{"id":35803,"date":"2022-08-22T00:29:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T17:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/sutta-27\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T02:09:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T19:09:37","slug":"kinh-trung-bo-eng-27-tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi-culahatthipadopama-sutta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/trang-chu\/2022\/08\/22\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-27-tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi-culahatthipadopama-sutta\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 ENG 27 Ti\u1ec3u Kinh D\u1ee5 D\u1ea5u Ch\u00e2n Voi (C\u016blahatthipadopama sutta)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35803\" class=\"elementor elementor-35803\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51ce1e6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-space-around 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class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8121\" 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\">Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 27.Ti\u1ec3u Kinh D\u1ee5 D\u1ea5u Ch\u00e2n Voi (C\u016blahatthipadopama sutta)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8121\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8121\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2020\/10\/21\/tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">27.Ti\u1ec3u Kinh D\u1ee5 D\u1ea5u Ch\u00e2n Voi (C\u016blahatthipadopama sutta)<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-27-tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi-culahatthipadopama-sutta\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 ENG 27 Ti\u1ec3u Kinh D\u1ee5 D\u1ea5u Ch\u00e2n Voi (C\u016blahatthipadopama sutta)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/mn-27-cu%e1%b8%b7a-hatthi-padopama-sutta%e1%b9%83\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">MN 27. C\u016b\u1e37a Hatthi-Pad\u2019Opama Sutta\u1e43<\/a><\/li><li class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/09\/07\/trung-bo-kinh-ah027-culahatthipadopamasutta-tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi-h-146-tuong-tich-du-kinh\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trung B\u1ed9 Kinh AH027 : C\u00f9lahatthipadopamasutta, Ti\u1ec3u kinh d\u1ee5 d\u1ea5u ch\u00e2n voi -H.146 T\u01b0\u1ee3ng t\u00edch d\u1ee5 kinh<\/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-8122\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8122\" 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-8122\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8122\"><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><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2020\/11\/04\/gg-tieu-kinh-dau-chan-voi\/\">Audio gi\u1ea3ng gi\u1ea3i c\u01a1 b\u1ea3n<\/a><\/li><li class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/09\/20\/toat-yeu-trung-bo-027-tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">To\u00e1t Y\u1ebfu trung B\u1ed9 027 : Ti\u1ec3u kinh d\u1ee5 d\u1ea5u ch\u00e2n voi<\/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 27.Ti\\u1ec3u Kinh D\\u1ee5 D\\u1ea5u Ch\\u00e2n Voi (C\\u016blahatthipadopama sutta)\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<ul><li><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/21\\\/tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi\\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">27.Ti\\u1ec3u Kinh D\\u1ee5 D\\u1ea5u Ch\\u00e2n Voi (C\\u016blahatthipadopama sutta)<\\\/a><\\\/li><li>\\u00a0<\\\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/22\\\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-27-tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi-culahatthipadopama-sutta\\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Kinh Trung B\\u1ed9 ENG 27 Ti\\u1ec3u Kinh D\\u1ee5 D\\u1ea5u Ch\\u00e2n Voi (C\\u016blahatthipadopama sutta)<\\\/a><\\\/li><li><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/22\\\/mn-27-cu%e1%b8%b7a-hatthi-padopama-sutta%e1%b9%83\\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">MN 27. C\\u016b\\u1e37a Hatthi-Pad\\u2019Opama Sutta\\u1e43<\\\/a><\\\/li><li class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/07\\\/trung-bo-kinh-ah027-culahatthipadopamasutta-tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi-h-146-tuong-tich-du-kinh\\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">Trung B\\u1ed9 Kinh AH027 : C\\u00f9lahatthipadopamasutta, Ti\\u1ec3u kinh d\\u1ee5 d\\u1ea5u ch\\u00e2n voi -H.146 T\\u01b0\\u1ee3ng t\\u00edch d\\u1ee5 kinh<\\\/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><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/04\\\/gg-tieu-kinh-dau-chan-voi\\\/\\\">Audio gi\\u1ea3ng gi\\u1ea3i c\\u01a1 b\\u1ea3n<\\\/a><\\\/li><li class=\\\"entry-title\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/tamhoc.org\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/20\\\/toat-yeu-trung-bo-027-tieu-kinh-du-dau-chan-voi\\\/\\\" rel=\\\"bookmark\\\">To\\u00e1t Y\\u1ebfu trung B\\u1ed9 027 : Ti\\u1ec3u kinh d\\u1ee5 d\\u1ea5u ch\\u00e2n voi<\\\/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-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd258c5\" data-id=\"fd258c5\" 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-1551d1fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1551d1fe\" 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 [ad_1]\r\n<br><div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">Majjhima Nik\u0101ya<br\/>1. M\u016bla-Pa\u1e47\u1e47\u0101sa<br\/>3. Tatiya Vagga<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">The Middle Length Sayings<br\/>I. The First Fifty Discourses<br\/>3. The Third Division<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_1.htm#p27\">Sutta 27<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">C\u016b\u1e37a Hatthi-Pad&#8217;Opama Sutta\u0271<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn1\" href=\"#n1\">1<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr\">Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner, O.B.E., M.A.<br\/>Associate of Newham College, Cambridge<br\/>First Published in 1954<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f2 ctr\">Copyright <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palitext.com\">The Pali Text Society<\/a><br\/>Commercial Rights Reserved<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/resources\/images\/cc_by_nc.png\" width=\"88\" height=\"15\" alt=\"Creative Commons Licence\"\/><\/a><br\/>For details see <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/frontmatter\/004_copyright.htm\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<hr\/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a id=\"pg220\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[220]<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><span class=\"f3\">[<a id=\"p1\" href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.027.pali.bd.htm#p1\">1<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/chlm\/mn\/mn.027.chlm.sbb.htm#p1\">chlm<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/ati\/mn\/mn.027.than.ati.htm#p1\">than<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/wp\/mn\/mn.027.ntbb.wp.htm#p1\">ntbb<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/mnl\/mn\/mn.027.upal.mnl.htm#p1\">upal<\/a>]<\/span> T<span class=\"f2\"><b>HUS<\/b><\/span> have I heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">At one time the Lord was staying near <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/appendixes\/buddhas_india\/buddhas_india.htm#savatthi\">S\u0101vatth\u012b<\/a><br\/>in the Jeta Grove in An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika&#8217;s monastery.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now at that time the brahman J\u0101\u1e47usso\u1e47i was leaving S\u0101vatth\u012b early in the day<br\/>in an all-white chariot<br\/>(drawn by) mares.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn2\" href=\"#n2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The brahman J\u0101\u1e47usso\u1e47i saw the wanderer Pilotika<br\/>coming in the distance;<br\/>seeing him,<br\/>he spoke thus to the wanderer Pilotika:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Now, where is the revered Vacch\u0101yana<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn3\" href=\"#n3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> coming from<br\/>so early in the day?