[Buddha-l] Singing for one's supper

[Mike Austin]

Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> writes

The Buddha is saying that that which has
been acquired by chanting verses is not suitable to be eaten by him.

Thanks Richard. I thought that may have been the case. However, later on 
in the second (better?) translation of the sutra, it says:

"Brahman, in the world of Devas, Maras, and Brahmas or among the 
generation of recluses, brahmanas, deities, and humans, there is no one 
by whom this milk rice, if eaten, could be wholly digested except by the 
Tathagata (the Buddha), or the disciple of a Tathagata."

Of course, the Buddha would not have chanted for his supper anyway, so I 
do not see the relevance of the last part of this paragraph.

-- 
Metta
Mike Austin