[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) › [With Kandaraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51) › 8.1-7 # With Kandaraka 8.1-7 Kandarakasutta 8.1-7 - **Language:** Pāli ### [8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.8.1) “Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo attantapo attaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo acelako hoti muttācāro hatthāpalekhano naehibhaddantiko natiṭṭhabhaddantiko; nābhihaṭaṃ na uddissakataṃ na nimantanaṃ sādiyati; > “And what individual mortifies themselves, committed to the practice of mortifying themselves? It’s when an individual goes naked, ignoring conventions. They lick their hands, and don’t come or wait when called. They don’t consent to food brought to them, or food prepared for them, or an invitation for a meal. > — With Kandaraka ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.8.2) so na kumbhimukhā paṭiggaṇhāti na kaḷopimukhā paṭiggaṇhāti na eḷakamantaraṃ na daṇḍamantaraṃ na musalamantaraṃ na dvinnaṃ bhuñjamānānaṃ na gabbhiniyā na pāyamānāya na purisantaragatāya na saṅkittīsu na yattha sā upaṭṭhito hoti na yattha makkhikā saṇḍasaṇḍacārinī; na macchaṃ na maṃsaṃ na suraṃ na merayaṃ na thusodakaṃ pivati. > They don’t receive anything from a pot or bowl; or from someone who keeps sheep, or who has a weapon or a shovel in their home; or where a couple is eating; or where there is a woman who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or who lives with a man; or where there’s a hound waiting or flies buzzing. They accept no fish or meat or beer or wine, and drink no fermented gruel. > — With Kandaraka ### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.8.3) So ekāgāriko vā hoti ekālopiko, dvāgāriko vā hoti dvālopiko …pe… sattāgāriko vā hoti sattālopiko; > They go to just one house for alms, taking just one mouthful, or two houses and two mouthfuls, up to seven houses and seven mouthfuls. > — With Kandaraka ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.8.4) ekissāpi dattiyā yāpeti, dvīhipi dattīhi yāpeti …pe… sattahipi dattīhi yāpeti; > They feed on one saucer a day, two saucers a day, up to seven saucers a day. > — With Kandaraka ### [8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.8.5) ekāhikampi āhāraṃ āhāreti, dvīhikampi āhāraṃ āhāreti …pe… sattāhikampi āhāraṃ āhāreti—iti evarūpaṃ aḍḍhamāsikaṃ pariyāyabhattabhojanānuyogamanuyutto viharati. > They eat once a day, once every second day, up to once a week, and so on, even up to once a fortnight. They live committed to the practice of eating food at set intervals. > — With Kandaraka ### [8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.8.6) So sākabhakkho vā hoti, sāmākabhakkho vā hoti, nīvārabhakkho vā hoti, daddulabhakkho vā hoti, haṭabhakkho vā hoti, kaṇabhakkho vā hoti, ācāmabhakkho vā hoti, piññākabhakkho vā hoti, tiṇabhakkho vā hoti, gomayabhakkho vā hoti; vanamūlaphalāhāro yāpeti pavattaphalabhojī. > They eat herbs, millet, wild rice, poor rice, water lettuce, rice bran, scum from boiling rice, sesame flour, grass, or cow dung. They survive on forest roots and fruits, or eating fallen fruit. > — With Kandaraka ### [8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.8.7) So sāṇānipi dhāreti, masāṇānipi dhāreti, chavadussānipi dhāreti, paṃsukūlānipi dhāreti, tirīṭānipi dhāreti, ajinampi dhāreti, ajinakkhipampi dhāreti, kusacīrampi dhāreti, vākacīrampi dhāreti, phalakacīrampi dhāreti, kesakambalampi dhāreti, vāḷakambalampi dhāreti, ulūkapakkhampi dhāreti; > They wear robes of sunn hemp, mixed hemp, corpse-wrapping cloth, rags, lodh tree bark, antelope hide (whole or in strips), kusa grass, bark, wood-chips, human hair, horse-tail hair, or owls’ wings. > — With Kandaraka ## Translations (5) - [Mit Kandaraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~de-sabbamitta.8.1) — German - [With Kandaraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~en-sujato.8.1) — English - [Il discorso con Kandaraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~it-giovannizappa.8.1) — Italian - [К Кандараке](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~ru-sv.8.1) — Russian - [Govor Kandaraki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~sr-brankokovacevic.8.1) — sr ## Linked texts (10) - [Ghoṭamukhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.94.10.6) — Pāli - [Puggalapaññatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.puggalapannati.2.4.110.10) — Pāli - [Udumbarikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.8.4) — Pāli - [Mahāsīhanādasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.12.44.1) — Pāli - [Apaṇṇakasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.60.36.1) — Pāli - [Mahāsīhanādasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.14.1-10) — Pāli - [Attantapasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.198.2.1) — Pāli - [Cūḷadhammasamādānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.45.5.1-8) — Pāli - [Mahāniddesa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.mahaniddesa) — Pāli - [Acelakavagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.156-162) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.8.1-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.8.1-7) · Pramāṇa