{"id":35442,"date":"2022-08-20T22:43:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T15:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/?p=35442"},"modified":"2022-08-25T20:31:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:31:48","slug":"kinh-truong-bo-25-eng-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta-by-t-w-rhys-davids-and-c-a-f-rhys-davids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/trang-chu\/2022\/08\/20\/kinh-truong-bo-25-eng-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta-by-t-w-rhys-davids-and-c-a-f-rhys-davids\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinh Tr\u01b0\u1eddng B\u1ed9 25 ENG &#8211; Kinh \u01afu-\u0111\u00e0m-b\u00e0-la s\u01b0 t\u1eed h\u1ed1ng (Udumbarik\u00e0-S\u00echan\u00e0da sutta) by\u00a0T.W. Rhys Davids\u00a0and C.A.F. 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fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 025 Kinh \u01afu-\u0111\u00e0m-b\u00e0-la s\u01b0 t\u1eed h\u1ed1ng (Udumbarik\u00e0-S\u00echan\u00e0da sutta)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1421\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1421\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2020\/10\/20\/kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kinh \u01afu-\u0111\u00e0m-b\u00e0-la s\u01b0 t\u1eed h\u1ed1ng (Udumbarik\u00e0-S\u00echan\u00e0da sutta)<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/20\/kinh-truong-bo-25-eng-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta-by-t-w-rhys-davids-and-c-a-f-rhys-davids\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kinh Tr\u01b0\u1eddng B\u1ed9 25 ENG \u2013 Kinh \u01afu-\u0111\u00e0m-b\u00e0-la s\u01b0 t\u1eed h\u1ed1ng (Udumbarik\u00e0-S\u00echan\u00e0da sutta) by\u00a0T.W. Rhys Davids\u00a0and C.A.F. Rhys Davids<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/21\/kinh-truong-bo-25-pali-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kinh Tr\u01b0\u1eddng B\u1ed9 25 Pali : Kinh \u01afu-\u0111\u00e0m-b\u00e0-la s\u01b0 t\u1eed h\u1ed1ng (Udumbarik\u00e0-S\u00echan\u00e0da sutta)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/09\/04\/kinh-truong-bo-ah25-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta-kinh-tan-da-na\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kinh Tr\u01b0\u1eddng B\u1ed9 AH25 \u2013 Kinh \u01afu-\u0111\u00e0m-b\u00e0-la S\u01b0 T\u1eed H\u1ed1ng (Udumbarika-Sihan\u00e0d\u00e0 Sutta) \u2013 Kinh T\u00e1n-\u00d0\u00e0-Na ( A H\u00e0m)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1422\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1422\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Ph\u1ea7n gi\u1ea3ng gi\u1ea3i<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1422\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1422\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2020\/10\/29\/gg-kinh-phap-mon-can-ban-trung-bo-kinh-nikaya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gi\u1ea3ng gi\u1ea3i c\u01a1 b\u1ea3n<\/a><\/li><li class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/21\/giao-an-truong-bo-kinh-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gi\u00e1o \u00c1n Tr\u01b0\u1eddng B\u1ed9 Kinh \u2013 Kinh \u01afu \u0110\u00e0m B\u00e0 La S\u01b0 T\u1eed H\u1ed1ng (udumbarik\u00e0 S\u00echan\u00e0da Sutta)<\/a><\/li><li>C\u00e1c b\u00e0i gi\u1ea3ng<\/li><li>T\u00e0i li\u1ec7u tham kh\u1ecfa<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Kinh Trung B\\u1ed9 025 Kinh \\u01afu-\\u0111\\u00e0m-b\\u00e0-la s\\u01b0 t\\u1eed h\\u1ed1ng (Udumbarik\\u00e0-S\\u00echan\\u00e0da sutta)\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<ul><li><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/20\\\/kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong\\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">Kinh \\u01afu-\\u0111\\u00e0m-b\\u00e0-la s\\u01b0 t\\u1eed h\\u1ed1ng (Udumbarik\\u00e0-S\\u00echan\\u00e0da sutta)<\\\/a><\\\/li><li>\\u00a0<\\\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/20\\\/kinh-truong-bo-25-eng-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta-by-t-w-rhys-davids-and-c-a-f-rhys-davids\\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Kinh Tr\\u01b0\\u1eddng B\\u1ed9 25 ENG \\u2013 Kinh \\u01afu-\\u0111\\u00e0m-b\\u00e0-la s\\u01b0 t\\u1eed h\\u1ed1ng (Udumbarik\\u00e0-S\\u00echan\\u00e0da sutta) by\\u00a0T.W. 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Rhys Davids<\\\/a><\\\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/21\\\/kinh-truong-bo-25-pali-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta\\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Kinh Tr\\u01b0\\u1eddng B\\u1ed9 25 Pali : Kinh \\u01afu-\\u0111\\u00e0m-b\\u00e0-la s\\u01b0 t\\u1eed h\\u1ed1ng (Udumbarik\\u00e0-S\\u00echan\\u00e0da sutta)<\\\/a><\\\/li><li class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/04\\\/kinh-truong-bo-ah25-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta-kinh-tan-da-na\\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Kinh Tr\\u01b0\\u1eddng B\\u1ed9 AH25 \\u2013 Kinh \\u01afu-\\u0111\\u00e0m-b\\u00e0-la S\\u01b0 T\\u1eed H\\u1ed1ng (Udumbarika-Sihan\\u00e0d\\u00e0 Sutta) \\u2013 Kinh T\\u00e1n-\\u00d0\\u00e0-Na ( A H\\u00e0m)<\\\/a><\\\/li><\\\/ul>\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Ph\\u1ea7n gi\\u1ea3ng gi\\u1ea3i\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<ul><li><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/29\\\/gg-kinh-phap-mon-can-ban-trung-bo-kinh-nikaya\\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Gi\\u1ea3ng gi\\u1ea3i c\\u01a1 b\\u1ea3n<\\\/a><\\\/li><li class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/21\\\/giao-an-truong-bo-kinh-kinh-uu-dam-ba-la-su-tu-hong-udumbarika-sihanada-sutta\\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Gi\\u00e1o \\u00c1n Tr\\u01b0\\u1eddng B\\u1ed9 Kinh \\u2013 Kinh \\u01afu \\u0110\\u00e0m B\\u00e0 La S\\u01b0 T\\u1eed H\\u1ed1ng (udumbarik\\u00e0 S\\u00echan\\u00e0da Sutta)<\\\/a><\\\/li><li>C\\u00e1c b\\u00e0i gi\\u1ea3ng<\\\/li><li>T\\u00e0i li\\u1ec7u tham kh\\u1ecfa<\\\/li><\\\/ul>\"}}]}<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac56fb0\" data-id=\"ac56fb0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42781ea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42781ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>Sacred Books of the Buddhists<br>Volume IV<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>D\u012bgha Nik\u0101ya<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>Dialogues of the Buddha<br>Part III<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/dn\/idx_digha_nikaya.htm#p25\">Sutta 25<\/a><\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>Udumbarik\u0101 S\u012bhan\u0101da Suttanta\u0271<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} -->\n<h1>The Lion&#8217;s Roar to the Udumbarikans:<br>O<strong>N<\/strong>&nbsp;A<strong>SCETICISM<\/strong><\/h1>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Translated from the Pali by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/gallery\/tw_rd.htm\">T.W. Rhys Davids<\/a>&nbsp;and<br><a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/gallery\/caf_rd.htm\">C.A.F. Rhys Davids<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Public Domain<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Originally published under the patronage of<br>His Majesty King Chul\u0101lankarana,<br>King of Siam<br>by The Pali Text Society, Oxford<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a><strong>[33]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.25.pali.bd.htm#p1\">1<\/a>]&nbsp;THUS&nbsp;HAVE&nbsp;I&nbsp;HEARD.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":35443,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/vulture.head_.rock1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35443\" title=\"Vulture Head, not Peak!\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Exalted One was once staying near&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/appendixes\/buddhas_india\/buddhas_india.htm\">R\u0101jagaha,<\/a>&nbsp;on the Vulture&#8217;s Peak.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now at that time<br>there was sojourning in Queen Udumbarik\u0101&#8217;s Park<br>assigned to the Wanderers,<br>the Wanderer Nigrodha,<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n1\">1<\/a>]<\/sup><br>together with a great company of Wanderers,<br>even three thousand.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now the householder Sandh\u0101na<br>went forth in the afternoon<br>from R\u0101jagaha,<br>to call on the Exalted One.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then it occurred to him:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;It is not timely to call just now on the Exalted One;<br>he will be in retirement.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nor is it the hour for calling on the brethren<br>who are practising mind-culture;<br>they will be in retirement.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What if I were to go to Udumbarik\u0101&#8217;s Park<br>and find out Nigrodha, the Wanderer?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And Sandh\u0101na did so.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Now at that time Nigrodha the Wanderer<br>was seated with his large company,<br>all talking with loud voices,<br>with noise and clamour,<br>carrying on childish<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<a><strong>[34]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;talk of various kinds,<br>to wit:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tales of kings,<br>robbers,<br>and state officials;<br>tales of armies,<br>panics,<br>and battles;<br>talk about foods and drinks,<br>and clothes,<br>beds,<br>garlands,<br>and perfumes;<br>talk about relatives;<br>talk about carriages,<br>villages,<br>towns,<br>cities,<br>and countries;<br>talk about women,<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup><br>talk of heroes;<br>gossip from street-corners<br>and the places for drawing water;<br>ghost-stories:<br>desultory talk;<br>speculative talk on the world and the sea;<br>on existence and non-existence.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. And Nigrodha the Wanderer<br>saw the householder Sandh\u0101na approaching in the distance,<br>and called his own company to order,<br>saying:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Be still, sirs, and make no noise.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here is a disciple of the Sama\u1e47a Gotama coming,<br>the householder Sandh\u0101na.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Whatever white-robed lay disciples of Gotama<br>there be dwelling at R\u0101jagaha,<br>this Sandh\u0101na is one of them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now these good gentlemen<br>delight in quiet;<br>they are trained in quiet;<br>they speak in praise of quiet.