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I, sir, am coming from the presence<br\/>of the recluse Gotama.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, Vacch\u0101yana?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Has the recluse Gotama lucidity of wisdom?<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn4\" href=\"#n4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Do you think him clever?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;But who am I, sir,<br\/>that I would know<br\/>whether the recluse Gotama has lucidity of wisdom?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Surely only one like him<br\/>could know whether the recluse Gotama<br\/>has lucidity of wisdom.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Undoubtedly it is with lofty praise<br\/>that the revered Vacch\u0101yana praises<br\/>the recluse Gotama.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;But who am I, sir,<br\/>that I should praise the recluse Gotama?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Praised by the praised<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn5\" href=\"#n5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>is the revered Gotama,<br\/>chief among devas and men.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;But what good thing<br\/>does the revered Vacch\u0101yana see<br\/>that he has this high confidence<br\/>in the recluse Gotama?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Sir, as a skilled elephant-tracker<br\/>might enter an elephant-forest,<br\/>and might see in the elephant-forest<br\/>a great footprint,<br\/>long and broad;<br\/>he might come to the conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Indeed it is a <a id=\"pg221\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[221]<\/b><\/span><\/a> great elephant.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Even so did I, sir, when I had seen<br\/>the four footprints of the recluse Gotama,<br\/>come to this conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order is faring along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What are the four?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Here, sir, I see some clever nobles,<br\/>subtle,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn6\" href=\"#n6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>practised in disputing with others,<br\/>skilled in hair-splitting,<br\/>who go about, methinks,<br\/>breaking to pieces<br\/>in their wisdom<br\/>the views (of others).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These hear:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Undoubtedly the recluse Gotama<br\/>will visit a certain village<br\/>or little town.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">They construct a question,<br\/>thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Having approached the recluse Gotama,<br\/>we will ask him this question of ours.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If, on being asked by us thus,<br\/>he answers thus,<br\/>we will refute him thus;<br\/>and if, on being asked by us thus,<br\/>he answers thus,<br\/>we will refute him thus.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is certain that the recluse Gotama<br\/>is visiting such and such a village<br\/>or little town.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So they approached the recluse Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The recluse Gotama gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited,<br\/>delighted them<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These,<br\/>gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited,<br\/>delighted by the recluse Gotama<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>did not ask the recluse Gotama the question at all &#8211;<br\/>whence could they refute him?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">On the contrary<br\/>they became disciples of the recluse Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When I, sir,<br\/>saw this first footprint of the recluse Gotama,<br\/>then I came to the conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again I, sir, see here<br\/>some clever brahmans,<br\/>subtle,<br\/>practised in disputing with others,<br\/>skilled in hair-splitting,<br\/>who go about, methinks,<br\/>breaking to pieces in their wisdom<br\/>the views (of others).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Undoubtedly the recluse Gotama<br\/>will visit a certain village<br\/>or little town.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">They construct a question,<br\/>thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Having approached the recluse Gotama,<br\/>we will ask him this question of ours.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If, on being asked by us thus,<br\/>he answers thus,<br\/>we will refute him thus;<br\/>and if, on being asked by us thus,<br\/>he answers thus,<br\/>we will refute him thus.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is certain that the recluse Gotama<br\/>is visiting such and such a village<br\/>or little town.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So they approached the recluse Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The recluse Gotama gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited,<br\/>delighted them<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These,<br\/>gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited,<br\/>delighted by the recluse Gotama<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>did not ask the recluse Gotama the question at all &#8211;<br\/>whence could they refute him?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">On the contrary<br\/>they became disciples of the recluse Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When I, sir,<br\/>saw this second footprint of the recluse Gotama,<br\/>then I came to the conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again I, sir, see here<br\/>some clever householders,<br\/>subtle,<br\/>practised in disputing with others,<br\/>skilled in hair-splitting,<br\/>who go about, methinks,<br\/>breaking to pieces in their wisdom<br\/>the views (of others).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Undoubtedly the recluse Gotama<br\/>will visit a certain village<br\/>or little town.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">They construct a question,<br\/>thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Having approached the recluse Gotama,<br\/>we will ask him this question of ours.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If, on being asked by us thus,<br\/>he answers thus,<br\/>we will refute him thus;<br\/>and if, on being asked by us thus,<br\/>he answers thus,<br\/>we will refute him thus.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is certain that the recluse Gotama<br\/>is visiting such and such a village<br\/>or little town.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So they approached the recluse Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The recluse Gotama gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited,<br\/>delighted them<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These,<br\/>gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited,<br\/>delighted by the recluse Gotama<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>did not ask the recluse Gotama the question at all &#8211;<br\/>whence could they refute him?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">On the contrary<br\/>they became disciples of the recluse Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When I, sir,<br\/>saw this third footprint of the recluse Gotama,<br\/>then I came to the conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again I, sir, see here<br\/>some clever recluses,<br\/>subtle,<br\/>practised in disputing with others,<br\/>skilled in hair-splitting,<br\/>who go about, methinks,<br\/>breaking to pieces in their wisdom<br\/>the views (of others).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Undoubtedly the recluse Gotama<br\/>will visit a certain village<br\/>or little town.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">They construct a question,<br\/>thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Having approached the recluse Gotama,<br\/>we will ask him this question of ours.