{"id":35858,"date":"2022-08-22T05:47:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T22:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/sutta-82\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T18:09:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T11:09:13","slug":"kinh-trung-bo-eng-82-kinh-ratthapala-ratthapala-sutta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/trang-chu\/2022\/08\/22\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-82-kinh-ratthapala-ratthapala-sutta\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 ENG  82 Kinh Ratthap\u0101la (Ratthap\u0101la sutta)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35858\" class=\"elementor elementor-35858\">\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-a86bb31 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-space-around elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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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 82.Kinh Ratthap\u0101la (Ratthap\u0101la sutta)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1991\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1991\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2020\/10\/21\/kinh-ratthapala\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2020\/10\/21\/kinh-ratthapala\/\">82.Kinh Ratthap\u0101la (Ratthap\u0101la sutta)<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-82-kinh-ratthapala-ratthapala-sutta\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 ENG 82 Kinh Ratthap\u0101la (Ratthap\u0101la sutta)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/mn-82-ra%e1%b9%ad%e1%b9%adhapala-sutta%e1%b9%83\/\" 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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\/>II. Majjhima-Pa\u1e47\u1e47\u0101sa<br\/>4. R\u0101ja Vagga<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">The Middle Length Sayings<br\/>II. The Middle Fifty Discourses<br\/>4. The Royal 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_2.htm#p82\">Sutta 82<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la Sutta\u0271<\/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=\"pg250\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[250]<\/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.082.pali.bd.htm#p1\">1<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/misc\/mn\/mn.082.lupt.misc.htm#p1\">lupt<\/a>][<a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/chlm\/mn\/mn.082.chlm.sbb.htm\">chlm<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/ati\/mn\/mn.082.than.ati.htm#p1\">than<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/wp\/mn\/mn.082.ntbb.wp.htm#p1\">ntbb<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/mnl\/mn\/mn.082.upal.mnl.htm#p1\">upal<\/a>]<\/span> THUS have I heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">At one time the Lord,<br\/>walking on tour among the Kurus<br\/>together with a large Order of monks<br\/>arrived at the market <a id=\"pg251\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[251]<\/b><\/span><\/a> town of the Kurus<br\/>called Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The brahmans and householders of Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Indeed the recluse Gotama,<br\/>the son of the Sakyans,<br\/>gone forth from the Sakyan family,<br\/>walking on tour among the Kurus<br\/>together with a large Order of monks<br\/>has arrived at Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">A lovely report about the revered Gotama has gone forth thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;This Lord is perfected,<br\/>wholly Self-Awakened,<br\/>endowed with (right) knowledge and conduct,<br\/>well-farer,<br\/>knower of the worlds,<br\/>incomparable charioteer of men to be tamed,<br\/>teacher of devas and men,<br\/>the Awakened One,<br\/>the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">He makes known this world<br\/>with the devas,<br\/>with M\u0101ra,<br\/>with Brahma,<br\/>creation with its recluses and brahmans,<br\/>its devas and men,<br\/>having realized them<br\/>by his own super-knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">With the meaning and the spirit<br\/>he teaches dhamma<br\/>that is lovely in the beginning,<br\/>lovely in the middle,<br\/>lovely at the ending;<br\/>he proclaims the Brahma-faring wholly fulfilled,<br\/>quite purified.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It were good to see perfected ones like this.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the brahmans and householders of Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita<br\/>approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>some, having greeted the Lord,<br\/>sat down at a respectful distance;<br\/>some exchanged greetings with the Lord,<br\/>and having conversed in a friendly and courteous way,<br\/>sat down at a respectful distance;<br\/>some, having saluted the Lord with joined palms,<br\/>sat down at a respectful distance;<br\/>some, having made known their names and clans in the Lord&#8217;s presence,<br\/>sat down at a respectful distance;<br\/>some, becoming silent,<br\/>sat down at a respectful distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As the brahmans and householders of Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita<br\/>were sitting down at a respectful distance,<br\/>the Lord gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited<br\/>and delighted them<br\/>with a talk on dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now at that time<br\/>a young man of family<br\/>named Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn1\" href=\"#n1\">1<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>the son of a leading family<br\/>in that very Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita,<br\/>was sitting down in this assembly.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>the young man of family:<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn2\" href=\"#n2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;In so far as I understand dhamma taught by the Lord,<br\/>it is no easy matter for one living in a house<br\/>to fare the Brahma-faring<br\/>completely fulfilled,<br\/>completely pure<br\/>and polished like a conch-shell.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose that I,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the brahmans and householders of Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita,<br\/>gladdened,<br\/>roused,<br\/>incited<br\/>and delighted<br\/>by the Lord&#8217;s talk on dhamma,<br\/>rejoicing <a id=\"pg0\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[252]<\/b><\/span><\/a> in what the Lord had said<br\/>and giving thanks for it,<br\/>rising from their seats<br\/>and greeting the Lord,<br\/>departed keeping their right sides towards him.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And not long after the brahmans and householders of Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita had departed,<br\/>Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>having greeted the Lord,<br\/>he sat down at a respectful distance;<br\/>sitting down at a respectful distance,<br\/>he spoke thus to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;In so far as I, revered sir,<br\/>understand dhamma taught by the Lord,<br\/>it is no easy matter<br\/>for one living in a house<br\/>to fare the Brahma-faring<br\/>completely fulfilled,<br\/>completely pure<br\/>and polished like a conch-shell.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I wish, revered sir,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>to go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">May I, revered sir,<br\/>receive the going forth<br\/>in the Lord&#8217;s presence,<br\/>may I receive ordination.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;But have you, Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>your parents consent<br\/>for going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I have not, revered sir,<br\/>the consent of my parents<br\/>for going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, Tath\u0101gatas do not allow (one<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn3\" href=\"#n3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span>) to go forth<br\/>without the consent of the parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I, revered sir,<br\/>will do whatever is necessary<br\/>so that my parents will consent<br\/>to my going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>having greeted the Lord<br\/>keeping his right side towards him,<br\/>rising from his seat<br\/>approached his parents;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he spoke thus to his parents:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Mother and father,<br\/>in so far as I understand dhamma taught by the Lord,<br\/>it is no easy matter<br\/>for one living in a home<br\/>to fare the Brahma-faring<br\/>completely fulfilled,<br\/>completely pure,<br\/>and polished like a conch-shell.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I wish,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>to go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Consent to my going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said,<br\/>the parents of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>are our only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Come you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat and drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking<br\/>and amusing yourself,<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself<br\/>with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">We do not consent <a id=\"pg253\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[253]<\/b><\/span><\/a><br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you were to die<br\/>we should be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">How could we,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8221;<\/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 a second time Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to his parents:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Mother and father, in so far as I understand dhamma taught by the Lord,<br\/>it is no easy matter<br\/>for one living in a home<br\/>to fare the Brahma-faring<br\/>completely fulfilled,<br\/>completely pure,<br\/>and polished like a conch-shell.