8.
The Discourse on the Late Morning Meal
228.
"Monks, there are these five dangers of eating late in the day in a family.
Which five?
Those guests and visitors, they do not honour them in proper time;
those deities who receive offerings, they do not honour them in proper time;
those ascetics and brahmins who eat one meal a day, abstaining from eating at night, abstaining from eating at the improper time, they do not honour them in proper time;
slaves, workmen and servants do their work neglectfully;
and just that much food eaten at the improper time is not nourishing.
These, monks, are the five dangers of eating late in the day in a family.
"Monks, there are these five benefits of eating at the proper time in a family. Which five? Those guests and visitors, they honour them in proper time; those deities who receive offerings, they honour them in proper time; those ascetics and brahmins who eat one meal a day, abstaining from eating at night, abstaining from eating at the improper time, they honour them in proper time; slaves, workmen and servants do their work attentively; and just that much food eaten at the proper time is nourishing. These, monks, are the five benefits of eating at the proper time in a family." The eighth.