Milk Rice in Snp 1.4

[Akaliko]

Hi Heesoo,

Bhante @sujato wrote an interesting analysis of this sutta just recently which you might be interested in reading.

Snp 1.4: Bhāradvāja the Farmer

With the fourth Sutta, we see a return to a brahmanical context, but this time in a more conventional way. The Kasibhāradvājasutta ([snp1.4]), which is found also in the Saṁyutta ([sn7.1]) with a shorter narrative portion, tells us of a brahmin who works as a farmer. To celebrate the sowing season, he distributes food for anyone who comes. The events unfold in the Southern Hills, an outlying district rarely visited by the Buddha and his Sangha ([pli-tv-kd1:53.1.3]; see the discussion on the quo…