sn16.4:4.1 Kassapa visits families with the thought:
sn16.4:4.2 ‘When among other families, how could I possibly think:
sn16.4:4.3 “May they give to me, may they not fail to give.
sn16.4:4.4 May they give a lot, not a little.
sn16.4:4.5 May they give me fine things, not coarse.
sn16.4:4.6 May they give quickly, not slowly.
sn16.4:4.7 May they give carefully, not carelessly.”’
sn16.4:4.8 With such a thought, if he approaches a family and they don’t give, he doesn’t feel slighted. And he doesn’t experience pain and sadness because of that.
sn16.4:4.9 If they give only a little …
sn16.4:4.10 if they give coarse things …
sn16.4:4.11 if they give slowly …
sn16.4:4.12 if they give carelessly, he doesn’t feel slighted. And he doesn’t experience pain and sadness because of that.
sn16.4:4.13 I will exhort you with the example of Kassapa or someone like him. You should practice accordingly.”