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at night, an abstainer from food at the wrong time'. It will be worthy of him too to receive such things as drinks. And when he had had a quantity of drinkables made ready he had them carried on pingoes and went up to the place where the Blessed One was. And when he had come there, he greeted him; and after exchanging with him the greetings of friendship and civility, he stood by on one side. And so standing Keniya the ascetic spake thus to the Blessed One:
'May the Blessed One accept at my hands these drinkables.'
VI, 35, 4.
ON MEDICAMENTS.
'Very good then, Keniya; give them to the Bhikkhus.'
The Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, would not receive them.
'Receive them, O Bhikkhus, and make use of them.' 4. Then Keniya the ascetic having, with his own hand, satisfied the Bhikkhu-samgha with the Buddha at their head with many drinkables until they refused any more, took his seat, when the Blessed One had washed his hands, and had laid aside the bowl, on one side. And when he was so seated the Blessed One taught and incited and aroused and gladdened Keniya the ascetic with religious discourse and Keniya the ascetic, when he had been taught and incited and aroused and gladdened by the Blessed One with religious discourse, spake thus to the Blessed One:
'May the venerable Gotama grant to me the privilege of providing the to-morrow's meal for him, together with the company of the Bhikkhus.'
1 See the eighth section of the Kula-sila.
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