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I wish,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>to go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Consent to my going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And a second time,<br\/>when this had been said,<br\/>the parents of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>are our only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Come you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat and drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking<br\/>and amusing yourself,<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself<br\/>with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">We do not consent<br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you were to die<br\/>we should be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">How could we,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8221;<\/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 a third time Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to his parents:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Mother and father, in so far as I understand dhamma taught by the Lord,<br\/>it is no easy matter<br\/>for one living in a home<br\/>to fare the Brahma-faring<br\/>completely fulfilled,<br\/>completely pure,<br\/>and polished like a conch-shell.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I wish,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>to go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Consent to my going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And a third time,<br\/>when this had been said,<br\/>the parents of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>are our only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Come you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat and drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking<br\/>and amusing yourself,<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself<br\/>with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">We do not consent<br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you were to die<br\/>we should be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">How could we,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>not receiving his parents&#8217; consent,<br\/>lay down there on the bare ground<br\/>and said:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Here will there be death for me<br\/>or going forth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the parents of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, are our only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Get up, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat and drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking,<br\/>amusing yourself<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">We do not consent<br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you were to die<br\/>we should be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">How could we,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said,<br\/>Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>was silent.<\/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 a second time the parents of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, are our only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Get up, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat and drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking,<br\/>amusing yourself<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">We do not consent<br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you were to die<br\/>we should be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">How could we,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And a second time, when this had been said,<br\/>Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>was silent.<\/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 a third time the parents of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, are our only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Get up, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat and drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking,<br\/>amusing yourself<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">We do not consent<br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you were to die<br\/>we should be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">How could we,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And a third time, when this had been said,<br\/>Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>was silent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the parents of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>approached his friends;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>they spoke thus to them;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;This Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>is lying down on the bare ground, dears,<br\/>and saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;Here will there be death for me<br\/>or going forth.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Come, dears,<br\/>approach Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>speak thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;You, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>are your parents&#8217; only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Get up, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat and drink<br\/>and <a id=\"pg254\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[254]<\/b><\/span><\/a> amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking<br\/>and amusing yourself,<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Your parents do not consent<br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">If you were to die<br\/>your parents would be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">How can they,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the friends of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>having answered his parents in assent,<br\/>approached Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family;<br\/>and having approached,<br\/>they spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>are your parents&#8217; only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Get up, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat and drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking<br\/>and amusing yourself,<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself<br\/>with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Your parents do not consent<br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you were to die<br\/>your parents would be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">How can they,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said,<br\/>Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>was silent.<\/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 a second time the friends of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>are your parents&#8217; only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Get up, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat aiul drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking<br\/>and amusing yourself,<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself<br\/>with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Your parents do not consent<br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you were to die<br\/>your parents would be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">How can they,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And a second time,<br\/>Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>was silent.<\/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 a third time<br\/>did the friends of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>speak thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>are your parents&#8217; only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Get up, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>eat aiul drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking<br\/>and amusing yourself,<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself<br\/>with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Your parents do not consent<br\/>that you should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you were to die<br\/>your parents would be desolate without you.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">How can they,<br\/>while you are living,<br\/>consent to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And a third time,<br\/>Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>was silent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the friends of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>approached his parents;<br\/>and having approached,<br\/>they spoke thus to them:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Mother and father,<br\/>this Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>is lying on the bare pound there saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;Here will there be death for me<br\/>or going forth.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If you do not consent<br\/>that Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>should go forth from home into homelessness,<br\/>he will die there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But if you consent<br\/>to his going forth from home into homelessness,<br\/>after he has gone forth<br\/>you may see him again.