Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/21/2019
A brahmin conducting a fire sacrifice wishes to offer the sacrificial cake. He sees the Buddha meditating and wants to give it to him, but hesitates when he realizes he is a shaven-headed ascetic. He asks the Buddha’s caste, but the Buddha argues that conduct is the important thing, not caste. The Buddha gives a metaphorical reinterpretation of the elements of brahmanical ritual.At one time the Buddha was staying in the Kosalan lands on the bank of the Sundarika river.
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