SN 42.9 Kula Sutta: Families
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I recollect ninety eons back but I’m not aware of any family that’s been ruined merely by offering some cooked almsfood.
Mahāvīra asks Asibandhakaputta to refute the Buddha on behalf of the Jains. He suggests to try to trap the Buddha with a dilemma: he claims to have compassion for householders, yet visits them with a large Saṅgha in a time of scarcity. But the Buddha claims no family is harmed by this.