EATING ALMS FOOD RECEIVED THROUGH DECEPTION IS WORSE THAN EATING A RED HOT IRON BALL
308th verse of the Dhammapada.
“Seyyo ayogulo bhutto,
tatto aggisikhūpamo,
yañ ce bhuñjeyya dussīlo,
ratthapindam asaññato.”
“It is better for one to eat, a red hot iron ball than to eat alms-food offered by people if one is immoral and unvirtuous.”
- This story is the reason for the establishment of the pārājika 4 by Lord Buddha.
