[318] And how, bhikkhus, is a bhikkhu one who knows moderation in eating? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu, reflecting wisely, takes his food not for amusement, not for intoxication, not for adornment, not for beautification, but only for the maintenance and sustenance of this body, for the allaying of affliction, for the support of the holy life (brahmacariya), considering: 'Thus I shall terminate the old feeling (vedanā) and not arouse a new feeling; and there will be for me sustenance, blamelessness, and a comfortable abiding.' Just as, bhikkhus, a man might anoint a wound only so far as is needed for its treatment, or just as he might grease an axle only so far as is needed for conveying a load; even so, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu, reflecting wisely, takes his food not for amusement, not for intoxication, not for adornment, not for beautification, but only for the maintenance and sustenance of this body, for the allaying of affliction, for the support of the holy life, considering: 'Thus I shall terminate the old feeling and not arouse a new feeling; and there will be for me sustenance, blamelessness, and a comfortable abiding.' It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu is one who knows moderation in eating.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.