At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, a certain association was preparing an almsmeal at a public guesthouse not far from Sāvatthī. Then, after robing up in the morning, the monks from the group of six took their bowls and robes and entered Sāvatthī for alms. Not getting anything, they went to that public guesthouse. Because it was a long time since they had been there, people served them respectfully. A second and a third day those monks did the same thing. Then they thought, “What’s the point of returning to the monastery? Tomorrow we’ll just have to come back here.” So they stayed on and on right there, eating alms at the guesthouse, while the monastics of other religions left. People complained and criticized them, “How can the Sakyan monastics stay on and on, eating alms at the guesthouse? We don’t prepare the almsfood just for them; we prepare it for everyone.”