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>does not enjoy the going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness,<br\/>what alternative will there be for him?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He will come back here.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Consent to the going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness<br\/>of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;We consent, dears,<br\/>to the going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness<br\/>of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But after he has gone forth,<br\/>he must come and see us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the friends of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>approached him;<br\/>and having approached,<br\/>they spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;You, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>are your parents&#8217; only child,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>you live in comfort<br\/>and are well cared for;<br\/>you, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>do not know anything of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Get up,<br\/>eat and drink<br\/>and amuse yourself;<br\/>eating,<br\/>drinking<br\/>and amusing yourself,<br\/>you can enjoy diverting yourself<br\/>with sense-pleasures<br\/>and doing <a id=\"pg255\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[255]<\/b><\/span><\/a> meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Your parents have consented<br\/>to your going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness,<br\/>but after you have gone forth<br\/>you must see your parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>having got up<br\/>and regained his strength,<br\/>approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>having greeted the Lord,<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\/>Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>spoke thus to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I, revered sir,<br\/>have my parents&#8217; consent<br\/>for the going forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">May the Lord let me go forth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>received the going forth<br\/>in the Lord&#8217;s presence,<br\/>he received ordination.<\/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\">Not long after the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la had been ordained &#8211;<br\/>half a month after he had been ordained &#8211;<br\/>the Lord, having stayed for as long as he found suitable in Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita,<br\/>set out on tour for S\u0101vatth\u012b;<br\/>and in due course,<br\/>walking on tour,<br\/>he arrived at S\u0101vatth\u012b.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">While he was there<br\/>the Lord stayed near S\u0101vatth\u012b<br\/>in the Jeta Grove<br\/>in An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika&#8217;s monastery.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>dwelling alone,<br\/>aloof,<br\/>diligent,<br\/>ardent,<br\/>self-resolute,<br\/>having soon realized<br\/>here and now<br\/>by his own super-knowledge<br\/>that incomparable goal of the Brahma-faring<br\/>for the sake of which<br\/>young men of family<br\/>rightly go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness,<br\/>entering on it,<br\/>he abided in it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And he knew:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Destroyed is birth,<br\/>brought to a close the Brahma-faring,<br\/>done is what was to be done,<br\/>there is no more of being such or so.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;And the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la<br\/>was one of the perfected ones.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>having greeted the Lord,<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\/>the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la spoke thus to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I want, revered sir,<br\/>to see my parents,<br\/>if the Lord allows me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord<br\/>with his mind carefully reflected<br\/>on the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s reasoning of mind.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When the Lord knew<br\/>that it was impossible for the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>throwing off the training,<br\/>to return to the secular life,<br\/>then the Lord spoke thus<br\/>to the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Do now, Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>that for which you think it is the right time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>rising from his seat,<br\/>having greeted the Lord<br\/>keeping his right side towards him,<br\/>having packed away his bedding,<br\/>set out on tour for Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita<br\/>taking his bowl and robe;<br\/>and in due course,<br\/>walking on tour,<br\/>he arrived at Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><a id=\"pg256\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[256]<\/b><\/span><\/a> While he was there,<br\/>the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la stayed near Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita<br\/>in the deer-park of the Kuru king.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>dressing in the morning,<br\/>taking his bowl and robe,<br\/>entered Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita for almsfood;<br\/>while he was walking on an uninterrupted round for almsfood,<br\/>he approached his own parents&#8217; house.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now at that time the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s father<br\/>was having his hair combed<br\/>in the middle hall<br\/>which had a door.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn4\" href=\"#n4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He saw the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, coming in the distance,<br\/>and seeing him,<br\/>he spoke thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Our only son,<br\/>dear and beloved,<br\/>has gone forth among these shaveling recluses.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>received neither alms nor a refusal<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn5\" href=\"#n5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>at his own father&#8217;s house;<br\/>all he received was abuse.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now at that time<br\/>the woman slave of the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s relations<br\/>wanted to throw away<br\/>the previous evening&#8217;s barley-gruel.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la spoke thus to her:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;If that, sister,<br\/>is to be thrown away,<br\/>put it here in my bowl.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then as the woman slave<br\/>of the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s relations<br\/>was putting the previous evening&#8217;s barley-gruel<br\/>into his bowl<br\/>she recognised his hands and feet and voice.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So the woman slave<br\/>of the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s relations<br\/>approached his mother,<br\/>and having approached,<br\/>she spoke thus to her:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;If it please you, madam,<br\/>you should know<br\/>that the young master Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la is back.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Now then, if you speak the truth,<br\/>you are a freed woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s mother<br\/>approached his father;<br\/>and having approached,<br\/>she spoke thus to his father:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;If it please you, householder,<br\/>you should know that Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>is indeed back.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now at that time<br\/>the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la was eating the previous evening&#8217;s barley-gruel<br\/>in a room provided for the purpose.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn6\" href=\"#n6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s father approached him;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Can it be, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/><a id=\"pg257\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[257]<\/b><\/span><\/a> that you are eating last evening&#8217;s barley-gruel?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Surely, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>you should come into your own home?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Where, householder, is there a home<br\/>for us who have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">We are houseless ones, householder.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I did come to your home, householder;<br\/>but I received neither alms there<br\/>nor a refusal;<br\/>all I received was abuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Come, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>we will go to the house.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;No, householder,<br\/>I have done with eating for today.