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If, on being asked by us thus,<br\/>he answers thus,<br\/>we will refute him thus;<br\/>and if, <a id=\"pg222\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[222]<\/b><\/span><\/a> on being asked by us thus,<br\/>he answers thus,<br\/>we will refute him thus.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is certain that the recluse Gotama<br\/>is visiting such and such a village<br\/>or little town.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So they approached the recluse Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The recluse Gotama gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited,<br\/>delighted them<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These,<br\/>gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited,<br\/>delighted by the recluse Gotama<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>did not ask the recluse Gotama the question at all &#8211;<br\/>whence could they refute him?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">On the contrary,<br\/>they asked leave of the recluse Gotama himself<br\/>for the going forth<br\/>from home into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The recluse Gotama let them go forth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These, gone forth like this,<br\/>living alone,<br\/>aloof,<br\/>diligent,<br\/>ardent,<br\/>self-resolute,<br\/>having by their own super-knowledge<br\/>soon realized here and now<br\/>that goal of the Brahma-faring<br\/>for the sake of which young men of family<br\/>rightly go forth from home into homelessness,<br\/>entering on it,<br\/>abided in it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These speak thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Indeed we were nearly lost,<br\/>indeed we nearly perished,<br\/>for while formerly we were not (true) recluses,<br\/>we claimed that we were,<br\/>saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;We are recluses&#8221;;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">not being (true) brahmans,<br\/>we claimed that we were,<br\/>saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;We are brahmans&#8221;;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">not being (true) perfected ones,<br\/>we claimed that we were,<br\/>saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;We are perfected ones&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But now we really are recluses,<br\/>now we really are brahmans,<br\/>now we really are perfected ones.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When I, sir,<br\/>saw this fourth footprint of the recluse Gotama,<br\/>then I came to the conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said,<br\/>J\u0101\u1e47usso\u1e47i the brahman got down from his all-white chariot<br\/>(drawn by) mares,<br\/>and having arranged his outer cloak over one shoulder,<br\/>having saluted the Lord three times with joined palms,<br\/>he uttered this utterance:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Reverence to this Lord,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-awakened One;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Reverence to this Lord,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-awakened One;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Reverence to this Lord,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-awakened One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Perhaps we,<br\/>somewhere,<br\/>sometime<br\/>will meet the honoured Gotama;<br\/>perhaps there may be some conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"hrctr\"\/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then J\u0101\u1e47usso\u1e47i the brahman approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he exchanged greetings with the Lord;<br\/>having exchanged greetings of friendliness and courtesy,<br\/>he sat down at a respectful distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As he was sitting down at a respectful distance,<br\/>J\u0101\u1e47usso\u1e47i the brahman<br\/>related to the Lord<br\/>all the conversation he had had up till now<br\/>with the wanderer Pilotika.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he had spoken thus,<br\/>the Lord spoke thus to J\u0101\u1e47usso\u1e47i the brahman:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Brahman, to a (certain) extent<br\/>the simile of the elephant&#8217;s <a id=\"pg223\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[223]<\/b><\/span><\/a> footprints<br\/>is not complete in all its detail.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But, brahman,<br\/>to the extent to which the simile of the elephant&#8217;s footprints<br\/>is complete in all its detail,<br\/>listen,<br\/>pay careful attention<br\/>and I will speak.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Yes, revered one,&#8221;<br\/>J\u0101\u1e47usso\u1e47i the brahman answered the Lord in assent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The Lord spoke thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Brahman, an elephant tracker<br\/>might enter an elephant forest,<br\/>and might see in the elephant forest<br\/>a large footprint,<br\/>long and broad.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But a skilled elephant tracker<br\/>does not at once<br\/>come to the conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Indeed it is a great bull-elephant.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What is the reason for this?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">There are, brahman,<br\/>in an elephant forest<br\/>stunted she-elephants<br\/>who have large footprints,<br\/>and he thinks<br\/>this might be a footprint of theirs.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He follows them<br\/>and following them<br\/>he sees in the elephant forest<br\/>a great footprint,<br\/>long and broad,<br\/>and a grazing off of the high things.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn7\" href=\"#n7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">A skilled elephant tracker<br\/>does not at once come to the conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Indeed it is a great bull-elephant.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What is the reason for this?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">There are, brahman,<br\/>in an elephant forest<br\/>she-elephants who have tushes<br\/>and who have large footprints,<br\/>and he thinks<br\/>this might be a footprint of theirs.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He follows them<br\/>and following them<br\/>he sees in the elephant forest<br\/>a great footprint,<br\/>long and broad,<br\/>and a grazing off of the high things<br\/>and the high things slashed by tusks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">A skilled elephant tracker<br\/>does not at once come to the conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Indeed it is a great bull-elephant.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What is the reason for this?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">There are, brahman,<br\/>in an elephant forest<br\/>she-elephants with stumpy tusks<br\/>who have large footprints,<br\/>and he thinks<br\/>this might be a footprint of theirs.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He follows them<br\/>and following them<br\/>he sees in the elephant forest<br\/>a great footprint,<br\/>long and broad,<br\/>and a grazing off of the high things<br\/>and the high things slashed by tusks<br\/>and the high things broken off at the boughs.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And he sees that bull-elephant<br\/>at the root of a tree<br\/>or in the open,<br\/>walking<br\/>or standing<br\/>or sitting<br\/>or lying down.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to the conclusion:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This is that bull-elephant himself.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">In the same way, brahman,<br\/>a Tath\u0101gata arises in the world,<br\/>a perfected one,<br\/>a fully Self-awakened One,<br\/>endowed with right knowledge and conduct,<br\/>well-farer,<br\/>knower of the worlds,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn8\" href=\"#n8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>the matchless charioteer of men to be tamed,<br\/>the Awakened One,<br\/>the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He makes known this world<br\/>with the devas,<br\/>with M\u0101ra,<br\/>with Brahm\u0101,<br\/><a id=\"pg224\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[224]<\/b><\/span><\/a> creation<br\/>with its recluses and brahmans,<br\/>its devas and men,<br\/>having realized them by his own super-knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He teaches <i>Dhamma<\/i> which is lovely at the beginning,<br\/>lovely in the middle,<br\/>lovely at the ending,<br\/>with the spirit and the letter;<br\/>he proclaims the Brahma-faring<br\/>wholly fulfilled,<br\/>quite purified.