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Verse 195 for 14 July, 2026
195. Then the female wanderer Sucimukhi came up to the Venerable Sariputta and said: "O recluse, why do you eat looking downwards?" "I do not eat looking downwards." "Then you eat looking up." "I do not eat looking up." "Then you eat looking at the four directions." "I do not eat looking at the four directions." "Then you must eat looking at the points in between." "I do not eat looking at the points in between." "Then how do you eat?" "Whatever recluses and Brahmins get their living in such wrong ways as divination and other low arts; these are called those who eat looking down. Whatever recluses and Brahmins get their living in such wrong ways as astrology and other low arts; these are called those who eat looking up. Whatever recluses and Brahmins get their living in such wrong ways as sending messages and running errands, these are called those who eat looking in four directions. And whatever recluses and Brahmins get their living in such wrong ways as palmistry and other low arts; these are called those who eat looking at the points in between. But I am one who gets his living in none of these ways. Rightly do I seek my food and rightly do I eat my food once I have sought it."
Samyutta Nikaya III.239 ::