mn91:14.1 He receives neither too little nor too much water.
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mn91:14.2 He rinses the bowl without making a sloshing noise, or spinning it around. He doesn’t put the bowl on the ground to rinse his hands; his hands and bowl are rinsed at the same time.
mn91:14.3 He doesn’t throw the bowl rinsing water away too far or too near, or splash it about.
mn91:14.4 When receiving rice, he holds the bowl neither too straight nor too bent, neither too close nor too loose.
mn91:14.5 He receives neither too little nor too much rice.
mn91:14.6 He eats sauce in a moderate proportion, and doesn’t put too much sauce on his portions.
mn91:14.7 He chews over each portion two or three times before swallowing.
mn91:14.8 But no grain of rice enters his body unchewed, and none remain in his mouth.
mn91:14.9 Only then does he raise another portion to his lips.
mn91:14.10 He eats experiencing the taste, but without experiencing greed for the taste.
mn91:14.11 He eats food thinking of eight reasons:
mn91:14.12 ‘Not for fun, indulgence, adornment, or decoration, but only to sustain this body, to avoid harm, and to support spiritual practice. In this way, I shall put an end to old discomfort and not give rise to new discomfort, and I will have the means to keep going, blamelessness, and a comfortable abiding.’