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">A householder<br\/>or a householder&#8217;s son<br\/>or one born in another family<br\/>hears that <i>Dhamma<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having heard that <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>he gains faith in the <i>Tath\u0101gata<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Endowed with this faith<br\/>that he has acquired,<br\/>he reflects in this way:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The household life is confined and dusty;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn9\" href=\"#n9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>going forth is of the open;<br\/>it is not easy for one who lives in a house<br\/>to fare the Brahma-faring<br\/>wholly fulfilled,<br\/>wholly pure,<br\/>polished like a conch-shell.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose now that I,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having put on saffron robes,<br\/>should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">After a time,<br\/>getting rid of his wealth,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn10\" href=\"#n10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>be it small or great,<br\/>getting rid of his circle of relations,<br\/>be it small or great,<br\/>having cut off his hair and beard,<br\/>having put on saffron robes,<br\/>he goes forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He, being thus one who has gone forth<br\/>and who is endowed with the training<br\/>and the way of living of monks,<br\/>abandoning onslaught on creatures,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn11\" href=\"#n11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>is one who abstains from onslaught on creatures;<br\/>the stick laid aside,<br\/>the knife laid aside,<br\/>he lives kindly,<br\/>scrupulous,<br\/>friendly<br\/>and compassionate<br\/>towards all breathing things and creatures.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Abandoning the taking of what is not given,<br\/>he is one who abstains from taking what is not given;<br\/>being one who takes (only) what is given,<br\/>who waits for what is given,<br\/>not by stealing he lives with a self become pure.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Abandoning unchastity,<br\/>he is one who is chaste,<br\/>keeping remote (from unchastity),<br\/>abstaining from dealings with women.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn12\" href=\"#n12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Abandoning lying speech,<br\/>he is one who abstains from lying speech,<br\/>a truth-speaker,<br\/>a bondsman to truth,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn13\" href=\"#n13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>trustworthy,<br\/>dependable,<br\/>no deceiver of the world.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn14\" href=\"#n14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><a id=\"pg225\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[225]<\/b><\/span><\/a> Abandoning slanderous speech,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn15\" href=\"#n15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>he is one who abstains from slanderous speech;<br\/>having heard something here<br\/>he is not one for repeating it elsewhere<br\/>for (causing) variance among these (people),<br\/>or having heard something elsewhere<br\/>he is not one to repeat it there<br\/>for (causing) variance among these (people).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">In this way<br\/>he is a reconciler of those who are at variance,<br\/>and one who combines those who are friends.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Concord is his pleasure,<br\/>concord his delight,<br\/>concord his joy,<br\/>concord is the motive of his speech.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Abandoning harsh speech,<br\/>he is one who abstains from harsh speech.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Whatever speech is gentle,<br\/>pleasing to the ear,<br\/>affectionate,<br\/>going to the heart,<br\/>urbane,<br\/>pleasant to the manyfolk,<br\/>agreeable to the manyfolk &#8211;<br\/>he comes to be one who utters speech like this.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Abandoning frivolous chatter,<br\/>he is one who abstains from frivolous chatter.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He is a speaker at a right time,<br\/>a speaker of fact,<br\/>a speaker on the goal,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn16\" href=\"#n16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>a speaker on <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn17\" href=\"#n17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>a speaker on discipline,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn18\" href=\"#n18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>he speaks words that are worth treasuring,<br\/>with similes at a right time<br\/>that are discriminating,<br\/>connected with the goal.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from what involves destruction to seed-growth,<br\/>to vegetable growth.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn19\" href=\"#n19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who eats one meal a day,<br\/>refraining at night,<br\/>abstaining from eating at a wrong time.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn20\" href=\"#n20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from watching shows of dancing,<br\/>singing,<br\/>music.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn21\" href=\"#n21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from using garlands,<br\/>scents,<br\/>unguents,<br\/>adornments,<br\/>finery.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn22\" href=\"#n22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from using high beds,<br\/>large beds.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn23\" href=\"#n23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting gold and silver.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn24\" href=\"#n24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes <a id=\"pg226\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[226]<\/b><\/span><\/a> to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting raw grain.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting raw meat.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn25\" href=\"#n25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting women and girls.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting women slaves and men slaves.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting goats and sheep.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting fowl and swine.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting elephants, cows, horses, mares.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting fields and sites.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting messages or going on such.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn26\" href=\"#n26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains from buying and selling.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting from cheating with weights.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from accepting from cheating with bronzes.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn27\" href=\"#n27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from cheating with measures.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn28\" href=\"#n28\">28<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from the crooked ways of bribery, fraud and deceit.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be one who abstains<br\/>from maiming, murdering, manacling, highway robbery.