四分律比丘含注戒本 3.153

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3.153

The Buddha was in Śrāvastī. A householder invited the Saṅgha and provided a meal. The group of six received the food without mindfulness, spilling and discarding the soup and rice. The householders criticised them, saying, 'The śramaṇas are insatiable; out of greed they accept much, as if grain were dear.' The bhikṣus reported this fault, and the Buddha thereupon reproved them and instituted the rule:

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四分律比丘含注戒本 — Classical Chinese