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How well it were<br>if seeing how quiet the assembly is,<br>he should see fit to join us.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And when he spake thus,<br>the Wanderers kept silence.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. Now the householder Sandh\u0101na came on<br>to where Nigrodha the Wanderer was,<br>and exchanged with him<br>the greetings and compliments of civility and courtesy,<br>and sat down beside him.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So seated, Sandh\u0101na said to Nigrodha:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Different is the way<br>in which these reverend Wanderers,<br>holding views of their own,<br>talk when they have met<br>and are come together,<br>from the practice of the Exalted One.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>They talk with loud voices,<br>with noise and clamour,<br>carrying on childish&nbsp;<a><strong>[35]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;talk of vanous kinds, to wit:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tales of kings,<br>robbers,<br>and state officials;<br>tales of armies,<br>panics,<br>and battles;<br>talk about foods and drinks,<br>and clothes,<br>beds,<br>garlands,<br>and perfumes;<br>talk about relatives;<br>talk about carriages,<br>villages,<br>towns,<br>cities,<br>and countries;<br>talk about women,<br>talk of heroes;<br>gossip from street-corners<br>and the places for drawing water;<br>ghost-stories:<br>desultory talk;<br>speculative talk on the world and the sea;<br>on existence and non-existence.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But the Exalted One haunts the lonely and remote recesses of the forest,<br>where noise,<br>where sound there hardly is,<br>where the breezes from the pastures blow,<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup><br>yet which are hidden from the eyes of men,<br>suitable for self-communing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a>5.<\/a>&nbsp;And when Sandh\u0101na had spoken,<br>Nigrodha to him made answer:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Look you now, householder,<br>know you with whom the Sama\u1e47a Gotama talks?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With whom he holds conversation?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By intercourse with whom<br>does he attain to lucidity in wisdom?<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Sama\u1e47a Gotama&#8217;s insight is ruined<br>by his habit of seclusion.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is not at home<br>in conducting an assembly.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is not ready in conversation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is occupied only<br>with the fringes of things.<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Even as a one-eyed cow<br>that, walking in a circles<br>follows only the outskirts,<br>so is the Sama\u1e47a Gotama.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Why forsooth, householder,<br>if the Sama\u1e47a Gotama were to come to this assembly,<br>with a single question only<br>could we settle him;<br>yea, methinks we could roll him over<br>like an empty pot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>6. Now the Exalted One heard<br>with his clairaudient sense of hearing,<br>pure, and surpassing that of man,<br>this conversation between Sandh\u0101na the householder<br>and Nigrodha the Wanderer.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And descending&nbsp;<a><strong>[36]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;from the Vulture&#8217;s Peak,<br>he came to the Peacocks&#8217; Feeding-ground<br>on the bank of the Sum\u0101gadha<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup><br>and there walked to and fro<br>in the open air.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then Nigrodha saw him thus walking,<br>and on seeing him<br>he called his company to order, saying:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Be still, sirs, and make no noise.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Sama\u1e47a Gotama is walking to and fro in the open air<br>at the Peacocks&#8217; Feeding-ground,<br>by the bank of the Sum\u0101gadha.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now this good gentleman delights in quiet,<br>speaks in praise of quiet;<br>how well it were<br>if, seeing how quiet the assembly is,<br>he should see fit to join us.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If the Sama\u1e47a Gotama should come to this assembly,<br>we might ask him this question:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;What, lord, is this religion of the Exalted one<br>wherein he trains his disciples,<br>and which those disciples,<br>so trained by the Exalted One as to win comfort,<br>acknowledge to be their utmost support<br>and the fundamental principle of righteousness?'&#8221;<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When he had said this<br>the Wanderers kept silence.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>7. Then the Exalted One went up to Nigrodha the Wanderer,<br>and Nigrodha spake thus to him:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Let the lord the Exalted One approach.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Welcome is the lord the Exalted One!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Long has the lord the Exalted One taken<br>ere deciding on this step<br>of coming hither.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May it please the lord the Exalted One<br>to take a seat.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here is one ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Exalted One sat down on the seat made ready,<br>and Nigrodha, taking a low seat,<br>sat beside him.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>To him so seated<br>the Exalted One spake thus:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;On what talk, Nigrodha,<br>are ye here and now engaged<br>as ye sit together,<br>and what conversation between you<br>have I interrupted?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thereupon Nigrodha replied to the Exalted One and said:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Lord, we have just seen the Exalted&nbsp;<a><strong>[37]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;One<br>walking in the open air<br>at the Peacocks&#8217; Feeding-ground,<br>by the Sum\u0101gadha,<br>and seeing him thus, we said:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;If the Sama\u1e47a Gotama should come to this assembly,<br>we could ask him this question:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;What, lord, is this religion of the Exalted one<br>wherein he trains his disciples,<br>and which those disciples,<br>so trained by the Exalted One as to win comfort,<br>acknowledge to be their utmost support<br>and the fundamental principle of righteousness?&#8221;&#8216;&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Difficult is it, Nigrodha,<br>for one of another view,<br>of another persuasion,<br>of another confession,<br>without practice and without teaching,<br>to understand that wherein I train my disciples,<br>and which they,<br>so trained as to win comfort,<br>acknowledge to be their utmost support<br>and the fundamental principle of righteousness.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Come now, Nigrodha,<br>ask me a question about your own doctrine,<br>about austere scrupulousness of life:<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup><br>in what does the fulfilment,<br>in what does the non-fulfilment<br>of these self-mortifications consist?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When he had said this,<br>the Wanderers exclaimed loudly,<br>with noise and clamour:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Wonderful, sir!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marvellous is it, sir,<br>the great gifts and powers of the Sama\u1e47a Gotama<br>in withholding his own theories<br>and inviting the discussion<br>of those of others!&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>8. Then Nigrodha bade the Wanderers be quiet,<br>and spake thus to the Exalted One:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;We, lord, profess self-mortifying austerities;<br>we hold them to be essential;<br>we cleave to them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In what, Lord, does the fulfilment,<br>in what does the non-fulfilment of them<br>consist?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Suppose, Nigrodha,<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#edn1\">ed1<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;that an ascetic<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;goes naked,<br>is of certain loose habits,<br>licks his hands,<br>respects no &#8216;Approach, sir&#8217;,<br>nor &#8216;Stop, sir&#8217;;<br>accepts nothing expressly brought,<br>nor expressly prepared,<br>nor any invitations.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He accepts nothing<br>taken from mouth of cooking-pot,<br>nor placed within the threshould,<br>nor within a mortar,<br><a><strong>[38]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;nor among sticks,<br>nor within a quern;<br>nor anything from two eating together,<br>nor from a pregnant woman,<br>nor from a nursing mother,<br>nor from a woman in intercourse with a man,<br>nor food collected in drought,<br>nor from where a dog is,<br>nor from where flies are swarming,<br>nor will he accept fish or meat,<br>nor drink strong drink,<br>or intoxicants,<br>or gruel.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is either a one-houser,<br>a one-mouthful man;<br>or a two-houser,<br>a two-mouthful man;<br>or a three-houser,<br>a three-mouthful man;<br>or a four-houser,<br>a four-mouthful man;<br>or a five-houser,<br>a five-mouthful man;<br>or a six-houser,<br>a six-mouthful man;<br>or a seven-houser,<br>a seven-mouthful man.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He maintains himself on one alms,<br>or he maintains himself on two alms,<br>or he maintains himself on three alms,<br>or he maintains himself on four alms,<br>or he maintains himself on five alms,<br>or he maintains himself on six alms,<br>or he maintains himself on seven alms.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He takes food once a day,<br>or he takes food once every two days,<br>or he takes food once every three days,<br>or he takes food once every four days,<br>or he takes food once every five days,<br>or he takes food once every six days,<br>or he takes food once every seven days.