[478] Now at that time, people invited bhikkhus who were making robes to a meal. The bhikkhus, being scrupulous, did not accept, saying, "A group meal has been prohibited by the Blessed One." They reported this matter to the Blessed One. "Bhikkhus, I allow a group meal to be eaten at the time of robe-making. And thus, bhikkhus, you should recite this training rule:
"In a group meal, except at a proper occasion, there is an offense of pācittiya. Herein this is the occasion: a time of sickness, a time of giving robes, a time of robe-making — this is the occasion herein."
And thus was this training rule laid down by the Blessed One for the bhikkhus.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.