འཕགས་པ་བད་མད་འགྱར་བ་ལང་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.22

1.22

Now they will instead think, ‘If even their teacher went for alms, why should they not as well?’ Thus, they will utter praise and give alms. They will say, ‘Going for alms is indeed a sacred tradition. This practice was praised by the Thus-Gone One.’ It is through considering this great purpose, honorable Subhūti, that the Thus-Gone One goes for alms.

“Furthermore, honorable Subhūti, there are those who have renounced their householder’s lives as kings, ministers, priests, householders, and sons of ministers and have gone forth out of faith in the well-spoken Dharma and Vinaya. Out of shame, they might not go for alms, thinking, ‘If we have been born into such high castes, why should we go from house to house for alms?’ But this way they can go for alms, following in the footsteps of the Thus-Gone One, who himself went for alms in all his majesty. It is through considering this great purpose, honorable Subhūti, that the Thus-Gone One goes for alms.

“Furthermore, honorable Subhūti, the thus-gone ones intend to act in accord with the world. They act in whichever way brings beings to maturity. It is through considering this great purpose, honorable Subhūti, that the Thus-Gone One goes for alms.

“Furthermore, honorable Subhūti, the Thus-Gone One is without obscurations, thirst, feebleness, attachment, or anything that could become attachment. He has no wish for negative deeds, and he does not accumulate negativity.