[260] S. Is it that, because there is no bearing of the alms bowl (pattadhāraṇā) among the devas (deva), there is no living of the holy life (brahmacariyavāsa) among the devas?
P. Yes.
S. Is it that wherever there is the bearing of the alms bowl, there alone is the living of the holy life, and wherever there is no bearing of the alms bowl, there is no living of the holy life there?
P. It should not be said thus. …
S. Is it that wherever there is the bearing of the alms bowl, there alone is the living of the holy life, and wherever there is no bearing of the alms bowl, there is no living of the holy life there?
P. Yes.
S. Is it that whoever bears the alms bowl, for him alone is the living of the holy life, and whoever does not bear the alms bowl, for him there is no living of the holy life?
P. It should not be said thus. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.