A beggar arrived and began to cry for alms. The monks were annoyed and scolded him, “Go away, don’t bother us now.” Mother heard this and said, “Just look at that! They have sent him away, just because they would have to leave their own work to bring him alms. Even this little thing they couldn’t do! How lazy of them! They couldn’t give a handful of alms to a beggar! Is it right to deprive a man of his just dues? Look at this vegetable peel — even this is the cow’s due; one must place it before the cow.”