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Mahasihanadasutta 1.14.2

Kassapa Sihanada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 1.14.2

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1.14.2

‘“(He will) not (accept food placed) among the pestles (lest it should have been placed there specially for him):
‘“When two persons are eating together he will not accept (food, taken from what they are eating, if offered to him by only one of the two):
‘‘He will not accept food from a woman with child (lest the child should suffer want):
‘‘He will not accept food from a woman giving suck (lest the milk should grow less): ‘He will not accept food from a woman in intercourse with a man (lest their intercourse be hindered):
‘‘He will not accept food collected (by the faithful in time of drought) :
‘‘He will not accept. food where a dog is standing by (lest the dog should lose a meal):
‘‘He will not accept food where flies are swarming round (lest the flies should suffer)
‘ He will not accept fish, nor meat, nor strong drink, nor intoxicants, nor gruel
‘He is a “One-houser” (turning back from his round as soon as he has received an alms at any one house), a “One-mouthful-man ":
‘‘Or he is a “Two-houser,” a “Two-mouthful-man ":
‘‘Or he is a “Seven-houser,” a “Seven-mouthful-man
‘He keeps himself going on only one alms, or only two, or so on up to only seven:
‘‘He takes food only once a day, or once every two days, or so on up to once every seven days. Thus does he dwell addicted to the practice of taking food according to rule, at regular intervals, up to even half a month.

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