Passage 25

In English

The next day, he went to his and told him how he was disturbed in his meditation. The said, “You must be having bad thoughts. That is why you were having such an experience.” The renunciant told his that he had no bad thoughts. The meditated for some time and asked him, “What did you eat yesterday”? The renunciant then told his that he had partaken of the food that was served by a businessman in the . When the made enquiries, he came to know that the food was served as part of the ritual on the death of the businessman’s young wife who committed suicide because she could not bear the suffering due to her marriage with an old man. So, the young renunciant in the was disturbed in his meditation because he had eaten the food that the businessman served. Hence, we should not eat whatever food is offered to us. Since then the young renunciant of the stopped eating food offered in feasts by others and became content with whatever food was cooked and served in the .