Piṇá¸a Sutta
Once the Buddha was at PañcasÄlÄ when the day came for all young people to send gifts to each other. The Buddha went to the village for alms, but the villagers, influenced by MÄra, gave him nothing, and he returned with his empty bowl. MÄra tried to influence the Buddha to go a second time, but this he refused to do (S.i.113; the incident is also found at DhA.iii., p. 257f). The Commentary says (SA.i.141) that MÄra did not want the Buddha to accept the gifts of the maidens and to teach them, because then they would pass beyond his evil influence.
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