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thus does he dwell addicted<br>to the practice of taking food<br>according to rule,<br>at regular intervals,<br>up to even half a month.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He feeds either on potherbs,<br>or wild rice,<br>or nivara seeds,<br>or leather parings,<br>or on hata,<br>or on the powder in rice rusks,<br>on rice-scum,<br>on flour of oil-seeds,<br>on grasses,<br>on cowdung,<br>on fruits and roots from the woods,<br>or on windfalls.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He wears coarse hempen cloth,<br>coarse mixture cloth,<br>discarded corpse-cloths,<br>discarded rags,<br>or tirita-bark cloth;<br>or again,<br>he wears antelope-hide,<br>or strips of the same netted,<br>or kusa-fibre,<br>or bark garments,<br>or shale cloth,<br>or a human-hair blanket,<br>or a horse-hair blanket,<br>or an owl&#8217;s-feather garment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is a hair-and-beard plucker,<br>addicted to the practice<br>of plucking out both;<br>a stander-up;<br>a croucher on heels,<br>addicted to exerting himself<br>(to move forward) when thus squatting;<br>a bed-of-thorns man,<br>putting iron spikes or thorns on his couch;<br>he uses a plank-bed;<br>sleeps on the ground;<br>sleeps only on one side;<br>is a dust-and-dirt wearer<br>and an open-air man;<br>a where-you-will sitter;<br>a filth-eater,<br>addicted to the practice of eating such;<br>a non-drinker,<br>addicted to the practice<br>of never drinking (cold water);<br>an evening-for-third-time-man<br>addicted to the practice<br>of going down into water thrice a day.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What think you, Nigrodha?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If these things be so,<br>is the austerity of self-mortification carried out,<br>or is it not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Truly, lord, if these things be so,<br>the austerity of self-mortification is carried out,<br>and not the contrary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Now I, Nigrodha, affirm<br>that austerity by self-&nbsp;<a><strong>[39]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;mortification,<br>thus carried out,<br>involves blemish<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup><br>in several ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;In what way, lord,<br>do you affirm<br>that blemish ts involved?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;In case, Nigrodha,<br>when an ascetic undertakes a course of austerity,<br>he, through that course,<br>becomes self-complacent,<br>his aim is satisfied.<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now this, Nigrodha,<br>becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And then again, Nigrodha,<br>when an ascetic undertakes a course of austerity,<br>he, through that undertaking,<br>exalts himself and despises others.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>when an ascetic undertakes a course of austerity,<br>he, through that undertaking,<br>becomes inebriated and infatuated,<br>and grows careless.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>when an ascetic undertakes a course of austerity,<br>it procures for him<br>gifts, attention, and fame.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thereby he becomes complacent<br>and his aim is satisfied.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>by the winning of gifts, attentions, and fame,<br>the ascetic exalts himself<br>and despises others.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>by the winning of gifts, attentions, and fame,<br>he becomes inebriated and infatuated,<br>and grows careless.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>when an ascetic undertakes a course of austerity,<br>he comes to make a distinction<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a><strong>[40]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;foods, saying:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;This suits me;<br>this doesn&#8217;t suit me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The latter kind he deliberately rejects.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the former<br>he waxes greedy and infatuated,<br>and cleaves to them,<br>seeing not the danger in them,<br>discerning them not as unsafe,<br>and so enjoys them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>because of his longing for gifts, attentions and fame,<br>he thinks:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;R\u0101jas will pay me attentions,<br>and so will their officials;<br>so, too, will nobles,<br>brahmins,<br>householders<br>and founders of schools.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>an ascetic gets grumbling<br>at some recluse or brahmin,<br>saying:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;That man lives on all sorts of things:<br>things grown from tubers,<br>or shoots,<br>or berries,<br>or joints,<br>or fifthly, from seeds,<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup><br>munching them all up together<br>with that wheel-less thunderbolt of a jawbone &#8211;<br>and they call him a holy man!&#8217;<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>an ascetic sees a certain recluse or brahmin<br>receiving attentions;<br>being revered,<br>honoured<br>and presented with offerings<br>by the citizens.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And seeing this he thinks:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;The citizens pay attentions to this fellow<br>who lives in luxury;<br>they revere and honour him,<br>and present him with offerings,<br>while to me<br>who, as ascetic,<br>live a really austere life,<br>they pay no attentions,<br>nor reverence,<br>nor honour,<br>nor offerings!&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so he cherishes envy and grudging<br>at the citizens.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>an ascetic becomes one<br>who sits in public.<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a><strong>[41]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;And again, Nigrodha, the ascetic,<br>when on his round for alms among the people,<br>slinks along furtively<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup><br>as if to say:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;This is part of my austerity;<br>this is part of my austerity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic affects the mysterious.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When asked:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;Do you approve of this?&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>he, not approving, says:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;I do,&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>or approving, says:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;I do not.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thus he consciously tells untruths.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>12. And again, Nigrodha,<br>when the Tath\u0101gata,<br>or a disciple of the Tath\u0101gata,<br>teaching the Norm,<br>uses a method worthy of appreciation,<br>the ascetic does not appreciate it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to lose his temper<br>and bear enmity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to be hypocritical.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to be deceitful.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to be envious and grudging.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to be cunning and crafty.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to be hard-hearted and vain.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to entertain evil wishes<br>and becomes captive to them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to entertain false opinions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to be become possessed of metempirical dogma<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to misinterpret his experience;<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is liable to be avaricious<br>and adverse from renunciation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This, too, becomes a blemish in the ascetic.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What think you of this, Nigrodha?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Are these things blemishes<br>in the austerities of self-mortification,<br>or are they not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Verily, lord, these things are blemishes<br>in the austerities of self-mortification.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is possible, lord, that an ascetic<br>may be possessed even of all these blemishes,<br>much more by one or other of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>13. &#8220;Now take the opposite case, Nigrodha:<br>an&nbsp;<a><strong>[42]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;ascetic undertakes a course of austerity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Through that course<br>he does not become self-complacent,<br>nor are his aims fulfilled.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And then again, Nigrodha,<br>when an ascetic undertakes a course of austerity,<br>he, through that undertaking,<br>does not exalt himself and despise others.<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>when an ascetic undertakes a course of austerity,<br>he, through that undertaking,<br>does not become inebriated and infatuated,<br>and grow careless.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>when an ascetic undertakes a course of austerity,<br>it procures for him<br>gifts, attention, and fame.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He thereby does not becomes complacent<br>and his aim is not satisfied.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>by the winning of gifts, attentions, and fame,<br>the ascetic does not exalt himself<br>and despise others.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>by the winning of gifts, attentions, and fame,<br>he does not become inebriated and infatuated,<br>and grow careless.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>when an ascetic undertakes a course of austerity,<br>he does not come to make a distinction in foods, saying:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;This suits me;<br>this doesn&#8217;t suit me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He does not deliberately reject the latter.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the former<br>he does not wax greedy and infatuated,<br>and cleave to them,<br>seeing not the danger in them,<br>discerning them not as unsafe,<br>and so enjoying them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>he does not think,<br>out of his longing for gifts,<br>attentions and fame:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;R\u0101jas will pay me attentions,<br>and so will their officials;<br>so, too, will nobles,<br>brahmins,<br>householders<br>and founders of schools.