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## 244. The Example of Transferred Fault: The Case of the Rice
In the city of Basantpur, there lived a wealthy merchant named Nilaya. His wife was named Sudarshana, and they had two sons, Kshemankar and Devadatta, and a daughter named Lakshmi. In the same city, there lived a wealthy merchant named Tilaka, whose wife was named Sundari. They had a son named Dhanadatta and a daughter named Bandhumati. Kshemankar took the vows of a monk under the guidance of Samit Acharya. Devadatta married Bandhumati, and Dhanadatta married Lakshmi.
One day, due to the effects of his karma, Dhanadatta faced poverty. Because of his poverty, he often ate food made from kodrava grain. Devadatta was wealthy, so he always ate food made from shalyodana rice. One day, Kshemankar, the monk, was traveling from village to village, and he came to that city. He thought, "If I go to my brother Devadatta's house, my sister will think that I am avoiding her because of her poverty, and she will feel humiliated. She will feel sorry for herself." So, out of compassion, he went to her house. When the time for begging for food came, Lakshmi thought, "First, he is my brother, second, he is a monk, and third, he is a guest. We don't have shalyodana rice at home, only kodrava food, so how can I offer him alms?" She went to her sister-in-law, Bandhumati, and took some kodrava rice and made a meal.
Meanwhile, Devadatta came home for his meal. Not knowing about the change in food, he saw the kodrava meal and thought, "Bandhumati has been stingy today and didn't make shalyodana rice, instead, she made kodrava food." He started beating Bandhumati. She cried out, "Why are you beating me? Your sister took the shalyodana rice and left the kodrava." When Dhanadatta sat down to eat, Bandhumati served Kshemankar the monk with the remaining shalyodana rice after offering him alms. He asked, "Where did this shalyodana rice come from?" Hearing the whole story, Dhanadatta became angry and said, "You sinner! Why didn't you cook shalyodana rice at home and offer it to the monk? You have insulted me by asking for shalyodana rice from another house." He also beat Bandhumati. The monk heard the whole story from both families. At night, Kshemankar, the monk, explained to everyone, "This kind of transferred food is not acceptable to us. I accepted it unknowingly. The Lord has forbidden this kind of food because of the faults like conflict and so on." Kshemankar, the monk, explained the Jain principles in detail. Everyone felt detached from worldly desires. The monk initiated them all into the Jain faith.
## 21. The Example of the Sweetmeats: The Fault of Accepting Food Offered with a Hidden Fault
In a certain village, there lived many lay followers of Jainism, including Dhanavah and many lay women, including Dhanavati. They were all related to each other. One day, there was a wedding in their family. After the wedding, many sweetmeats were left over. They thought, "We should offer these sweetmeats to the monks as alms, so that we can gain great merit."