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without begging, without any hint, only the stomach should be hungry then howsoever is the food juicy or dry, all are equal.
When food and drinks are transferred from one bartana (pot) to another, then... ever... is there a change in the bartana? Neither any bartana dances nor any bartana makes hue and cry. Blessed! Blessed is the man and this human body, noble body (vara-tana) in all the bodies!
Before sowing the seed the farmer dumps rubbish, stone pieces etc., in the field cut and torn with the flow of water and levels it. In the same way, the donor goes on giving and the patra goes on taking, stomach has to be filled, isn't it! This is what is called 'garta-purnavratti (filling the pit manner) of the equanimous-natured sramana!
334 :: Silent Soil