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Well then, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>consent to a meal on the morrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la consented<br\/>by becoming silent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And when the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s father<br\/>had understood that he had consented,<br\/>he went up to his own dwelling;<br\/>and having gone there,<br\/>he had a great heap made<br\/>of gold coins and gold,<br\/>and having had them hidden with screens,<br\/>he summoned the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s former wives,<br\/>and said:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Come you, daughters-in-law,<br\/>adorn yourselves with the adornments<br\/>adorned with which<br\/>you used to be dear to Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, the young man of family,<br\/>and beloved by him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And towards the end of that night<br\/>the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s father,<br\/>having had sumptuous foods,<br\/>solid and soft,<br\/>prepared in his own dwelling,<br\/>had the time announced<br\/>to the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is time, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>the meal is ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>having dressed in the morning,<br\/>taking his bowl and robe,<br\/>approached his own father&#8217;s dwelling;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he sat down on the seat made ready.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s father,<br\/>having had that heap of gold coins and gold uncovered,<br\/>spoke thus to the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;This, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>is your mother&#8217;s wealth,<br\/>the other is your father&#8217;s,<br\/>the other your paternal grandfather&#8217;s.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn7\" href=\"#n7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is possible, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>both to enjoy riches<br\/>and do meritorious things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Come you, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>throwing off the training<br\/>and returning to the secular life,<br\/>enjoy riches<br\/>and do meritorious things.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;If you, householder,<br\/>would do my bidding,<br\/>having loaded this heap of gold coins and gold into wagons,<br\/>and then having had it brought down,<br\/>you would have it dropped<br\/>in the middle stream of the river Ganges.<\/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\">It is from that source, householder,<br\/>that there will arise for you<br\/>grief,<br\/>sorrow,<br\/>suffering,<br\/>lamentation<br\/>and despair.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Taking hold of his feet,<br\/>the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s former wives<br\/><a id=\"pg258\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[258]<\/b><\/span><\/a> then spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;How, young master,<br\/>of what kind<br\/>are those nymphs<br\/>for whose sake you fare the Brahma-faring?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;We, sisters, do not fare the Brahma-faring<br\/>for the sake of nymphs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Saying,<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;The young master Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la<br\/>addresses us with the word &#8216;sisters,'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">they fell down fainting just there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la<br\/>spoke thus to his father:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;If you would give food, householder,<br\/>give it;<br\/>but do not annoy us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Eat, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>the meal is ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s father<br\/>with his own hand<br\/>served and satisfied the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la<br\/>with sumptuous food,<br\/>solid and soft.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And when the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la had eaten<br\/>and had withdrawn his hand from the bowl,<br\/>standing he spoke these verses:<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn8\" href=\"#n8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8220;See<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn9\" href=\"#n9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> the pranked-out puppet-shape,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn10\" href=\"#n10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> a mass of sores, a congeries,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn11\" href=\"#n11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>afflicted, much thought of,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn12\" href=\"#n12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> for which there is never stability.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">See the pranked-out form with jewels and rings,<br\/>the bones sheathed in skin, resplendent with the clothes,<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">The feet dyed with lac, the face with powder smeared &#8211;<br\/>enough for delusion of a fool, but not for the quester of the Beyond.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Hair braided eightfold, eyes with collyrium smeared &#8211;<br\/>enough for delusion of a fool, but not for the quester of the Beyond.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Like a new collyrium-box, embossed, is the foul body, adorned &#8211;<br\/>enough for delusion of a fool, but not for the quester of the Beyond.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">The trapper set a snare; the deer touched not the net.<br\/>Having eaten the crop, we go while the deer-catchers lament.&#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\"><a id=\"pg259\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[259]<\/b><\/span><\/a> After the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la had spoken these verses while he was standing,<br\/>he approached the deer-park of the Kuru king;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn13\" href=\"#n13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>having approached,<br\/>he sat down for the day-sojoum<br\/>at the root of a tree.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Kuru king addressed a trapper,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn14\" href=\"#n14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Clear a pleasure-ground, good trapper,<br\/>in the deer-park;<br\/>we will go to see the lovely ground.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Yes, sire,&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">and when the trapper had answered the Kuru king in assent,<br\/>he saw, while he was clearing the deer-park,<br\/>the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la sitting down for the day-sojourn<br\/>at the root of a tree;<br\/>on seeing him,<br\/>he approached the Kuru king,<br\/>and having approached,<br\/>he spoke thus to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Sire, the deer-park is cleared;<br\/>but there is the young man of family, Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>the son of a leading family near this very Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita,<br\/>and whom yon have constantly praised,<br\/>sitting at the root of a tree<br\/>for the day-sojourn.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Well then, good trapper,<br\/>no more now today of the pleasure-ground,<br\/>but we will now at once<br\/>pay respects to the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And when he had said:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Give away all the solid and soft food<br\/>that has been prepared,&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">he had many lovely vehicles harnessed,<br\/>and having mounted a lovely vehicle,<br\/>he set forth from Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita<br\/>in great royal pomp<br\/>with the many lovely vehicles<br\/>so as to see the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having gone by vehicle<br\/>for as far as the ground was passable,<br\/>and having then descended from the vehicle,<br\/>with his princely train<br\/>he approached the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la on foot;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he exchanged greetings with the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la;<br\/>and having conversed in a friendly and courteous way,<br\/>he stood at a respectful distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As he was standing at a respectful distance,<br\/>the Kuru king spoke thus to the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Let the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la<br\/>sit down here on the elephant-rug.&#8221;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn15\" href=\"#n15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><a id=\"pg260\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[260]<\/b><\/span><\/a> &#8220;No, sire; you sit down,<br\/>I am sitting on a seat of my own.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The Kura king sat down<br\/>on the prepared seat;<br\/>while he was sitting down<br\/>the Kuru king spoke thus to the venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>there are these four kinds of loss<br\/>followed by which<br\/>some (men) here,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>go forth from home into homelessness.<\/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\">Loss through old age,<br\/>loss through illness,<br\/>loss of wealth,<br\/>loss of relations.<\/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 what, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>is loss through old age?