sn16.4:3.1 Whoever visits families with the thought:
sn16.4:3.2 ‘When among other families, how could I possibly think:
sn16.4:3.3 “May they give to me, may they not fail to give.
sn16.4:3.4 May they give a lot, not a little.
sn16.4:3.5 May they give me fine things, not coarse.
sn16.4:3.6 May they give quickly, not slowly.
sn16.4:3.7 May they give carefully, not carelessly.”’
sn16.4:3.8 If a mendicant with such a thought approaches a family and they don’t give, the mendicant doesn’t feel slighted. And they don’t experience pain and sadness because of that.
sn16.4:3.9 If they give only a little …
sn16.4:3.10 if they give coarse things …
sn16.4:3.11 if they give slowly …
sn16.4:3.12 if they give carelessly, the mendicant doesn’t feel slighted. And they don’t experience pain and sadness because of that.
sn16.4:3.13 That kind of mendicant is worthy of visiting families.