Let him not eat any dainty food which he does not offer to his guest, the hospitable reception of guests procures wealth, fame, long life, and heavenly bliss.

All this he shall present to his guests , being pure and attentive, successively invite them to partake of each dish , proclaiming its qualities.

The food eaten by hermits in the forest, milk, Soma juice, meat which is not prepared with spices , and salt unprepared by art, are called, on account of their nature, sacrificial food.

Nor ,the food given by those who knowingly bear with paramours ,of their wives , and by those who in all matters are ruled by women, nor food ,given by men whose ten days of impurity on account of a death have not passed, nor that which is unpalatable.

If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.

[Days after the storm, the kitchen somehow managed to keep serving hot food. Guests have taken to calling the place the Hotel Rwanda.] It’s a jungle, and it’s dog-eat-dog, ... When you see the police doing the same thing the looters are doing, it tells me you’re going to have to fend for yourself.