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As to this, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>someone is worn,<br\/>old,<br\/>full of years,<br\/>has lived his span<br\/>and is at the close of his life.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He reflects thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;I am now worn,<br\/>old,<br\/>full of years,<br\/>I have lived my span<br\/>and am at the close of my life,<br\/>so it is not easy for me<br\/>to acquire wealth not already acquired<br\/>or to use to advantage<br\/>the wealth already acquired.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Suppose that I,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he, following<span class=\"f3\"><sup>[<a id=\"edfn1\" href=\"#edn1\">ed1<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> this loss through old age,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>goes forth from home into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, this is called<br\/>loss through old age.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la is still young,<br\/>endowed with the coal-black hair of radiant youth,<br\/>in his early prime,<br\/>and there is none of this loss through old age<br\/>for the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What has the good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la known<br\/>or seen<br\/>or heard<br\/>that he has gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?<\/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 what, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, is<br\/>loss through illness?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As to this, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>someone is ill,<br\/>in pain,<br\/>grievously ill.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He reflects thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;I am now ill,<br\/>in pain,<br\/>grievously ill,<br\/>so it is not easy for me<br\/>to acquire wealth not already acquired<br\/>or to use to advantage<br\/>the wealth already acquired.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Suppose that I,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he, following this loss through illness,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>goes forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, this is called<br\/>loss through illness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la is still free from illness,<br\/>not ailing,<br\/>possessed of a good digestion<br\/>that is neither too cold<br\/>nor too hot,<br\/>and there is none of this loss through illness<br\/>for the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What has the good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la known<br\/>or seen<br\/>or heard<br\/>that he has gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?<\/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 what, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, is<br\/>loss of wealth?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As to this, good <a id=\"pg261\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[261]<\/b><\/span><\/a> Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>someone is rich,<br\/>of great possessions,<br\/>very wealthy,<br\/>but gradually these riches of his diminish.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He reflects thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;Formerly I was rich,<br\/>of great possessions,<br\/>very wealthy,<br\/>but gradually these riches of mine<br\/>have diminished,<br\/>so it is not easy for me<br\/>to acquire wealth not already acquired<br\/>or to use to advantage<br\/>the wealth already acquired.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Suppose that I,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he, following this loss through wealth,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>goes forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, this is called<br\/>loss of wealth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la is the son of a leading family<br\/>in this very Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita,<br\/>and there is none of this loss of wealth<br\/>for the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What has the good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la known<br\/>or seen<br\/>or heard<br\/>that he has gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?<\/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 what, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, is<br\/>loss of relations?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As to this, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>someone has many friends and acquaintances,<br\/>kith and kin,<br\/>but gradually these relations of his diminish.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He reflects thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;Formerly I had many friends and acquaintances,<br\/>kith and kin,<br\/>but gradually these relations of mine have diminished,<br\/>so it is not easy for me<br\/>to acquire wealth not already acquired<br\/>or to use to advantage<br\/>the wealth already acquired.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Suppose that I,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>should go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So he, following this loss through relations,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>goes forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la, this is called<br\/>loss of relations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la has many friends and acquaintances,<br\/>kith and kin,<br\/>in this very Thullako\u1e6d\u1e6dhita,<br\/>and there is none of this loss of relations<br\/>for the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What has the good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la known<br\/>or seen<br\/>or heard<br\/>that he has gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>are the four kinds of loss<br\/>followed by which<br\/>some (men) here,<br\/>having cut off hair and beard,<br\/>having donned saffron garments,<br\/>go forth from home into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But there are none of these<br\/>for the revered Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What has the good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la known<br\/>or seen<br\/>or heard<br\/>that he has gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;There are, sire,<br\/>four expoundings of Dhamma<br\/>expounded by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One;<br\/>because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard these<br\/>I have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/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\">The first expounding of Dhamma<br\/>expounded by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One is that:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The unstable world<br\/>is brought to an end.&#8217;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn16\" href=\"#n16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard this<br\/>I have gone forth <a id=\"pg262\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[262]<\/b><\/span><\/a> from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The second expounding of Dhamma<br\/>expounded by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One is that:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world is no refuge,<br\/>no guard.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard this<br\/>I have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The third expounding of Dhamma<br\/>expounded by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One is that:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world is not one&#8217;s own,<br\/>one must go<br\/>leaving everything.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard this<br\/>I have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The fourth expounding of Dhamma<br\/>expounded by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One is that:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world lacks and is unsatisfied,<br\/>a slave to craving.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard this<br\/>I have gone forth from home into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These, sire, are the four expoundings of Dhamma<br\/>expounded by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One;<br\/>because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard these<br\/>I have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;The good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la says:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The unstable world<br\/>is brought to an end.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But how is the meaning of this saying to be understood,<br\/>good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Were you,<br\/>at the age of twenty<br\/>or twenty-five,<br\/>expert in (handling) an elephant<br\/>and a horse<br\/>and a chariot<br\/>and a bow<br\/>and a sword,<br\/>strong of leg and arm,<br\/>able<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn17\" href=\"#n17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> and proficient in warfare?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>at the age of twenty<br\/>or twenty-five,<br\/>was expert in (handling) an elephant<br\/>and a horse<br\/>and a chariot<br\/>and a bow<br\/>and a sword,<br\/>I was strong of leg and arm,<br\/>able and proficient in warfare;<br\/>methinks I was sometimes inspired;<br\/>I saw none equal to myself in strength.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Are you still so strong in leg and arm,<br\/>able and proficient in warfare?