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the town for alms-round. Incidentally, a woman was seen to have gone past the
Paccekabuddha. Murali, with a habitual wrong frame of mind happened to make a casual
remark: ‚This
bhikkhu
has the habit of indulging in sexual enjoyment.‛
He had suffered in the realms of woes for several lakhs of years for that offence; and He
had to pay for remnant of His past misdeed by being maliciously accused by the people of
having indulged in sexual intercourse with heretic Sundari, even after attainment to the
Most Exalted State of an Enlightened Buddha. (There are twelve modes of similar
retributions which the Buddha had to make up for His past misdeeds, in previous
existences. These are laid down in serial order in ApÈdÈna PÈli Text)