Further Reading
Food and the Vinaya
Read here: Food and the Vinaya (PDF)
Contents:
- The Overall Picture
- The ways in which bhikkhus can’t get food
- So how do bhikkhus get food?
- Different classes of ‘Food’
- Staple foods (Bhojana/bhojaniya):
- Non-staple foods (Khādaniya):
- Tonics
- Juices
- Medicines
- Mixing different classes of Food
- Considerations that affect several of the food rules
- Illness
- Invitations
- Family
- ‘If it is by means of his own property’
- The Robe Season
- What the food rules do
- Daily dependence on the lay people
- How do the rules fit together to ensure that the bhikkhus live in dependence on the lay
- people and do not hoard food and tonics?
- Eating only in the right time
- Respect for Meal Donors
- Proper Use of Meal Invitations
- Invitations for Food Requisites
- Maintaining Samana Sañña
- Avoiding Food Waste
Money and the Vinaya
Read here: Money and the Vinaya (PDF)
Contents:
- Overview
- Money
- Money Through Trade
- Non-Monetary Trade
- Obtaining Requisites
- Direct offerings from lay supporters
- Invitations from lay supporters for a bhikkhu to ask for requisites
- Funds left with a steward to supply requisites to a bhikkhu when they are needed
- Bhikkhus set up the grounds for a trade without actually initiating a trade themselves