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;No, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>I am now worn,<br\/>old,<br\/>full of years,<br\/>I have lived my span<br\/>and am at the close of my life &#8211;<br\/>round eighty years of age.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Sometimes, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>when I want to take a step in one direction<br\/>I step in another.&#8221;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn18\" href=\"#n18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It was in reference to this, sire,<br\/>that the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One, said:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The unstable world <a id=\"pg263\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[263]<\/b><\/span><\/a><br\/>is brought to an end.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard this<br\/>I have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is wonderful, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>it is marvellous, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>that this was so well spoken<br\/>by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One, that:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The unstable world<br\/>is brought to an end.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>the unstable world<br\/>is brought to an end.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>in this royal family<br\/>are squadrons of elephants<br\/>and squadrons of horses<br\/>and squadrons of chariots<br\/>and squadrons of infantry<br\/>which, if we were in distress,<br\/>would defend us.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn19\" href=\"#n19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la says:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world is no refuge,<br\/>no guard.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But how is the meaning of this saying to be understood,<br\/>good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Have you any chronic illness?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I have a chronic illness of wind,<br\/>good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Sometimes friends and acquaintances,<br\/>kith and kin<br\/>stand round me, saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;Now the Kuru king will pass away,<br\/>now the Kuru king will pass away.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Would you be able to say<br\/>to friends and acquaintances,<br\/>kith and kin:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Let the good friends and acquaintances,<br\/>kith and kin,<br\/>ease my pain,<br\/>let them all share this feeling<br\/>so that I could experience<br\/>a more buoyant feeling?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Or do you have to experience that feeling alone?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>am not able to say to friends and acquaintances,<br\/>kith and kin:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Let the good friends and acquaintances,<br\/>kith and kin,<br\/>ease my pain,<br\/>let them all share this feeling<br\/>so that I could experience<br\/>a more buoyant feeling.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So I have to experience that feeling alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It was in reference to this, sire,<br\/>that the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One, said:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world is no refuge,<br\/>no guard.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard this<br\/>I have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is wonderful, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>it is marvellous, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>that this was so well spoken<br\/>by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One, that:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world is no refuge,<br\/>no guard.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>the world is no refuge,<br\/>no guard.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now, Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>in this royal family<br\/>is an abundance of gold coins and gold,<br\/>both in the ground<br\/>and above it.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn20\" href=\"#n20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The good <a id=\"pg264\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[264]<\/b><\/span><\/a> Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la says:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world is not one&#8217;s own,<br\/>one must go<br\/>leaving everything.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But how is the meaning of this saying to be understood,<br\/>good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Although you at present<br\/>divert yourself<br\/>endowed with<br\/>and possessed of<br\/>the five strands of sense-pleasures,<br\/>will you hereafter be able to say:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Even so am I diverting myself<br\/>endowed with<br\/>and possessed of<br\/>these same five strands of sense-pleasures?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Or will others<br\/>come into this wealth<br\/>while you go on<br\/>according to kamma?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Although I at present, dear Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>divert myself<br\/>endowed with<br\/>and possessed of<br\/>the five strands of sense-pleasures,<br\/>I will not hereafter be able to say:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Even so am I diverting myself<br\/>endowed with<br\/>and possessed of<br\/>these same five strands of sense-pleasures.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So others will come into this wealth<br\/>while I go on<br\/>according to kamma&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It was in reference to this, sire,<br\/>that the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One, said:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world is not one&#8217;s own,<br\/>one must go<br\/>leaving everything.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard this<br\/>I have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is wonderful, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>it is marvellous, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>that this was so well spoken<br\/>by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One, that:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world is not one&#8217;s own, one must go leaving everything.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>the world is not one&#8217;s own,<br\/>one must go<br\/>leaving everything.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr c\">\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now, the good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la says:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world lacks and is unsatisfied,<br\/>a slave to craving.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But how is the meaning of this saying to be understood,<br\/>good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Is the Kuru you dwell in as master,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn21\" href=\"#n21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>prosperous?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Yes, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>the Kuru I dwell in as master is prosperous.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If a trustworthy,<br\/>reliable man<br\/>were to come to you here from the east<br\/>and having approached you<br\/>should say:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;If it please you, sire,<br\/>you should know that I am coming from the east,<br\/>and have seen a great country there,<br\/>rich,<br\/>prosperous,<br\/>thronged with people;<br\/>there were many squadrons of elephants there,<br\/>squadrons of horses,<br\/>squadrons of chariots,<br\/>squadrons of infantry;<br\/>there is much ivory there,<br\/>much gold<br\/>both unwrought <a id=\"pg265\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[265]<\/b><\/span><\/a><br\/>and wrought,<br\/>many women are there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And it is possible to conquer it<br\/>with such and such a force.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Conquer it, sire.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What would you do?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;When I had conquered it, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>I should dwell in it as master.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If a trustworthy,<br\/>reliable man<br\/>were to come to you here from the west<br\/>and having approached you<br\/>should say:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;If it please you, sire,<br\/>you should know that I am coming from the east,<br\/>and have seen a great country there,<br\/>rich,<br\/>prosperous,<br\/>thronged with people;<br\/>there were many squadrons of elephants there,<br\/>squadrons of horses,<br\/>squadrons of chariots,<br\/>squadrons of infantry;<br\/>there is much ivory there,<br\/>much gold<br\/>both unwrought<br\/>and wrought,<br\/>many women are there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And it is possible to conquer it<br\/>with such and such a force.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Conquer it, sire.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What would you do?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;When I had conquered it, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>I should dwell in it as master.