How to offer a fruit to a monk?
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It is stated in the Vinaya that when a layperson offers fruit to a monk, he has to make a cut on one of the fruits to make it permissible for the monk to accept.
How did this rule originate?
Also, laypeople, when offering fruit juices to monks after midday, are not allowed to offer fruit juices from fruits larger than the size of a fist.
Is this in the Vinaya and why is it so?
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At the time of the Buddha, some laypeople complained that the monks destroyed the “life” in seeds.
Therefore lay people can be asked by the monk if it is allowable for him to eat those fruits.
In some monasteries (not all) this is done by the laypeople cutting them.
It is the Commentary to the Vinaya that mentions about “great fruits”.
This practice, however, is not followed in every monastery.
Learn more about the Theravadin Buddhist Monk’s Rules here:
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