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn29\" href=\"#n29\">29<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comes to be contented<br\/>with the robes for protecting his body,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn30\" href=\"#n30\">30<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>with the almsfood for sustaining his stomach.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Wherever he goes<br\/>he takes these things<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn31\" href=\"#n31\">31<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> with him as he goes.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As a bird on the wing<br\/>wherever it flies<br\/>takes its&#8217; wings with it as it flies,<br\/>so a monk,<br\/>contented with the robes for protecting his body,<br\/>with the almsfood for sustaining his stomach,<br\/>wherever he goes<br\/>takes these things with him as he goes.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He, possessed of the ariyan body of moral habit,<br\/>subjectively experiences the bliss of blamelessness.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn32\" href=\"#n32\">32<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having seen a material shape with the eye,<br\/>he is not entranced by the general appearance,<br\/>he is not entranced by the detail.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If he dwells with this organ of sight uncontrolled,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn33\" href=\"#n33\">33<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>covetousness and dejection,<br\/>evil unskilled states of mind,<br\/>might predominate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he fares along controlling it;<br\/>he guards the organ of sight,<br\/>he comes to control over the organ of sight.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having heard a sound with the ear,<br\/>he is not entranced by the general appearance,<br\/>he is not entranced by the detail.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If he dwells with this organ of hearing uncontrolled,<br\/>covetousness and dejection,<br\/>evil unskilled states of mind,<br\/>might predominate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he fares along controlling it;<br\/>he guards the organ of hearing,<br\/>he comes to control over the organ of hearing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having smelt a smell with the nose,<br\/>he is not entranced by the general appearance,<br\/>he is not entranced by the detail.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If he dwells with this organ of smell uncontrolled,<br\/>covetousness and dejection,<br\/>evil unskilled states of mind,<br\/>might predominate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he fares along controlling it;<br\/>he guards the organ of smell,<br\/>he comes to control over the organ of smell.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having savoured a taste with the tongue,<br\/>he is not entranced by the general appearance,<br\/>he is not entranced by the detail.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If he dwells with this organ of taste uncontrolled,<br\/>covetousness and dejection,<br\/>evil unskilled states of mind,<br\/>might predominate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he fares along controlling it;<br\/>he guards the organ of taste,<br\/>he comes to control over the organ of taste.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having felt a touch with the body,<br\/>he is not entranced by the general appearance,<br\/>he is not entranced by the detail.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If he dwells with this organ of touch uncontrolled,<br\/>covetousness and dejection,<br\/>evil unskilled states of mind,<br\/>might predominate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he fares along controlling it;<br\/>he guards the organ of touch,<br\/>he comes to control over the organ of touch.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having cognised a mental object with the mind,<br\/>he is not entranced by the general appearance,<br\/>he is not entranced by the detail.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If he lives with this organ of mind uncontrolled,<br\/>covetousness and dejection,<br\/>evil unskilled <a id=\"pg227\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[227]<\/b><\/span><\/a> states of mind<br\/>might predominate.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he fares along controlling it;<br\/>he guards the organ of mind,<br\/>he comes to control over the organ of mind.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If he is possessed of this ariyan control of the (sense-) organs,<br\/>he subjectively experiences unsullied well-being.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Whether he is setting out<br\/>or returning,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn34\" href=\"#n34\">34<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>he is one who comports himself properly;<br\/>whether he is looking down<br\/>or looking round,<br\/>he is one who comports himself properly;<br\/>whether he is bending back<br\/>or stretching out (his arm),<br\/>he is one who comports himself properly;<br\/>whether he is carrying his outer cloak,<br\/>his bowl,<br\/>his robe,<br\/>he is one who comports himself properly;<br\/>whether he is munching,<br\/>drinking,<br\/>eating,<br\/>savouring,<br\/>he is one who comports himself properly;<br\/>whether he is obeying the calls of nature,<br\/>he is one who comports himself properly;<br\/>whether he is walking,<br\/>standing,<br\/>asleep,<br\/>awake,<br\/>talking,<br\/>silent,<br\/>he is one who comports himself properly.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Possessed of<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn35\" href=\"#n35\">35<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> this ariyan body of moral habit<br\/>and possessed of this ariyan control of the (sense-) organs<br\/>and possessed of this ariyan mindfulness<br\/>and clear consciousness,<br\/>he chooses<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn36\" href=\"#n36\">36<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> a remote lodging in a forest,<br\/>at the root of a tree,<br\/>on a mountain slope,<br\/>in a wilderness,<br\/>in a hill-cave,<br\/>in a cemetery,<br\/>in a forest haunt,<br\/>in the open<br\/>or on a heap of straw.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He, returning from alms-gathering<br\/>after his meal,<br\/>sits down cross-legged<br\/>holding the back erect,<br\/>having made mindfulness<br\/>rise up in front of him.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He, having got rid of covetousness for the world,<br\/>lives with a mind devoid of coveting,<br\/>he purifies the mind of coveting.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">By getting rid of the taint of ill-will,<br\/>he lives benevolent in mind;<br\/>and compassionate for the welfare<br\/>of all creatures and beings,<br\/>he purifies the mind of the taint of ill-will.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">By getting rid of sloth and torpor,<br\/>he lives devoid of sloth and torpor;<br\/>perceiving the light,<br\/>mindful and clearly conscious,<br\/>he purifies the mind of sloth and torpor.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">By getting rid of restlessness and worry,<br\/>he lives calmly,<br\/>the mind subjectively tranquillised,<br\/>he purifies the mind of restlessness and worry.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">By getting rid of doubt,<br\/>he lives doubt-crossed;<br\/>unperplexed as to the states that are skilled,<br\/>he purifies his mind of doubt.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He, by getting rid Of these five hindrances<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn37\" href=\"#n37\">37<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>defilements of a mind and weakening to intuitive wisdom &#8211; <br\/>aloof from pleasure of the senses,<br\/>aloof from unskilled states of mind,<br\/>enters and abides in the first meditation,<br\/>which is accompanied by initial thought and discursive thought,<br\/>is born of aloofness<br\/>and is rapturous and joyful.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This, brahman, is called the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s footprint,<br\/>and <a id=\"pg228\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[228]<\/b><\/span><\/a> what is grazed against by the Tath\u0101gata and what is slashed by the Tath\u0101gata.