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In the episode quoted above, even Buddha spoke about the ill behaviour of the body, and sought to give an idea of Kriyāvāda and Akryāvāda as he conceived these. The epišode provides the basis of meat eating by the Buddhist monks, provided the meat is unseen, unheard of and unsuspected. Such meat was permitted by Buddha as edible for his monks. The Niganthas too have objected to the intake of intended meat. Even the account of Ardakakumāral decries the intake of intended meat.
2. Grahpati Upāli
The account starts with a meeting between Buddha and one Dirgha Tapasvi,a monk in the order of Mahā vira when both the leaders were camped at Nalanda, Buddha said,
"How many kinds of acts (kar ma), Tapassi, effect and start demerit according to Nigantha Nāt putta" ?
- "It is not his usage, Gautama, to employ the term kar ma; he speaks of inflictions or danda'
- "How many kinds of inflictions or danđa, according to him, effect and start demerit"?
- "Three, Gautama, those of body, word and mind".
- "Which of these three does Nātaputta declare to be the most criminal in effecting and starting demerit"?
- "Those of body, the other two being less criminal".
- "You say, of the body; don't you"?
- "Yes, Sir, I said, of the body".
In this wise Buddha three times pinned the monk down to the issue.
At this point, Digha Tapassł said to Buddha, "And how many kinds of danda, according to you, Gautama, effect and start demerit"?
- "It is not the truth-finders usage, Tapassi, to employ the term danda; he speaks of karma".
