Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3080

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The story was related to **Pasenadi**. Having discovered that **Anāthapiṇḍika** daily fed five hundred monks in his house, the king gave orders that the same should be done in his palace. One day he discovered that the monks would take the food from the palace, but would eat that which was given to them elsewhere by those who served them because they loved them. When the king reported this to the Buddha, the Buddha pointed out to him that the best food was that which was given in love; love was the best flavouring for food.¹