At one time when the Buddha was staying at Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, there was a hilltop fair in Rājagaha, which the monks from the group of seventeen went to see. When people saw the monks, they bathed them, anointed them, fed them cooked food, and gave them fresh food. They took that food and brought it back to the monastery. And they said to the monks from the group of six, “Help yourselves!” “But where did you get this food?” And they told them what had happened. “So, do you eat at the wrong time?” “Yes.” The monks from the group of six complained and criticized them, “How can those monks from the group of seventeen eat at the wrong time?” They told the monks, and the monks of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can the monks from the group of seventeen eat at the wrong time?” … “Is it true, monks, that you do this?” “It’s true, sir.” The Buddha rebuked them … “Foolish men, how can you do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:

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