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>an ascetic does not grumble<br>at some recluse or brahmin,<br>saying:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;That man lives on all sorts of things:<br>things grown from tubers,<br>or shoots,<br>or berries,<br>or joints,<br>or fifthly, from seeds,<br>munching them all up together<br>with that wheel-less thunderbolt of a jawbone &#8211;<br>and they call him a holy man!&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>an ascetic sees a certain recluse or brahmin<br>receiving attentions;<br>being revered,<br>honoured<br>and presented with offerings<br>by the citizens.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And seeing this he does not think:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;The citizens pay attentions to this fellow<br>who lives in luxury;<br>they revere and honour him,<br>and present him with offerings,<br>while to me<br>who, as ascetic,<br>live a really austere life,<br>they pay no attentions,<br>nor reverence,<br>nor honour,<br>nor offerings!&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus he does not cherish envy and grudging<br>at the citizens.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>an ascetic does not become one<br>who sits in public.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha, the ascetic,<br>when on his round for alms among the people,<br>does not slink along furtively<br>as if to say:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;This is part of my austerity;<br>this is part of my austerity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic does not affect the mysterious.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When asked:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a><strong>[43]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&#8216;Do you approve of this?&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>he, not approving, says:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;I do not,&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>or approving, says:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;I do.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Herein he avoids telling deliberate untruths.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>12. And again, Nigrodha,<br>when the Tath\u0101gata,<br>or a disciple of the Tath\u0101gata,<br>teaching the Norm,<br>uses a method worthy of appreciation,<br>the ascetic appreciates it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to lose his temper<br>and bear enmity.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to be hypocritical.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to be deceitful.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to be envious and grudging.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to be cunning and crafty.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to be hard-hearted and vain.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to entertain evil wishes<br>or become captive to them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to entertain false opinions.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to be become possessed of metempirical dogma.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not liable to pervert experience.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And again, Nigrodha,<br>the ascetic is not avaricious<br>and adverse from renunciation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This being so, he is to that degree purified.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What think you, Nigrodha?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>That being so,<br>does the austerity by these things<br>become genuinely pure,<br>or not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Verily, lord, the austerity of these things<br>becomes genuinely pure,<br>and not impure;<br>it wins topmost rank,<br>it reaches the pith.&#8221;<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Nay, Nigrodha,<br>not yet does the austerity<br>become of topmost rank,<br>nor reach the pith;<br>for that matter<br>it has but reached the outside splinters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>16. &#8220;In what way, lord,<br>does an austerity win top-most rank,<br>and reach the pith?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Good were it<br>if the Exalted One caused my austerity<br>to win topmost rank<br>and reach the pith!&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Take the case, Nigrodha,<br>of an ascetic self-restrained<br>by the Restraint of the Fourfold Watch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What is the Restraint of the Fourfold Watch?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>[<strong>1<\/strong>] It is when an ascetic inflicts injury<br>on no living thing,<br>nor causes injury to be inflicted<br>on any living thing,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>[<strong>2<\/strong>] He takes not what is not given,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>[<strong>3<\/strong>] He utters no lies,<br>nor causes lies to be uttered,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>[<strong>4<\/strong>] He craves not for&nbsp;<a><strong>[44]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;the pleasures of sense,<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup><br>nor leads others to crave for them,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now it is thus, Nigrodha,<br>that the ascetic becomes self-restrained<br>by the Restraint of the Fourfold-Watch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now in that he is thus self-restrained,<br>and his austerity is made to consist in&nbsp;<em>this,<\/em><br>he advances upwards<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup><br>and turns not back to lower things.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He chooses<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;some lonely spot for his seat &#8211;<br>in the forest,<br>at the foot of a tree,<br>on the hillside,<br>in mountain glen,<br>or rocky cave,<br>in the charnel place,<br>or on a heap of straw in the open fields.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And returning thither<br>after his round for alms,<br>he seats himself<br>when his meal is done,<br>cross-legged,<br>keeping his body erect,<br>and his intelligence alert,<br>intent.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away the hankering after the World,<br>he abides with unhankering heart,<br>and purifies his mind of covetousness.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away the canker of ill-will,<br>he abides with heart free from enmity,<br>benevolent and compassionate towards every living thing,<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup><br>and purifies his mind of malevolence.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away sloth and torpor,<br>he abides clear of both;<br>conscious of light,<br>mindful and self-possessed,<br>he purifies his mind of sloth and torpor.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away flurry and worry,<br>he abides free from excitement;<br>with heart serene within,<br>he purifies his mind of flurry and worry.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away doubt,<br>he abides as one<br>who has passed beyond perplexity;<br>no longer in suspense<br>as to what is good,<br>he purifies his mind of doubt.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>17. He, having put away these Five Hindrances,<br>and to weaken by insight<br>the strength of the things<br>that defile the heart,<br>abides letting his mind,<br>fraught with love,<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup><br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so&nbsp;<a><strong>[45]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with love-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he lets his mind,<br>fraught with pity<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with pity-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he lets his mind,<br>fraught with sympathy with joy<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup><br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with sympathy with joy-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he lets his mind, fraught with equanimity,<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with equanimity-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What think you of this, Nigrodha?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Does austerity by these things become genuinely pure or not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Verily, lord,<br>austerity by these things<br>becomes genuinely pure<br>and not impure,<br>wins topmost rank<br>and reaches the pith.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Nay, Nigrodha,<br>not yet does the austerity win top-most rank,<br>or reality;<br>for that matter<br>it does but reach into the bark.&#8221;<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n28\">28<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>18. &#8220;In what way, lord,<br>does an austerity win top rank<br>and reach the pith?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How good it were<br>if the Exalted One could make my austerities<br>win top rank<br>and reach the pith!&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Take the case, Nigrodha,<br>of an ascetic who is self-restrained<br>by the Restraint of the Fourfold Watch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What is the Restraint of the Fourfold Watch?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is when an ascetic inflicts injury<br>on no living thing,<br>nor causes injury to be inflicted<br>on any living thing,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He takes not what is not given,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He utters no lies,<br>nor causes lies to be uttered,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He craves not for the pleasures of sense,<br>nor leads others to crave for them,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now it is thus, Nigrodha,<br>that the ascetic becomes self-restrained<br>by the Restraint of the Fourfold-Watch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In that he is thus self-restrained,<br>and his austerity is made to consist in this,<br>he advances upward<br>and turns not back to lower things.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He chooses some lonely spot<br>for his seat &#8211;<br>in the forest,<br>at the foot of a tree,<br>on the hillside,<br>in mountain glen,<br>or rocky cave,<br>in the charnel place,<br>or on a heap of straw in the open fields.