Spiritual practitioners have clear complexions, despite their simple life.At Sāvatthī. Standing to one side, that deity addressed the Buddha in verse: “Living in the wilderness, peaceful spiritual practitioners eat just one meal a day: so why is their complexion so clear?” “They don’t worry about the past, nor do they long for the future; they feed on whatever comes that day, that’s why their complexion’s so clear. Because they long for the future, and worry about the past, fools wither away, like a green reed mowed down.”