9.
The Discourse on One Who Supports His Mother
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At Sāvatthī.
Then the brahmin who supports his mother approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he exchanged friendly greetings with the Blessed One.
Having concluded the pleasant and memorable talk, he sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, the brahmin who supports his mother said this to the Blessed One -
"Indeed, Master Gotama, I seek almsfood righteously, and having sought almsfood righteously, I support my mother and father.
Am I, Master Gotama, acting thus, doing what should be done?"
"Truly you, brahmin, acting thus, are doing what should be done.
Whoever, brahmin, seeks almsfood righteously, and having sought almsfood righteously, supports his mother and father, he generates much merit."
By that service to mother and father, the wise;
They praise him right here, and after death he rejoices in heaven."
When this was said, the brahmin who supports his mother said this to the Blessed One - "Excellent, Master Gotama, excellent, Master Gotama! Etc. May Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge from this day forth for life."