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And returning thither<br>after his round for alms,<br>he seats himself<br>when his meal is done,<br>cross-legged,<br>keeping his body erect,<br>and his intelligence alert,<br>intent.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away the hankering after the World,<br>he abides with unhankering heart,<br>and purifies his mind of covetousness.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away the canker of ill-will,<br>he abides with heart free from enmity,<br>benevolent and compassionate towards every living thing,<br>and purifies his mind of malevolence.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away sloth and torpor,<br>he abides clear of both;<br>conscious of light,<br>mindful and self-possessed,<br>he purifies his mind of sloth and torpor.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away flurry and worry,<br>he abides free from excitement;<br>with heart serene within,<br>he purifies his mind of flurry and worry.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away doubt,<br>he abides as one<br>who has passed beyond perplexity;<br>no longer in suspense<br>as to what is good,<br>he purifies his mind of doubt.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Having put away those Five Hindrances,<br>and to weaken by insight<br>the strength of&nbsp;<a><strong>[46]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;the things<br>that defile the heart,<br>abides letting his mind,<br>fraught with love,<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with love-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he lets his mind,<br>fraught with pity<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with pity-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he lets his mind,<br>fraught with sympathy with joy<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with sympathy with joy-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he lets his mind, fraught with equanimity,<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with equanimity-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He recalls to mind<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n29\">29<\/a>]<\/sup><br>his various temporary states in days gone by<br>\u2014 one birth,<br>or two or three or four or five births,<br>or ten or twenty or thirty or forty or fifty<br>or a hundred or a thousand<br>or a hundred thousand births,<br>through many an aeon of dissolution,<br>many an aeon of evolution,<br>many an aeon of both dissolution and evolution.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;In such a place such was my name,<br>such my family,<br>such my caste,<br>such my food,<br>such my experience of discomfort or of ease,<br>and such the limits of my life.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When I passed away from that state,<br>I took form again in such a place.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There I had such and such a name<br>and family<br>and caste<br>and food<br>and experience of discomfort or of ease,<br>such was the limit of my life.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When I passed away from that state<br>I took form again here.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u2014 thus does he call to mind<br>his temporary states in days gone by<br>in all their details,<br>and in all their modes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What think you of that, Nigrodha?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Does the austerity by these things<br>become genuinely pure or not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Verily, lord, the austerity by these things<br>becomes genuinely pure<br>and not impure,<br>wins topmost rank<br>and reaches the pith.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha,<br>not yet does the austerity win to topmost rank<br>and reach the pith,<br>although it does reach the underlying fibre.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>19. &#8220;But in what Way, lord,<br>does an austerity reach to the top<br>and to the pith?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How well it were<br>if the Exalted One could make my austerities attain to the top<br>and to the pith!&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Take the case, Nigrodha,<br>of an ascetic who is self-restrained<br>by the Restraint of the Fourfold Watch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What is the Restraint of the Fourfold Watch?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It is when an ascetic inflicts injury<br>on no living thing,<br>nor causes injury to be inflicted<br>on any living thing,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He takes not what is not given,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He utters no lies,<br>nor causes lies to be uttered,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He craves not for the pleasures of sense,<br>nor leads others to crave for them,<br>nor approves thereof.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now it is thus, Nigrodha,<br>that the ascetic becomes self-restrained<br>by the Restraint of the Fourfold-Watch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In that he is thus self-restrained,<br>and his austerity is made to consist in this,<br>he advances upward<br>and turns not back to lower things.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He chooses some lonely spot<br>for his seat &#8211;<br>in the forest,<br>at the foot of a tree,<br>on the hillside,<br>in mountain glen,<br>or rocky cave,<br>in the charnel place,<br>or on a heap of straw in the open fields.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And returning thither<br>after his round for alms,<br>he seats himself<br>when his meal is done,<br>cross-legged,<br>keeping his body erect,<br>and his intelligence alert,<br>intent.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away the hankering after the World,<br>he abides with unhankering heart,<br>and purifies his mind of covetousness.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away the canker of ill-will,<br>he abides with heart free from enmity,<br>benevolent and compassionate towards every living thing,<br>and purifies his mind of malevolence.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away sloth and torpor,<br>he abides clear of both;<br>conscious of light,<br>mindful and self-possessed,<br>he purifies his mind of sloth and torpor.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away flurry and worry,<br>he abides free from excitement;<br>with heart serene within,<br>he purifies his mind of flurry and worry.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Putting away doubt,<br>he abides as one<br>who has passed beyond perplexity;<br>no longer in suspense<br>as to what is good,<br>he purifies his mind of doubt.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Having put away those Five Hindrances,<br>and to weaken by insight<br>the strength of the things<br>that defile the heart,<br>abides letting his mind,<br>fraught with love,<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with love-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he lets his mind,<br>fraught with pity<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with pity-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he lets his mind,<br>fraught with sympathy with joy<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with sympathy with joy-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And he lets his mind, fraught with equanimity,<br>pervade one quarter of the world,<br>and so too, the second quarter,<br>and so the third,<br>and so the fourth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And thus the whole wide world,<br>above,<br>below,<br>around<br>and everywhere,<br>and altogether<br>does he continue to pervade<br>with equanimity-burdened thought,<br>abounding,<br>sublime,<br>and beyond measure,<br>free from hatred and ill-will.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He recalls to mind<br>his various temporary states in days gone by<br>\u2014 one birth,<br>or two or three or four or five births,<br>or ten or twenty or thirty or forty or fifty<br>or a hundred or a thousand<br>or a hundred thousand births,<br>through many an aeon of dissolution,<br>many an aeon of evolution,<br>many an aeon of both dissolution and evolution.<br>&#8220;In such a place such was my name,<br>such my family,<br>such my caste,<br>such my food,<br>such my experience of discomfort or of ease,<br>and such the limits of my life.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When I passed away from that state,<br>I took form again in such a place.<br>There I had such and such a name<br>and family<br>and caste<br>and food<br>and experience of discomfort or of ease,<br>such was the limit of my life.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When I passed away from that state<br>I took form again here.&#8221;<br>\u2014 thus does he call to mind<br>his temporary states in days gone by<br>in all their details,<br>and in all their modes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He with the pure deva-&nbsp;<a><strong>[47]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;vision,<br>surpassing that of men,<br>he sees beings as they pass away<br>from one form of existence<br>and take shape in another;<br>he recognises the mean and the noble,<br>the well favoured and the ill favoured,<br>the happy and the wretched,<br>passing away according to their deeds:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Such and such worthy folk<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n30\">30<\/a>]<\/sup>,<br>evil-doers in act and word and thought,<br>revilers of the Ariyans,<br>holding to wrong views,<br>acquiring for themselves that Karma<br>which results from wrong views,<br>they, on the dissolution of the body, after death,<br>are reborn in some unhappy state of suffering or woe.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But such and such beings,<br>good in act and word and thought,<br>no revilers of the Ariyans,<br>holding to right views,<br>acquiring for themselves that Karma<br>that results from right views,<br>they, on the dissolution of the body, after death,<br>are reborn in some happy state in heaven.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Thus with the pure deva-vision,<br>surpassing that of men,<br>he sees beings as they pass away from one state of existence,<br>and take form in another;<br>he recognises the mean and the noble,<br>the well favoured and the ill favoured,<br>the happy and the wretched,<br>passing away according to their deeds.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What think you of that, Nigrodha?