{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud1.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud1.6","id":"suttacentral_ud1.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud1.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near R\u0101jagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels\u2019 feeding ground. Now at that time Venerable Mah\u0101kassapa was staying in the Pipphali cave, and he was sick, suffering, gravely ill. Then after some time he recovered from that illness. It occurred to him, \u201cWhy not enter R\u0101jagaha for almsfood?\u201d Now at that time five hundred deities were ready and eager for the chance to offer alms to Mah\u0101kassapa. But Mah\u0101kasspa turned down those deities. In the morning, he robed up, took his bowl and robe, and entered R\u0101jagaha for alms. He went to the street markets of the poor, the destitute, and the embroiderers. The Buddha saw him wandering for alms in the street markets of the poor, the destitute, and the embroiderers. Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cThe stranger, providing for no other, tamed, consolidated in the core, with defilements ended and flaws purged: that\u2019s who I declare a brahmin.\u201d","title":"With Mah\u0101kassapa","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":169}