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But not yet does the ariyan disciple come to fulfilment<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn38\" href=\"#n38\">38<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The Fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, brahman, a monk,<br\/>by allaying initial and discursive thought,<br\/>the mind subjectively tranquillised<br\/>and fixed on one point,<br\/>enters and abides in the second meditation,<br\/>which is devoid of initial and discursive thought,<br\/>is born of concentration<br\/>and is rapturous and joyful.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This too, brahman, is called the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s footprint,<br\/>and what is grazed against by the Tath\u0101gata and what is slashed by the Tath\u0101gata.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But not yet does the ariyan disciple come to fulfilment thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The Fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, brahman, a monk,<br\/>by the fading out of rapture,<br\/>dwells with equanimity,<br\/>attentive and clearly conscious,<br\/>and experiences in his person<br\/>that joy of which the ariyans say:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Joyful lives he<br\/>who has equanimity and is mindful&#8217;,<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">and he enters and abides in the third meditation.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This too, brahman, is called the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s footprint,<br\/>and what is grazed against by the Tath\u0101gata and what is slashed by the Tath\u0101gata.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But not yet does the ariyan disciple come to fulfilment thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The Fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, brahman, a monk,<br\/>by getting rid of joy,<br\/>by getting rid of anguish,<br\/>by the going down of his former pleasures and sorrows,<br\/>enters and abides in the fourth meditation,<br\/>which has neither anguish nor joy,<br\/>and which is entirely purified<br\/>by equanimity and mindfulness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This too, brahman, is called the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s footprint,<br\/>and what is grazed against by the Tath\u0101gata and what is slashed by the Tath\u0101gata.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But not yet does the ariyan disciple come to fulfilment thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The Fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Thus with the mind composed,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn39\" href=\"#n39\">39<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>quite purified,<br\/>quite clarified,<br\/>without blemish,<br\/>without defilement,<br\/>grown soft and workable,<br\/><a id=\"pg229\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[229]<\/b><\/span><\/a> fixed,<br\/>immovable,<br\/>he directs his mind to the knowledge<br\/>and recollection of former habitations,<br\/>that is to say:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">One birth,<br\/>two births,<br\/>three births,<br\/>four births,<br\/>five births,<br\/>ten births,<br\/>twenty births,<br\/>thirty births,<br\/>forty births,<br\/>fifty births,<br\/>a hundred births,<br\/>a thousand births,<br\/>a hundred thousand births,<br\/>and many an eon of integration<br\/>and many an eon of disintegration<br\/>and many an eon of integration-disintegration;<br\/>such a one was I by name,<br\/>having such and such a clan,<br\/>such and such a colour,<br\/>so was I nourished,<br\/>such and such pleasant and painful experiences were mine,<br\/>so did the span of life end.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Passing from this,<br\/>I came to be in another state<br\/>where such a one was I by name,<br\/>having such and such a clan,<br\/>such and such a colour,<br\/>so was I nourished,<br\/>such and such pleasant and painful experiences were mine,<br\/>so did the span of life end.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Passing from this,<br\/>I arose here<br\/>and could recollect thus<br\/>in all their mode and detail<br\/>a variety of former habitations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This too, brahman, is called the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s footprint,<br\/>and what is grazed against by the Tath\u0101gata and what is slashed by the Tath\u0101gata.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But not yet does the ariyan disciple come to fulfilment thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The Fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Thus with the mind composed,<br\/>quite purified,<br\/>quite clarified,<br\/>without blemish,<br\/>without defilement,<br\/>grown soft and workable,<br\/>fixed,<br\/>immovable,<br\/>he directs his mind to the knowledge<br\/>of the passing hence<br\/>and coming to be of beings.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">With the purified deva-vision<br\/>surpassing that of men<br\/>he beholds beings as they are passing hence<br\/>and coming to be,<br\/>mean,<br\/>excellent,<br\/>comely,<br\/>ugly,<br\/>well-going,<br\/>ill-going<br\/>according to the consequences of their deeds,<br\/>thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Indeed these worthy beings<br\/>who were possessed of wrong conduct in body,<br\/>who were possessed of wrong conduct of speech,<br\/>who were possessed of wrong conduct of thought,<br\/>scoffers at the ariyans,<br\/>holding a wrong view,<br\/>incurring deeds consequent on a wrong view &#8211;<br\/>these, at the breaking up of the body after dying,<br\/>have arisen in a sorrowful state,<br\/>a bad bourn,<br\/>the abyss,<br\/>Niraya Hell.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But these worthy beings<br\/>who were possessed of good conduct in body,<br\/>who were possessed of good conduct in speech,<br\/>who were possessed of good conduct in thought,<br\/>who did not scoff at the ariyans,<br\/>holding a right view,<br\/>incurring deeds consequent on a right view &#8211;<br\/>these, at the breaking up of the body after dying,<br\/>have arisen in a good bourn,<br\/>a heaven world.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And thus with the purified deva-vision<br\/>surpassing that of men<br\/>he sees beings as they pass hence,<br\/>as they arise;<br\/>and he comprehends that beings are mean,<br\/>excellent,<br\/>comely,<br\/>ugly,<br\/>well-going,<br\/>ill-going<br\/>according to the consequences of deeds.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This too, brahman, is called the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s footprint,<br\/>and what is grazed against by the Tath\u0101gata and what is slashed by the Tath\u0101gata.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But not yet does the ariyan disciple come to fulfilment thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The Fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Thus with the mind composed,<br\/>quite purified,<br\/>quite clarified,<br\/>without blemish,<br\/>without defilement,<br\/>grown soft and workable,<br\/>fixed,<br\/>immovable,<br\/>he directs his mind to the knowledge<br\/>of the destruction of the cankers.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comprehends as it really is:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This is anguish,<br\/>this the arising of anguish,<br\/>this the stopping of anguish,<br\/>this the course leading to the stopping of anguish.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He comprehends as it really is:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These are the cankers,<br\/>this the arising of the cankers,<br\/>this the stopping of the cankers,<br\/>this the course leading to the stopping of the cankers.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This too, brahman, is called the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s footprint,<br\/>and what is grazed against by the Tath\u0101gata and what is slashed by the Tath\u0101gata.