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Does austerity by these things<br>become genuinely pure<br>or not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Verily, lord, austerity by these things<br>becomes genuinely pure,<br>and not impure;<br>it wins topmost rank<br>and reaches the pith.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Note that this is not the topmost rank or the pith of Gotama&#8217;s Dhamma, it is the topmost rank and the pith of the austerity practice.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/resources\/images\/king_of_ny_vrysm.gif\" width=\"38\" height=\"32\" alt=\"p.p. explains it all\">&nbsp;\u2014 p.p.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Thus, Nigrodha, does austerity<br>win topmost rank<br>and reach the pith.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And so, Nigrodha, when you say to me:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;What, lord, is this religion of the Exalted One,<br>wherein he trains his disciples,<br>and which those disciples,<br>so trained by the Exalted One<br>as to win comfort,<br>acknowledge to be their utmost support<br>and the fundamental principle of righteousness?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I say that it is a matter<br>of a higher<br>and more excellent degree<br>wherein I train my disciples,<br>so that they,<br>so trained by me<br>therein as to find comfort,<br>acknowledge it to be their utmost support<br>and the fundamental principle of righteous living.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a><strong>[48]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;When he had thus said,<br>the Wanderers raised a clamour,<br>exclaiming loudly and noisily:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Herein are we and our teachers<br>set at naught.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We know of nothing beyond their teaching<br>that is higher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>20. When the householder Sandh\u0101na realized:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Surely now these Wanderers,<br>though of other views,<br>are listening to what the Exalted One has said,<br>are paying attention,<br>are applying their minds to understand&#8221;,<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>he then spake thus to Nigrodha:<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n31\">31<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;You were saying to me just now, Nigrodha:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;Look you now, householder,<br>know you with whom the Sama\u1e47a Gotama talks;<br>with whom he holds conversation;<br>by intercourse with whom<br>does he attain to lucidity in wisdom?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Sama\u1e47a Gotama&#8217;s insight is ruined<br>by his habit of seclusion.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is not at home<br>in conducting an assembly.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is not ready in conversation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>He is occupied only with the fringes of things.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Even as a one-eyed cow<br>that, walking in a circle,<br>follows ever the outskirts,<br>so is the Sama\u1e47a Gotama.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Why forsooth, householder,<br>if the Sama\u1e47a Gotama were to come to this assembly,<br>with a single question only<br>could we settle him;<br>yea, methinks we could roll him over<br>like an empty pot.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now then the lord<br>the Exalted One,<br>the Arahant Buddha Supreme,<br>has arrived among us;<br>show ye him<br>as not at home in an assembly;<br>show him to be<br>as a one-eyed cow<br>walking in a circle;<br>with your single question<br>settle him now,<br>roll him over<br>me thinks like an empty pot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u25a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When he had thus said,<br>Nigrodha sat silent<br>and annoyed,<br>with hunched back<br>and drooping head,<br>brooding<br>and dumbfounded.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>21. Now When the Exalted One perceived Nigrodha<br>silent<br>and annoyed,<br>with hunched back<br>and drooping head,<br>brooding<br>and dumbfounded,<br>he said:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Is it true, Nigrodha,<br>that you made this speech?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;It is true, lord,<br>that I made that speech,<br>so foolish was I,<br>so stupid,<br>so wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a><strong>[49]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&#8220;What think you of this, Nigrodha?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Have you ever heard it said<br>by Wanderers who were venerable,<br>aged,<br>your teachers<br>and teachers of your teachers,<br>thus:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;They who in past ages were Arahants,<br>Buddhas Supreme, forsooth,<br>those Exalted Ones,<br>when they were met and assembled,<br>used to talk with loud voices,<br>with noise and clamour,<br>carrying on childish talk of various kinds,<br>to wit:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tales of kings,<br>robbers,<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n32\">32<\/a>]<\/sup><br>and state officials;<br>tales of armies,<br>panics,<br>and battles;<br>talk about foods and drinks,<br>and clothes,<br>beds,<br>garlands,<br>and perfumes;<br>talk about relatives;<br>talk about carriages,<br>villages,<br>towns,<br>cities,<br>and countries;<br>talk about women,<br>talk of heroes;<br>gossip from street-corners<br>and the places for drawing water;<br>ghost-stories:<br>desultory talk;<br>speculative talk on the world and the sea;<br>on existence and non-existence&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>as you and your teachers do now?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Or did they say:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;Thus were those Exalted Ones wont<br>to haunt the lonely<br>and remote recesses of the forest,<br>where noise,<br>where sound<br>there hardly is,<br>where breezes from the pastures blow,<br>yet which were hidden from the eyes of men,<br>meet for self-communing&#8217;,<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>even as I do now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Lord, I have heard it said<br>by Wanderers who were venerable,<br>aged,<br>our teachers,<br>and teachers of our teachers, thus:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;They who in past ages were Arahants,<br>Buddhas Supreme,<br>not theirs was it,<br>when met and assembled,<br>to talk with loud voices,<br>with noise and clamour,<br>carrying on childish talk of various kinds kinds,<br>to wit:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tales of kings,<br>robbers,<br>and state officials;<br>tales of armies,<br>panics,<br>and battles;<br>talk about foods and drinks,<br>and clothes,<br>beds,<br>garlands,<br>and perfumes;<br>talk about relatives;<br>talk about carriages,<br>villages,<br>towns,<br>cities,<br>and countries;<br>talk about women,<br>talk of heroes;<br>gossip from street-corners<br>and the places for drawing water;<br>ghost-stories:<br>desultory talk;<br>speculative talk on the world and the sea;<br>on existence and non-existence,&#8217;<br>even as I do now in my own persuasion,<br>&#8216;but theirs was it<br>to haunt the lonely<br>and remote recesses of the forest,<br>where noise,<br>where sound<br>there hardly is,<br>where breezes from the pastures blow,<br>yet which were hidden from the eyes of men,<br>meet for self-communing,<br>even as the Exalted One does now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;You yourself, Nigrodha,<br>being intelligent<br>and advanced in years,<br>has not this occurred to you?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Enlightened is the Exalted One;<br>he teaches the religion of Enlightenment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Self-mastered<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n33\">33<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;is the Exalted One;<br>he teaches the religion of Self-mastery.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Calm is the Enlightened One;<br>he teaches the religion of Calm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Saved is the Enlightened One;<br>he teaches the&nbsp;<a><strong>[50]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;religion of Salvation.<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n34\">34<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At peace is the Enlightened One;<br>he teaches the religion of Peace.&#8221;<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n35\">35<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>12. When this was said,<br>Nigrodha the Wanderer spake thus<br>to the Exalted One:<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n36\">36<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;An offence has overcome me, lord,<br>foolish<br>and stupid<br>and wrong<br>that I am,<br>who spoke thus about the Exalted One.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>May the Exalted 0ne accept it of me, lord,<br>that do so acknowledge it as an offence,<br>to the end that in future<br>I may restrain myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Verily, Nigrodha,<br>it was an offence that overcame you<br>in acting thus,<br>foolish<br>and stupid<br>and wrung<br>that you were,<br>in that you spake thus of me.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And inasmuch as you, Nigrodha,<br>looking upon it as an offence,<br>confess according to your deeds,<br>we accept your confession.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fur that, Nigrodha,<br>is custom in the discipline of the Ayriyans,<br>that whosoever looks upon his fault<br>as a fault,<br>and rightfully confesses it,<br>shall in the future<br>attain to self-restraint.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But I, Nigrodha, say this to you:<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#n37\">37<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know himself<br>and to realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which,<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him seven years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the seven years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from&nbsp;<a><strong>[51]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him six years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the six years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him five years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the five years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him four years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the four years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him three years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the three years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him two years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the two years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him one year.