19. Lakkhaṇasaṁyutta: With Lakkhaṇa
II. The Second Chapter — SN19.12: A Dung Eater
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1“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man sunk in a sewer, eating dung with both hands. …” …
“That being used to be a nasty brahmin right here in Rājagaha. In the time of the Buddha Kassapa’s dispensation he invited the Saṅgha of mendicants for a meal. He filled a trough with dung and said: ‘My good men, eat as much as you like, and take what’s left.’ …”
1"Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ purisaṁ gūthakūpe nimuggaṁ ubhohi hatthehi gūthaṁ khādantaṁ … pe …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe duṭṭhabrāhmaṇo ahosi. So kassapassa sammāsambuddhassa pāvacane bhikkhusaṅghaṁ bhattena nimantetvā doṇiyo gūthassa pūrāpetvā etadavoca – aho bhonto yāvadatthaṁ bhuñjantu ceva harantu cā’ti … pe … .
Dutiyaṁ.