Buddha Begs For Food

Then there is another one which is good, which I so often tell those who are interested in Buddhism, the story.

And the story is from there, from that state of, as you said, that stage had passed.

Now Buddha is walking towards the habitations.

Towards the habitations where the people are inhabiting.

from a place of solitude, he's coming now back to the city life.

So while he has come on his way, naturally he got sage by his side, then so many, two or three others followed, and so forth, unbeknown to them why they are being it.

But that's the attraction, that's the personality.

So they are just following him, and naturally there is no other way of sustenance except to beg.

So likewise, with passage of time, there is a whole crowd there that's following.

So they have to go on begging all the time.

The whole day passes by in begging for food, you know, just filling this little span.

This little thing.

Just a span like that.

This bag.

So one day Buddha turns to them and tells them, how about going to a place where we need not have to beg.

Otherwise, it takes all our time.

The whole day is spent in begging like that.

We should go and find some very wealthy farmer where we can have and no need to go begging for some good time.

So they forsake going from place to place and spending their time in begging.

And they are now in search of a sizable big farmstead.