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SN 19.12 A Dung Eater

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SN 19.12 - A Dung Eater
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Linked Discourses 19.12
Chapter Two
A Dung Eater
“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man sunk in a sewer, eating dung with both hands. …” …
“That being used to be a nasty brahmin right here in Rājagaha. In the time of the Buddha Kassapa’s dispensation he invited the Saṅgha of mendicants for a meal. He filled a trough with dung and said: ‘My good men, eat as much as you like, and take what’s left.’ …”