釋氏要覽 1.443

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Nowadays this is called duozhai 掇齋 [crashing a meal]. The Vinaya says: "The Buddha was traveling in Rājagṛha. Various elders would invite one or two monks to a meal, but four or five who were uninvited went on their own. The elders criticized and disliked this (because the food was insufficient). The Buddha formulated a precept, saying: 'Whoever forces themselves [upon a meal] without an invitation commits a pāyattika.'"