It is interesting to note here that the Buddha addresses this recluse as bhikkhu,
which term is used for Buddhist monks. In the sequel it will be seen that he was not a
bhikkhu, not a member of the Order of the Sangha, for he asked the Buddha to
admit him into the Order. Perhaps in the days of the Buddha the term 'bhikkhu' was
used at times even for other ascetics indiscriminately, or the Buddha was not very
strict in the use of the term. Bhikkhu means 'mendicant' 'one who begs food', and
perhaps it was used here in its literal and original sense. But today the term 'bhikkhu'
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