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If a trustworthy,<br\/>reliable man<br\/>were to come to you here from the north<br\/>and having approached you<br\/>should say:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;If it please you, sire,<br\/>you should know that I am coming from the east,<br\/>and have seen a great country there,<br\/>rich,<br\/>prosperous,<br\/>thronged with people;<br\/>there were many squadrons of elephants there,<br\/>squadrons of horses,<br\/>squadrons of chariots,<br\/>squadrons of infantry;<br\/>there is much ivory there,<br\/>much gold<br\/>both unwrought<br\/>and wrought,<br\/>many women are there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And it is possible to conquer it<br\/>with such and such a force.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Conquer it, sire.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What would you do?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;When I had conquered it, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>I should dwell in it as master.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;What do you think about this, sire?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If a trustworthy,<br\/>reliable man<br\/>were to come to you here from the south<br\/>and having approached you<br\/>should say:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;If it please you, sire,<br\/>you should know that I am coming from the east,<br\/>and have seen a great country there,<br\/>rich,<br\/>prosperous,<br\/>thronged with people;<br\/>there were many squadrons of elephants there,<br\/>squadrons of horses,<br\/>squadrons of chariots,<br\/>squadrons of infantry;<br\/>there is much ivory there,<br\/>much gold<br\/>both unwrought<br\/>and wrought,<br\/>many women are there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And it is possible to conquer it<br\/>with such and such a force.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Conquer it, sire.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What would you do?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;When I had conquered it, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>I should dwell in it as master.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It was in reference to this, sire,<br\/>that the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One, said:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world lacks and is unsatisfied,<br\/>a slave to craving.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Because I have known<br\/>and seen<br\/>and heard this<br\/>I have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is wonderful, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>it is marvellous, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>that this was so well spoken<br\/>by the Lord who knows,<br\/>who sees,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One, that:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;The world lacks<br\/>and is unsatisfied,<br\/>a slave to craving.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For, good Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la,<br\/>the world lacks,<br\/>it is unsatisfied,<br\/>it is a slave to craving.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The venerable Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la said this;<br\/>having said this,<br\/>he further spoke thus;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn22\" href=\"#n22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8220;I see men of wealth in the world-<br\/>acquiring property, from delusion they give not away;<br\/>out of greed a hoard of wealth they make,<br\/>and hanker sorely after more sense-pleasures.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">A king, having forcibly conquered the earth,<br\/>inhabiting a land with the ocean its confines,<br\/>not satisfied with this side of the sea<br\/>hankers after the sea&#8217;s further side too.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Kings and full many another man<br\/>come to their dying their cravings not gone;<br\/><a id=\"pg266\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[266]<\/b><\/span><\/a> as those that still lack they put off the body;<br\/>yet in the world is no satisfaction in sense-pleasures.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn23\" href=\"#n23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Letting down their hair, kinsmen bewail him<br\/>and say: &#8216;Alas, he is not undying.&#8217;<br\/>Bearing him wrapped in a shroud,<br\/>kindling a pyre, they cremate him then.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Being prodded by stakes, he burns<br\/>in the one garment, riches got rid of.<br\/>Not to one who is dying are kinsfolk a refuge<br\/>any more than are friends or intimates here.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Heirs carry off his wealth;<br\/>but the being goes on according to <i>kamma.<\/i><br\/>Wealth does not follow him who is dying,<br\/>nor child or wife, nor wealth or kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Long life is not gained from wealth,<br\/>nor is old age banished by property.<br\/>&#8216;For brief is this life,&#8217; the wise say,<br\/>non-eternal, subject to change.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Rich and poor feel the touch,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn24\" href=\"#n24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>fool and wise are touched alike.<br\/>But the fool, as though struck down by folly, prostrate lies,<br\/>while the wise, touched by the touch, trembles not.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Wherefore better than wealth is wisdom<br\/>by which one here secures accomplishment.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn25\" href=\"#n25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>Not being accomplished in this-becoming or that,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn26\" href=\"#n26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> they do evil deeds from delusion.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\"><a id=\"pg267\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[267]<\/b><\/span><\/a> He comes to a womb and to another world,<br\/>being bound to samsara,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn27\" href=\"#n27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> in a successive (round);<br\/>one of little wisdom, having faith in him,<br\/>comes to a womb and to another world.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">As a thief of evil nature, caught in the act<br\/>of breaking in, is ruined<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn28\" href=\"#n28\">28<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> by his own <i>kamma,<\/i><br\/>so the race, of evil nature, is hereafter,<br\/>in another world, ruined by its own <i>kamma.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">Divers sweet, delightful sense-pleasures<br\/>in various ways disturb the mind;<br\/>having seen the peril in sense-pleasures,<br\/>I, O sire, have therefore gone forth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">As fruits from the tree, so fall men,<br\/>both young and old, on the break up of the body.<br\/>Having seen<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn29\" href=\"#n29\">29<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> this too, I have gone forth, sire.<br\/>Better indeed is sure recluseship.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr\">Discourse with Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la<\/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 <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/01_ones\/an01.188-295.pali.bd.htm#p210\"><i>A.<\/i> ii. 24<\/a> called chief of those gone forth from faith.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n2\" href=\"#fn2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup> The story of Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la&#8217;s efforts to be ordained and of the events immediately following is very similar to the story of Sudinna at <i>Vin.<\/i> iii. 12 <i>ff.<\/i> There are also some interesting variations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n3\" href=\"#fn3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>putta\u0271,<\/i> of <i>Vin.<\/i> iii. 12 (and <i>cf.<\/i> <i>Vin.<\/i> i. 83) is omitted here, perhaps because Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la was at this time rather more than a child.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n4\" href=\"#fn4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 295 says: at the porch of the door in the middle of a house with seven porched doors. See <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/mn.056.horn.pts.htm#pg47\">above, p. 47.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n5\" href=\"#fn5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup> A refusal would mean that without waiting longer the bhikkhu could pass on to the next house; and might receive the necessary alms there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n6\" href=\"#fn6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>ku\u1e0d\u1e0da\u0271 niss\u0101ya.<\/i> Perhaps &#8220;leaning against a wall.&#8221; But <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 297 says &#8220;in that district there were halls in benefactors&#8217; houses, where seats were prepared and vessels of water, and where those who had gone forth sat down and ate when they were walking for alms. &#8230; For those who have gone forth do not sit down to eat in unsuitable places as do beggars.&#8221; The exact meaning of <i>ku\u1e0d\u1e0da<\/i> <i>(v.l. ku\u1e6d\u1e6da, ku\u1e0d\u1e0da- <\/i>and<i> ku\u1e6d\u1e6dam\u016bla)<\/i> in this passage is however not clear.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n7\" href=\"#fn7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>pit\u0101maha\u0271,<\/i> perhaps more exactly &#8220;ancestors&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n8\" href=\"#fn8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup> Verses as at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/kd\/thag\/idx_thag.htm#p251\">Thag. 769-774,<\/a> there also ascribed to Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la. The remainder of his verses are at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.082.pali.bd.htm#pg72\"><i>M.