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But not yet does the ariyan disciple come to fulfilment thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The Fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he has known thus,<br\/>when he has seen thus,<br\/>the mind is freed from the canker of sense-pleasures<br\/>and his mind is freed from the canker of becoming<br\/>and his mind is freed from the canker of ignorance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">In freedom<br\/>the knowledge comes to be<br\/>that he is freed<br\/>and he comprehends:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Destroyed is birth,<br\/>brought to a close the Brahma-faring,<br\/>done is what was to be done,<br\/>there is no more<br\/>of being such or such.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This too, brahman, is called the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s footprint,<br\/>and what is grazed against by the Tath\u0101gata and what is slashed by the Tath\u0101gata.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is at this point, brah- <a id=\"pg230\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[230]<\/b><\/span><\/a> man, that the ariyan disciple comes to fulfilment, thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The Fully Self-awakened One is the Lord;<br\/>well taught is <i>Dhamma<\/i> by the Lord;<br\/>the Order fares along well.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said,<br\/>J\u0101\u1e47usso\u1e47i the brahman spoke thus to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is wonderful, revered sir,<br\/>wonderful, revered sir.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is as if, good Gotama,<br\/>one might set upright what had been upset,<br\/>or might disclose what was covered,<br\/>or point out the way<br\/>to one who had gone astray,<br\/>or might bring an oil-lamp into the darkness<br\/>so that those with vision might see material shapes &#8211;<br\/>even so is <i>Dhamma<\/i> made clear<br\/>in many a figure by the good Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I am going to the revered Gotama for refuge,<br\/>and to <i>Dhamma<\/i><br\/>and to the Order of monks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">May the good Gotama accept me<br\/>as a lay-follower,<br\/>one gone for refuge from today forth<br\/>for as long as life lasts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">Lesser Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant&#8217;s Footprint:<br\/>the Seventh<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"demi\"\/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n1\" href=\"#fn1\">1<\/a>]<\/sup> At <i>Mhvs.<\/i> XIV. 22 this was the Sutta that Mahinda preached first of all to Dev\u0101na\u0271piyatissa on his arrival in Ceylon.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n2\" href=\"#fn2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 194 quotes <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/sn\/05_mv\/idx_45_maggasamyutta.htm#p4\"><i>S.<\/i> v. 4<\/a> to indicate all the respects in which the chariot was white. It adds that it was harnessed to four white mares. Although the number of mares is not given in the text, Chalmers gives it as four in his translation.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n3\" href=\"#fn3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup> The name of his clan, <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 195. <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_2.htm#p99\"><i>M.<\/i> ii. 208,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/an\/05_fives\/an05.194.hare.pts.htm\"><i>A.<\/i> iii. 236<\/a> <i>f.,<\/i> as far as the simile.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n4\" href=\"#fn4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>pa\u00f1\u00f1\u0101veyyattiya\u0271,<\/i> as at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.012.pali.bd.htm#pg82\"><i>M.<\/i> i. 82.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n5\" href=\"#fn5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 196 instances, among others, Pasenadi, Bimbis\u0101ra, Visakha, Uppalavanna, S\u0101riputta, Sakka, Mah\u0101brahm\u0101. All are praised by their retinues, and all praise the Dasabala.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n6\" href=\"#fn6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup> This sequence also at <i>D.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.01.pali.bd.htm#pg26\">i. 26,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.08.pali.bd.htm#pg162\">162;<\/a> and <i>cf.<\/i> whole passage with <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.089.pali.bd.htm#pg122\"><i>M.<\/i> ii. 122.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n7\" href=\"#fn7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>ucc\u0101 ca nisevita\u0271.<\/i> He sees where her shoulders have knocked against the trees, <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 198.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n8\" href=\"#fn8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 200 mentions the three worlds &#8211; that of space, that of beings, that of the habitual tendencies or activities &#8211; and says here the world of beings, and, more precisely, the world of men, is meant. <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>DA.<\/i> i, 173 <i>f.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n9\" href=\"#fn9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>raj\u0101patha.<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 204 = <i>DA.<\/i> i. 180 take this to mean, in accordance with the Mah\u0101-a\u1e6d\u1e6dhakath\u0101, the dust of passion, but say it is also <i>\u0101gamanapatha,<\/i> full of comings and goings (?).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n10\" href=\"#fn10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>D.<\/i> ii. <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.16.pali.bd.htm#pg85\">85,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.16.pali.bd.htm#pg86\">86.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n11\" href=\"#fn11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> the following passage with <i>D.<\/i> i. <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.01.pali.bd.htm#pg4\">4-5;<\/a> <i>M.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.041.pali.bd.htm#pg287\">i. 287,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.112.pali.bd.htm#pg33\">iii. 33;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/04_fours\/an04.198.pali.bd.htm#pg208\"><i>A.<\/i> ii. 208;<\/a> <i>Pug.<\/i> 56; also <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/08_eights\/an08.041.pali.bd.htm#pg249\"><i>A.<\/i> iv. 249;<\/a> <i>Kvu.<\/i> II.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n12\" href=\"#fn12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>g\u0101madhamm\u0101.<\/i> Explained at <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 206 = <i>DA.<\/i> i. 72 as things (or states of mind, <i>Dhamma<\/i>) of village dwellers. But this does not fit the context very well. <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>m\u0101tug\u0101ma,<\/i> women.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n13\" href=\"#fn13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>saccasandha.<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> i. 206 = <i>DA.<\/i> i. 73, <i>saccena sacca\u0271 sandahati,<\/i> he joins truth to truth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n14\" href=\"#fn14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.30.pali.bd.htm#pg170\"><i>D.<\/i> iii. 170.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n15\" href=\"#fn15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>M.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.041.pali.bd.htm#pg286\">i. 286,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.114.pali.bd.htm#pg49\">iii. 49<\/a> for following passage.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n16\" href=\"#fn16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 208, <i>DA.<\/i> i. 76, he speaks about what is connected with the goal <i>attha,<\/i> of the here and now and of the beyond.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n17\" href=\"#fn17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 208 = <i>DA.<\/i> i. 76, he speaks about what is connected with the nine other-worldly things; see <i>Dhs.<\/i> 1094.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n18\" href=\"#fn18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 208 = <i>DA.