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| + | translated from the [[Pali]] by<br/> | ||
| + | Maurice O'Connell Walshe}}<br/><br/> | ||
| − | + | ...the [[deva]] spoke this verse...: | |
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Hard it is to keep, and hard to bear, | Hard it is to keep, and hard to bear, | ||
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Recluse-life for him who lacks the skill. | Recluse-life for him who lacks the skill. | ||
| − | Obstacles abound, the fool is lost. | + | [[Obstacles]] abound, the fool is lost. |
| − | How long can he endure the holy life, | + | How long can he endure the {{Wiki|holy}} [[life]], |
| − | If he cannot hold his heart in check? | + | If he cannot hold his [[heart]] in check? |
Caught now here, now there, he stumbles, falls, | Caught now here, now there, he stumbles, falls, | ||
| − | [The Blessed One replied:] | + | [The [[Blessed One]] replied:] |
| − | As the tortoise draws into his shell | + | As the {{Wiki|tortoise}} draws into his shell |
| − | Each limb, the monk, withdrawn, with mind applied, | + | Each limb, the [[monk]], withdrawn, with [[mind]] applied, |
| − | Unattached, and doing harm to none, | + | Unattached, and [[doing harm]] to none, |
| − | Passions wholly stilled, dwells blaming none.[1] | + | [[Passions]] wholly stilled, dwells blaming none.[1] |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | 1. Cf. Bhagavadgiitaa ii, 58: "He who withdraws his senses on all sides from sense-objects as the tortoise draws in his limbs, is firmly established in wisdom." The same image occurs in SN 35.199. | + | 1. Cf. Bhagavadgiitaa ii, 58: "He who withdraws his [[senses]] on all sides from [[sense-objects]] as the {{Wiki|tortoise}} draws in his limbs, is firmly established in [[wisdom]]." The same image occurs in SN 35.199. |
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Latest revision as of 11:37, 17 August 2014
Difficult
The Tortoise
translated from the Pali by
Maurice O'Connell Walshe
...the deva spoke this verse...:
Hard it is to keep, and hard to bear,
Recluse-life for him who lacks the skill.
Obstacles abound, the fool is lost.
How long can he endure the holy life,
If he cannot hold his heart in check?
Caught now here, now there, he stumbles, falls,
[The Blessed One replied:]
As the tortoise draws into his shell
Each limb, the monk, withdrawn, with mind applied,
Unattached, and doing harm to none,
Passions wholly stilled, dwells blaming none.[1]
Notes
1. Cf. Bhagavadgiitaa ii, 58: "He who withdraws his senses on all sides from sense-objects as the tortoise draws in his limbs, is firmly established in wisdom." The same image occurs in SN 35.199.
