī’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamāni tāni tīṇi aṅgāni gahetabbānī”ti?
“Yathā, mahārāja, bhojanaṁ sabbasattānaṁ upatthambho;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sabbasattānaṁ maggupatthambhena bhavitabbaṁ.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanassa paṭhamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘bhojanassa tīṇi aṅgāni gahetabbānī’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamāni tāni tīṇi aṅgāni gahetabbānī”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, bhojanaṁ sabbasattānaṁ upatthambho; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sabbasattānaṁ maggupatthambhena bhavitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanassa paṭhamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanaṁ sabbasattānaṁ balaṁ vaḍḍheti; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena puññavaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanassa dutiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanaṁ sabbasattānaṁ balaṁ vaḍḍheti;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena puññavaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhitabbaṁ.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanassa dutiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanaṁ sabbasattānaṁ balaṁ vaḍḍheti; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena puññavaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanassa dutiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanaṁ sabbasattānaṁ abhipatthitaṁ; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sabbalokābhipatthitena bhavitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanassa tatiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena mahāmoggallānena—
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanaṁ sabbasattānaṁ abhipatthitaṁ;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sabbalokābhipatthitena bhavitabbaṁ.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanassa tatiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena mahāmoggallānena—
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanaṁ sabbasattānaṁ abhipatthitaṁ; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sabbalokābhipatthitena bhavitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, bhojanassa tatiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena mahāmoggallānena—
‘Saṁyamena niyamena, sīlena paṭipattiyā; Patthitena bhavitabbaṁ, sabbalokassa yoginā’”ti.
‘Saṁyamena niyamena, sīlena paṭipattiyā; Patthitena bhavitabbaṁ, sabbalokassa yoginā’”ti.
Bhojanaṅgapañho chaṭṭho.
Bhojanaṅgapañho chaṭṭho.