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arrive. And the Blessed One said to those Bhikkhus:
'Do things go well with you, O Bhikkhus ? Do you get enough to support yourselves with ? Have you accomplished your journey without too much fatigue ? And whence, O Bhikkhus, have you come?'
9. *Things go well with us, Lord. We have spent the rainy season in the land of Kasi; and as we were journeying to Râgagaha to visit the Blessed One, we did not receive on the way as full a supply as we required of food, either bitter or sweet. And there was plenty of eatable fruit, but there was no one to make it allowable for us. And we came on our way in weariness.'
Then the Blessed One, in that connection, after having delivered a religious discourse, said to the Bhikkhus: 'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, wherever edible fruit is seen and there is no one to make it allowable, to pick it of your own accord, and take it away. And when you see one who can make it allowable, you are to place it on the ground, and (only) eat it after you have received it again. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take whatever (fruit) you have picked up?'
18. 1. Now at that time a certain Brâhman had received some fresh tila seeds, and some fresh honey. Now it occurred to that Brâhman : What if I were to give these fresh tila seeds, and this
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