八齋戒為一日一夜之戒法。以不過中食之齋法為主，其他受持不殺等之八戒也。若半途而破戒法，為食事，曰破齋。破齋之罪，墮於地獄或龍畜等。法苑珠林有破齋篇。盂蘭盆經疏記下曰：「鍼咽鬼，謂腹大如山，咽如鍼孔，謂破齋夜食盜竊眾僧之食故。」
To break the monastic rule of the regulation food, or time for meals, for which the punishment is hell, or to become a hungry ghost like the kind with throats small as needles and distended bellies, or to become an animal.
一破齋 八齋戒以不過中食之齋法為主，若受持此戒而復違犯，即稱破齋。破齋之罪，必墮於地獄，或淪為龍畜。據盂蘭盆經疏記卷下載，鍼咽之鬼，其腹大如山，然咽如針孔，即因破齋夜食，盜竊眾僧之食故。p5346
破壞八關齋戒。