<\/i> ii. 72-74<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/kd\/thag\/thag.251.rhyc.pts.htm#v776\">(<i>Thag.<\/i> 776-788),<\/a> with the exception of <i>Thag.<\/i> ver. <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/kd\/thag\/thag.251.rhyc.pts.htm#v775\">775,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/kd\/thag\/thag.251.rhyc.pts.htm#v789\">789-703<\/a> which occur only there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n9\" href=\"#fn9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup> This verse also occurs at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/dhp\/kd.dhp.mulr.sbe.htm#v147\"><i>Dhp.<\/i> 147,<\/a> being spoken, according to <i>DhA.<\/i> iii. 104 on account of Sirim\u0101, the beautiful courtesan of R\u0101jagaha.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n10\" href=\"#fn10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>bimba,<\/i> a shape, image; <i>cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/01_sagv\/sn01.05.001-010.pali.bd.htm#pg134\"><i>S.<\/i> i. 134.<\/a> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 301 = <i>DhA.<\/i> iii. 109 = <i>ThagA.<\/i> explain by <i>attabh\u0101va.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n11\" href=\"#fn11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>samussita\u0271.<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 302 says that, with 300 bones, held together by 900 sinews, smeared with 900 lumps of flesh, it is built up (<i>ussita,<\/i> erected?) on every side.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n12\" href=\"#fn12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>bahusa\u0271kappa\u0271,<\/i> by others.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n13\" href=\"#fn13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>r\u0101j\u0101 Koravyo,<\/i> It is not clear whether Koravya was his personal name or a generic name of the king of the Kurus, See <i>DPPN.<\/i> s.v. Korabya.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n14\" href=\"#fn14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>migava.<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 304 says this is the name of the keeper of the pleasaunce. If so, his name was derived from his occupation. The same word has already occurred in the first line of the last verse above, and there in no way seems to be a proper name. Chalmers translates as &#8220;huntsman.&#8221; As a proper name <i>migava<\/i> is not included in <i>DPPN.<\/i> Moreover, in Pali, a proper name is usually further defined to show who the person was: brahman, householder, king and so on.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n15\" href=\"#fn15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <i>M.<\/i> ii. 113. Had the word <i>hattkatthara<\/i> not been translated as &#8220;clump of flowers&#8221; by Chalmers, it would have needed no comment. As it is, it must be noticed that at <i>Vin.<\/i> i. 192, <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> it is in a sequence with <i>assatthara rathatthara,<\/i> horse-rug, chariot-rug, and therefore appears to be elephant-rug. <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 305 says that a thin &#8220;elephant-rug&#8221; filled with flowers (? <i>bahalapuppho<\/i>) having been folded double, is spread and indicated (<i>abhilakkhita,<\/i> distinguished) for it would not be suitable to sit on it uninvited.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n16\" href=\"#fn16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Upan\u012byati loko addhuvo.<\/i> On <i>upan\u012byati,<\/i> to be led, driven, to be carried on or away, see <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/sn\/01_sagv\/sn01.01.001-010.rhyc.pts.htm#fn15\"><i>K.S.<\/i> i. 4, <i>n.<\/i> 1,<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n17\" href=\"#fn17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup> Reading <i>alamatto<\/i> with the text, other versions and <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 307 against one tentative v.l. and <i>PED.<\/i> which read, as in other contexts, <i>alamattho.<\/i> The meaning in each case however seems to be <i>samattho<\/i> (as also at <i>DA.<\/i> 660), to which at <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 307 is added <i>attabh\u0101vo,<\/i> the individual. <i>Samattha-atta-bh\u0101va<\/i> would therefore mean: &#8220;the individual is sufficient unto himself,&#8221; self-reliant, self-sufficient, which also could be taken as a meaning of <i>alam-atta,<\/i> &#8220;self is enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n18\" href=\"#fn18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>DhA.<\/i> i. 7 <i>mahallakassa &#8230; hatthap\u0101d\u0101 anassav\u0101, honti,<\/i> an old man&#8217;s arms and legs are disobedient.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n19\" href=\"#fn19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>pariyodh\u0101ya vattissanti.<\/i> <i>cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/sn\/01_sagv\/idx_02_devaputtasamyutta.htm#p10\"><i>S.<\/i> i. 72-73<\/a> where the Buddhist view is given: that however many squadrons might guard <i>(rakkhanti)<\/i> a person, yet <i>att\u0101<\/i> (self) is not guarded by them, <i>tesam arakkhito att\u0101;<\/i> for theirs is merely an outer guard, not an inner.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n20\" href=\"#fn20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>veh\u0101sa\u1e6d\u1e6dha<\/i> (with v.l. <i>veh\u0101sagata<\/i>) as at <i>Vin.<\/i> iii. 48. See <i>B.D.<\/i> i. p. 79, <i>n.<\/i> 6 for further references.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n21\" href=\"#fn21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>ajjh\u0101msati.<\/i> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/kd\/jat\/idx_jataka.htm#jat_545\"><i>J\u0101.<\/i> vi. 273,<\/a> where <i>koravya<\/i> is explained as <i>Kurura\u1e6d\u1e6dha-v\u0101sika,<\/i> a dweller in the Kuru kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n22\" href=\"#fn22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup> In the following unmetrical rendering, I have attempted to be more exactly literal than either Mrs. Rhys Davids or Lord Chalmers. Otherwise I would have followed one or other of these beautiful versions, the former to be found in <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/kd\/thag\/idx_thag.htm#p251\"><i>Pss. Breath.,<\/i><\/a> and the latter in <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/chlm\/mn\/mn.082.chlm.sbb.htm#rich\"><i>Fur. Dial<\/i> ii.,<\/a> and both of which I have found very helpful.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n23\" href=\"#fn23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup> Meaning, I think, that they cannot be satiated.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n24\" href=\"#fn24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>phusanti phassa\u0271,<\/i> <i>i.e.<\/i> they touch the touch, namely of dying, <i>mara\u1e47a-phassa,<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 308.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n25\" href=\"#fn25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>I.e.<\/i> arahantship.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n26\" href=\"#fn26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>bhav\u0101bhavesu,<\/i> explained at <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 308 as &#8220;in low and excellent becomings,&#8221; and at <i>ThagA.<\/i> as <i>mahant\u0101mantesu bhavesu. Bhav\u0101bhava<\/i> also occurs at <i>Sn.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v1060\">1060,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v1068\">1068;<\/a> and at <i>Th\u012bgA.<\/i> 71, <i>sa\u0271saranto bhav\u0101bhave;<\/i> it means in the various becomings. <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>phal\u0101phala,<\/i> a variety, or all kinds, of fruit.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n27\" href=\"#fn27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>sa\u0271s\u0101ram \u0101pajja,<\/i> undergoes, experiences, produces <i>sa\u0271s\u0101ra.<\/i> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/sn\/01_sagv\/idx_01_devatasamyutta.htm#p56\"><i>S.<\/i> i. 37, 38,<\/a> <i>satto sa\u0271s\u0101ram \u0101p\u0101di.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n28\" href=\"#fn28\">28<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>ha\u00f1\u00f1ati,<\/i> is struck, hit, killed, destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n29\" href=\"#fn29\">29<\/a>]<\/sup> In answer to the king&#8217;s questions, put in the narrative part of this Discourse, Ra\u1e6d\u1e6dhap\u0101la now tells him what he has seen and heard to make him go forth.<\/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=\"edn1\" href=\"#edfn1\">ed1<\/a>]<\/sup> Woodward here has &#8220;So he that is followed by this loss through old age&#8230;&#8221;, but the idea is, as above that it is following these losses that some persons give up the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<br>[ad_2]\r\n<br>Ngu\u1ed3n : <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/mn.082.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-2283382 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-space-between elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2283382\" 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-950a739\" data-id=\"950a739\" 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-0ea1fd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ea1fd7\" 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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