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the one year.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him six months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the six months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him five months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the five months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him four months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the four months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him three months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the three months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him two months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the two months.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him one month.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be the one month.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him half a month.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nay, Nigrodha, let be half a month.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let a man of intelligence come to me,<br>who is honest,<br>candid,<br>straightforward &#8211;<br>I will instruct him,<br>I will teach him the Norm.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If he practise<br>according as he is taught,<br>then to know for himself<br>and realize even here and now<br>that supreme religion and goal,<br>for the sake of which<br>clansmen go forth from the household life<br>into the homeless state,<br>will take him seven days.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a7<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>23. Maybe, Nigrodha, you will think:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;The Sama\u1e47a Gotama has said this<br>from a desire to get pupils&#8217;;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>but you are not thus to explain my words.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let him who is your teacher<br>be your teacher still.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maybe, Nigrodha, you will think:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;The Sama\u1e47a Gotama has said this<br>from a desire to make us secede from our rule&#8217;;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>but you are not thus to explain my words.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let that which is your rule<br>be your rule still.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maybe, Nigrodha, you will think:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;The Sama\u1e47a Gotama has said this<br>from a desire to make us secede from our mode of livelihood&#8217;;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>but you are not thus to explain my words.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let that which is your mode of livelihood<br>be so still.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maybe, Nigrodha, you will think:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;The Sama\u1e47a Gotama has said this<br>from a desire to confirm us<br>as to such points of our doctrines<br>as are wrong,<br>and reckoned as wrong &#8211;<br>by those in our community&#8217;;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>but you are not thus to explain my words.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let those points in your doctrines<br>which are wrong<br>and reckoned as wrong<br>by those in your community,<br>remain so still for you.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maybe, Nigrodha, you will think:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;The Sama\u1e47a Gotama has said this<br>from a desire to detach us<br>from such points in our doctrines<br>as are good,<br>reckoned as good<br>by those in our community&#8217;;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>but you are not thus to explain my words.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let those points in your doctrines<br>which are good,<br>reckoned to be good<br>by those in your community,<br>remain so still.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wherefore, Nigrodha,<br>I speak thus,<br>neither because I wish to gain pupils,<br>nor because I wish to cause&nbsp;<a><strong>[52]<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;seceding from rule,<br>nor because I wish to cause<br>seceding from mode of livelihood,<br>nor because I wish to confirm you<br>in bad doctrines,<br>or detach you from good doctrines.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But, 0 Nigrodha,<br>there are bad things not put away,<br>corrupting,<br>entailing birth renewal,<br>bringing suffering,<br>resulting in ill,<br>making for birth,<br>decay<br>and death<br>in the future,<br>and it is for the putting away of these<br>that I teach the norm,<br>according to which<br>if ye do walk,<br>the things that corrupt<br>shall be put away,<br>the things that make for purity<br>shall grow and flourish,<br>and ye shall attain to<br>and abide in,<br>each one for himself<br>even here and now,<br>the understanding<br>and the realization<br>of full<br>and abounding insight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>24. When he had thus said,<br>the Wanderers sat silent<br>and annoyed,<br>with hunched back<br>and drooping head,<br>brooding<br>and dumbfounded,<br>so were their hearts driven over to M\u0101ra.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then the Exalted One thought:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;Every one of these foolish men<br>is pervaded by the Evil One,<br>so that to not even one of them<br>will the thought occur:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8216;Come, let us now live<br>the holy life taught by the Sama\u1e47a Gotama,<br>that we may learn to know it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What does an interval of seven days matter?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then the Exalted One<br>having uttered his Lion&#8217;s Roar<br>in the park Queen Udumbarik\u0101 had assigned to the Wanderers,<br>rose up<br>and went through the air,<br>and alighted on the Vulture&#8217;s Peak.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And then, too, the householder Sum\u0101gadha<br>returned to R\u0101jagaha.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Udumbarika Sihaniida-Suttanta is ended<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn1\">1<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Pronounce Nigr\u00f4&#8217;dha. The conversation reported in this Suttanta is referred to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.08.rhyt.pts.htm#pg239\">above, I, 239.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Tiracch\u0101na-kath\u0101,<\/em>&nbsp;literally animal-talk, but the adjective &#8216;animal&#8217; as applied to talk is meaningless to Europeans. Brutish, brutal, beastly would all be literal, but very bad renderings. The fact is that the mental attitude of Indians towards animals is quite different from our own. They regard animals as on a lower plane indeed than men, but different (not in kind), only in degree. They take for granted the very real relationship between men and animals which we fail to realize, and often deny. The phrase animal-talk is therefore untranslatable. Buddhaghosa (<em>Sum.<\/em>&nbsp;I, 89) says, not leading to heaven or to emancipation. This is good exegesis of the whole passage, but throws little light on the exact connotation of the particular phrase animal-talk. It was translated above at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.01.rhyt.pts.htm#p17\">I, 13<\/a>&nbsp;by low, and at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.09.rhyt.pts.htm#pg245\">I, 245<\/a>&nbsp;by worldly. Neither of these gives the exact force of the original, which must be akin to childish. For as the child is to the man with us now, so then in India (only one stage removed) was the animal to the man.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Here the Si\u1e47halese MSS. again (as above&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.01.rhyt.pts.htm#p17\">I, 13<\/a>) omit&nbsp;<em>purisa-kathan<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; talk about men, the Siamese and Burmese modern printed editions inserting it. Probability is all on the side of the Si\u1e47halese. From the male standpoint,&nbsp;<em>all<\/em>&nbsp;the other subjects are about Ourselves, directly or indirectly, i.e. in relation to this or that;&nbsp;<em>itthi-kath\u0101<\/em>&nbsp;is about Ourselves in relation to women. Hence, to add talk about men is entirely redundant and a later gloss.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Vijanav\u0101t\u0101ni.<\/em>&nbsp;Both reading and meaning are doubtful See Rhys Davids&#8217;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/miln\/idx_milinda.htm\"><em>Quest. of King Milinda<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;I, 30; E. Windisch,&nbsp;<em>Mara und Buddha,<\/em>&nbsp;242; H. Oldenberg,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/vp\/idx_vinaya.pitaka.htm\"><em>Vinaya<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;I, 367. The epithet is usually applied to a residence for members of the Order, but it is also applicable to a place of meditation. Both must be near enough to the homesteads for the confidence necessary to peace of mind, and yet far enough off to be free from disturbance. The first part of the word may well have been originally from&nbsp;<em>v\u1e5bjana,<\/em>&nbsp;as Buddhaghosa&#8217;s explanation from&nbsp;<em>jana<\/em>&nbsp;seems very forced.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Cf.&nbsp;<em>M.<\/em>&nbsp;I,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.012.pali.bd.htm#pg82\">82,<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_1.htm#p27\">175;<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.100.pali.bd.htm\">II, 209.<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Veyyattiya = vyattibh\u0101va.<\/em>&nbsp;By way of reply and rejoinder with whom? says Buddhaghosa. The word is not in Childers, but see&nbsp;<em>Majjhima<\/em>&nbsp;I,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.012.pali.bd.htm#pg82\">82,<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_1.htm#p27\">175;<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.100.pali.bd.htm\">II, 208-9.