Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.9
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.9
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v1.c14.9
Once, when the Buddha was preaching, he sneezed, and all around him shouted "Long Life," thus interrupting his sermon. The Buddha told them that the custom was superstitious, and forbade them to follow it. On their obeying him, the common people blamed them for their lack of good manners. The Buddha, thereupon, withdrew the injunction and related this story to account for the origin of the custom.¹