<\/i> i. 76, the discipline of giving up and that of restraint.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n19\" href=\"#fn19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>b\u012bjag\u0101mabh\u016btag\u0101ma.<\/i> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>P\u0101c.<\/i> XI. (<i>Vin.<\/i> iv. 34), and see <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.01.pali.bd.htm#pg5\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 5;<\/a> also <i>MA.<\/i> ii, 208.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n20\" href=\"#fn20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup> Defined at <i>Vin.<\/i> iv. 86 as &#8220;after noon has passed until sunrise.&#8221; <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/05_mv\/sn05.56.071-080.pali.bd.htm#p78\"><i>S.<\/i> v. 470;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/03_threes\/an03.070.pali.bd.htm#pg212\"><i>A.<\/i> i. 212;<\/a> <i>Kvu.<\/i> II. 6.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n21\" href=\"#fn21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup> Made into a <i>dukkata<\/i> offence for monks at <i>Vin.<\/i> ii. 108, and into a <i>p\u0101cittiya<\/i> for nuns at <i>Vin.<\/i> iv. 267. <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.01.pali.bd.htm#pg6\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 6;<\/a> <i>Kvu.<\/i> II. 7.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n22\" href=\"#fn22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>Kvu.<\/i> II. 8.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n23\" href=\"#fn23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>P\u0101c.<\/i> 87; <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.01.pali.bd.htm#pg7\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 7;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/03_threes\/an03.063.pali.bd.htm#pg181\"><i>A.<\/i> i. 181;<\/a> <i>Vin.<\/i> i. 192, ii. 163. <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 209 says that &#8220;high beds&#8221; are those that exceed the (prescribed) measure, while &#8220;large beds&#8221; are those that are not allowable.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n24\" href=\"#fn24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>Vin.<\/i> iii. 236 <i>ff.<\/i> (<i>Nissag.<\/i> 18); <i>Kvu.<\/i> II. 10.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n25\" href=\"#fn25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>Vin.<\/i> iii. 208, where the nun Uppalava\u1e47\u1e47a prepared (or roasted) meat before offering it to the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n26\" href=\"#fn26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.01.pali.bd.htm#pg8\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 8;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/03_kv\/sn03.28.010.pali.bd.htm#pg239\"><i>S.<\/i> iii. 239.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n27\" href=\"#fn27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>ka\u0271sa,<\/i> see Nuns&#8217; <i>Nissag.<\/i> XI, XII and note at <i>B.D.<\/i> iii. 239. But <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 210 = <i>DA.<\/i> i 79 says a <i>ka\u0271sa<\/i> is called a golden bowl with reference to a method of cheating with copper bowls that have been made of a golden colour.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n28\" href=\"#fn28\">28<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 210 = <i>DA.<\/i> i. 79 mention three methods: &#8220;heart-break,&#8221; <i>hadaya-bheda,<\/i> used in measuring ghee, oil, etc.; &#8220;pyramid-break,&#8221; <i>sikh\u0101-bheda,<\/i> used in measuring sesamum, husked rice, etc.; &#8220;cord-break,&#8221; <i>rajju-bheda,<\/i> used in measuring fields and sites.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n29\" href=\"#fn29\">29<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>DA.<\/i> i. 80, this is twofold: hidden in the snow, hidden in a thicket, they kidnap people.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n30\" href=\"#fn30\">30<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.02.pali.bd.htm#pg71\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 71.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n31\" href=\"#fn31\">31<\/a>]<\/sup> The eight requisites, <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 213 = <i>DA.<\/i> i. 207.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n32\" href=\"#fn32\">32<\/a>]<\/sup> [Ed. corrected as per <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/mn.051.horn.pts.htm#n25\"><i>M.L.S.<\/i> 51 n.25<\/a>] <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.02.pali.bd.htm#pg70\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 70.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n33\" href=\"#fn33\">33<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.033.pali.bd.htm#pg221\"><i>M.<\/i> i. 221.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n34\" href=\"#fn34\">34<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.02.pali.bd.htm#pg70\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 70,<\/a> etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n35\" href=\"#fn35\">35<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.02.pali.bd.htm#pg71\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 71.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n36\" href=\"#fn36\">36<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>M.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.039.pali.bd.htm#pg273\">i. 273,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.107.pali.bd.htm#pg3\">iii. 3,<\/a> etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n37\" href=\"#fn37\">37<\/a>]<\/sup> Given also at <i>M.<\/i> i. <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.010.pali.bd.htm#pg60\">60,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.039.pali.bd.htm#pg274\">274-76.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n38\" href=\"#fn38\">38<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>ni\u1e6d\u1e6dham gacchati<\/i> can also mean &#8220;come to the conclusion&#8221; (in thought), as above. But <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 217 appears here to take it in the sense of fulfilment, saying <i>t\u012bsu ratanesu ni\u1e6d\u1e6dham gacchati,<\/i> he goes to fulfilment, or the goal, in the Three Jewels. <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>A.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/04_fours\/an04.184.pali.bd.htm#pg175\">ii. 175,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/06_sixes\/an06.119-120.pali.bd.htm#p119\">iii. 450,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/10_tens\/an10.063.pali.bd.htm\">v. 119<\/a> <i>ff.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n39\" href=\"#fn39\">39<\/a>]<\/sup> Stock, as at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.004.pali.bd.htm#pg22\"><i>M.<\/i> i. 22,<\/a> etc.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n<br>[ad_2]\r\n<br>Ngu\u1ed3n : <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/mn.027.horn.pts.htm\">Source link  <\/a>\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-87a3268 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-space-between elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87a3268\" 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-a0d10ec\" data-id=\"a0d10ec\" 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-1a36d67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a36d67\" 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; T\u00e2m h\u1ecdc l\u00e0 cu\u1ed1n s\u00e1ch Online gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u v\u1ec1 b\u1ed9 kinh Nikaya , c\u00e1c b\u1ea3n d\u1ecbch v\u00e0 ch\u00fa gi\u1ea3i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c T\u00e2m H\u1ecdc so\u1ea1n t\u1eeb c\u00e1c ngu\u1ed3n \u0111\u00e1ng t\u00edn c\u1eady tr\u00ean m\u1ea1ng internet.<\/p><p>Tuy nhi\u00ean \u0111\u00e2y v\u1eabn l\u00e0 s\u00e1ch ch\u1ec9 c\u00f3 gi\u00e1 tr\u1ecb tham kh\u1ea3o , mang t\u00ednh ch\u1ee7 quan c\u1ee7a t\u00e1c gi\u1ea3&nbsp; T\u00e2m h\u1ecdc.<\/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\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\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Ph\u1ea7n I\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Ph\u1ea7n II\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Ph\u1ea7n III [ad_1] Majjhima Nik\u0101ya1. 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