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## 54
**Green Food -** Green - what is food or in the collective sense, what is eaten - while eating - enjoying - all - a strong fault arises.
**Dasha Shruta Skandha Sutra**
**Original Meaning -** Knowing the root, tuber, stem, bark, sprout, leaf, flower, fruit, seed and green, eating them causes a strong fault.
**Commentary -** This sutra clearly states that a sadhu should never eat a sentient plant. If the muni does not understand this, then his first great vow will be tainted with a strong fault.
1. Root
2. Tuber
3. Stem
4. Bark
In this sutra, the word "eating" is taken from the perspective of "principles". Like "eating, eating", transgression, violation and excess can lead to a strong fault. If only unrighteousness is consumed, it will not be called a strong fault. Therefore, it is proven that one should always be protected from the strong fault related to plants.
The following ten types of plants are described in the original sutra:
5. Sprout
6. Leaf
7. Flower
8. Fruit
9. Seed
**Second Stage**
* Onion, radish, etc.
* Lotus, vidari tuber, etc.
* Branches that sprout above the ground.
* Bark.
* New leaves, buds (shoots), etc.
* Betel, creeper leaves, etc.
* Madhuka flowers, etc.
* Cucumber, gourd, mango, etc.
* Grain, etc.
10. Green:
* Durva, etc.
One should not consume any of these sentient plants. Just like sentient plants, one should also know about sentient clay and water, etc.