[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) › [Vatthasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7) › 12.3 # Vatthasutta 12.3 Vatthasutta 12.3 - **Language:** Pāli ### [12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.12.3) evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṃsīlo evaṃdhammo evaṃpañño sālīnañcepi piṇḍapātaṃ bhuñjati vicitakāḷakaṃ anekasūpaṃ anekabyañjanaṃ, nevassa taṃ hoti antarāyāya. > In the same way, when a mendicant of such ethics, such qualities, and such wisdom eats boiled fine rice with the dark grains picked out and served with many soups and sauces, that is no obstacle for them. > — The Simile of the Cloth - [Previous: 12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.12.2) - [Next: 13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.13.1) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.12) ## Translations (7) - [Mowa o szacie](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~pl-hardao.12.3) — pl - [Il discorso sulla similitudine del panno](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~it-giovannizappa.12.3) — Italian - [Palyginimas su drobe](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~lt-piyadassi.12.3) — lt - [Das Gleichnis vom Tuch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~de-sabbamitta.12.3) — German - [Пример с тканью](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~ru-sv.12.3) — Russian - [Poređenje sa tkaninom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~sr-brankokovacevic.12.3) — sr - [The Simile of the Cloth](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~en-sujato.12.3) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.93.6) — Classical Chinese - [梵志計水淨經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.vastrasutra*zh-t51.1.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.12.3) · Pramāṇa