<\/a>&nbsp;Perhaps we should render lucidity and Wisdom.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Antamant\u0101ni eva sevati.<\/em>&nbsp;Perhaps: &#8216;so he keeps apart from others, in solitary places.&#8217;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;A lotus-pool or tank in the park. Cf.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_2.htm#p77\"><em>M.<\/em>&nbsp;II, 1;<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/an\/03_threes\/an03.140.wood.pts.htm\"><em>A.<\/em>&nbsp;I, 29I;<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/an\/11_elevens\/an11.011.wood.pts.htm\"><em>V,<\/em>&nbsp;326<\/a>&nbsp;as to the Peacocks&#8217; Feeding-ground in the same park.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Ajjh\u0101saya\u0271 \u0101dihrahmacariya\u0271.<\/em>&nbsp;Cf.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.19.rhyt.pts.htm#n5\">above, II, p. 262,&nbsp;<em>n.<\/em>&nbsp;2.<\/a>&nbsp;(The reference has there, by a printer&#8217;s error and our oversight, been made to refer to \u00a7 10, instead of to \u00a7 12, 1. 4.) In the present connexion the&nbsp;<em>Comy.<\/em>&nbsp;paraphrases&nbsp;<em>ajjh\u0101saya\u0271<\/em>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<em>uttama-nissaya-bh\u016bta q1\u0271,<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>\u0101dibrahmacariya\u0271<\/em>&nbsp;by The Ariyan Path termed the ancient&nbsp;<em>brahmacariya<\/em>&nbsp;(holy life).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;This question is referred to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.08.rhyt.pts.htm#pg239\">above, I, 239.<\/a>&nbsp;The catalogue of austerities is identical with the list in that Suttanta where the various practices are explained.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Tapass\u012b<\/em>&nbsp;One who depends on&nbsp;<em>tapas,<\/em>&nbsp;austerities, self-mortification.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Upakki1eso.<\/em>&nbsp;An auxiliary or subsidiary corruption (no doubt with the connotation that it may lead on to worse), spot, flaw, defect, blemish.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Paripu\u1e47\u1e47a -sa\u1e45kappo ti alam ett\u0101vat\u0101 ti eva\u0271 pariyosita-sa\u1e45kappo:<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Comy.<\/em>&nbsp;his aims are completed means thinking: &#8216;thus far is enough; my aims are ended.&#8217; Again: he thinks: &#8216;Who is equal to me in this practice?&#8217; With this may be compared our comment on Dr. Neumann&#8217;s different rendering in&nbsp;<em>M.<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_1.htm#p29\">I, 192;<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.146.pali.bd.htm#pg276\">III, 276;<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>J.R.A.S.,<\/em>&nbsp;1902, p. 482.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Vod\u0101sam \u0101pajjati.<\/em>&nbsp;Buddhaghosa explains:&nbsp;<em>dvedha\u0271 \u0101pajjati, dve bh\u0101ge karoti.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;On these varieties of&nbsp;<em>b\u012bja<\/em>&nbsp;see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.01.rhyt.pts.htm#fn21\">above, I, 6, n. 2.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;The sentence is not clear. The reading&nbsp;<em>asani-vicakka<\/em>&nbsp;is confirmed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/sn\/02_nv\/idx_17_labhasakkarasamyutta.htm#p6\"><em>Sa\u0271yutta<\/em>&nbsp;II, 229.<\/a>&nbsp;As to the metaphor, the&nbsp;<em>Atthas\u0101lin\u012b,<\/em>&nbsp;p. 404, has five, equally vigorous.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Buddhaghosa explains: He sits in some meeting-(lit. seeing-) place, and where they can see him, he executes the bat-rite (cf.&nbsp;<em>J\u0101t<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/kd\/jat\/idx_jataka.htm#jat_377\">III, 235;<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/kd\/jat\/idx_jataka.htm#jat_487\">IV, 299;<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/kd\/jat\/idx_jataka.htm#jat_148\">I, 493<\/a>) of hanging head downwards like a sleeping bat, the fivefold austerity (see&nbsp;<em>ibid.<\/em>) or stands on one leg, or worships the sun.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Att\u0101na\u0271 adassayam\u0101no.<\/em>&nbsp;Buddhaghosa thinks the negative&nbsp;<em>a-<\/em>&nbsp;in the latter word a mere particle.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Antaggahik\u0101-di\u1e6d\u1e6dhi,<\/em>&nbsp;which the&nbsp;<em>Comy.<\/em>&nbsp;limits to the Annihilationist heresy&nbsp;<em>(ucchedanta);<\/em>&nbsp;<em>cf.<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.01.rhyt.pts.htm#pg46\">above, I, p. 46.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Sandi\u1e6d\u1e6dhi:<\/em>&nbsp;what he himself can see, says the&nbsp;<em>Comy.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;[Ed.: the PTS edition here abridges this entire section and notes that fact here.]<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>S\u0101rappatt\u0101. S\u0101ra<\/em>&nbsp;(pith) is the usual Buddhist metaphor for the essence, the heart, root, or core of the matter.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Na bh\u0101vita\u0271 \u0101si\u0271sati.<\/em>&nbsp;Perhaps: he does not rest complacently on that in which he has so trained himself. But we follow Buddhaghosa.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Abhiharati,<\/em>&nbsp;paraphrased as&nbsp;<em>upari upari va\u1e0d\u1e0dhati<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; he grows upward upward.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.02.rhyt.pts.htm#pg82\">above, I, p. 82.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;This phrase was inadvertently omitted from the corresponding sentence in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.02.rhyt.pts.htm#pg82\">I, 82.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Lit.: accompanied by. These paragraphs occur above at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.13.rhyt.pts.htm#pg318\">I, p. 318;<\/a>&nbsp;II, pp.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.17.rhyt.pts.htm#pg219\">219,<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.19.rhyt.pts.htm#pg279\">279,<\/a>&nbsp;but not at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.16.rhyt.pts.htm#pg82\">p. 82.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Our modern tongues sadly lack a word for&nbsp;<em>mudit\u0101:<\/em>&nbsp;joy in others&#8217; good, the obverse, so to speak, of sympathy. We have only another obverse: malice,&nbsp;<em>Schadenfreude!<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn28\">28<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Lit.: has reached the bark, as distinct from the pith&nbsp;<em>(s\u0101ra).<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn29\">29<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.02.rhyt.pts.htm#pg90\">above, I, p. 90.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn30\">30<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Bhonto satt\u0101.<\/em>&nbsp;Cf.&nbsp;<em>bho satta,<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.27.rhyt.pts.htm#pg89\"><em>D\u012bgha<\/em>&nbsp;III, 89 f.,<\/a>&nbsp;and below,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/dn\/idx_digha_nikaya.htm#p28\">Sampasadaniya Suttanta,<\/a>&nbsp;\u00a7 17, n.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn31\">31<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Buddhaghosa imputes to Sandh\u0101na the charitable intention of so forcing Nigrodha&#8217;s hand as to bring about the Buddha&#8217;s forgiveness of his insolent assertion (<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#p5\">\u00a7 5)<\/a>. By overthrowing this banner of conceit he would cause Nigrodha to reap lasting benefit.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn32\">32<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;[Ed.: The PTS abridges the whole list of subjects.]<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn33\">33<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Lit., tamed.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn34\">34<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Lit., crossed over, and crossing over, a figure applied always to the Four Floods (sensuality, renewed existence, speculative opinion, ignorance) which whelm mankind in everlasting living.&nbsp;<em>Asl.,<\/em>&nbsp;p. 49. On the form of the sentences, cf.&nbsp;<em>Pa\u1e6disambhid\u0101magga<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.03.rhyt.pts.htm#pg126\">I, p. 126 f.<\/a>, On the Great Pity of a Tath\u0101gata.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn35\">35<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Parinibb\u0101na<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; i.e., says the&nbsp;<em>Comy.,<\/em>&nbsp;the driving away for mankind of all the Corruptions&nbsp;<em>(ki1esa&#8217;s).<\/em>&nbsp;For the Ten Corruptions, see&nbsp;<em>Bud. Psych. Ethics,<\/em>&nbsp;pp. 327 ff.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn36\">36<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Cf.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.02.rhyt.pts.htm#pg94\">above, I, p. 94.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#fn37\">37<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;Cf.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.080.pali.bd.htm#pg44\"><em>M.<\/em>&nbsp;II, 44.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.25.rhyt.pts.htm#edfn1\">ed1<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;This is addressed to Nigrodha in the Pali, and it is consistant with the concluding remark: &#8220;What think you, Nigrodha? If these things be so &#8230;&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.25.pali.bd.htm#pg42\">txt pg 42.<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4db567b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-space-between elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4db567b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-692e247\" data-id=\"692e247\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da252df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da252df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"29369\" class=\"elementor elementor-29369\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-263b597c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"263b597c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-134cd20d\" data-id=\"134cd20d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcd0b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bcd0b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>T\u00ecm hi\u1ec3u Kinh t\u1ea1ng Nikaya &#8211; 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