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| − | + | Staying at [[Savatthi]]. "[[Monks]], suppose there were a sharp-bladed {{Wiki|spear}}, and a man were to come along saying, 'With my hand or fist I will bend back this sharp-bladed {{Wiki|spear}}, fold it in two, and roll it up.' What do you think? Would that man be able with his hand or fist to bend back that sharp-bladed {{Wiki|spear}}, fold it in two, and roll it up?" | |
| − | + | "No, [[lord]]. Why is that? Because a sharp-bladed {{Wiki|spear}} isn't easy to bend back, fold in two, or roll up. The man would simply reap his share of trouble & vexation." | |
| − | + | "In the same way, [[monks]], when a [[monk's]] awareness-release through good-will is cultivated, developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given a grounding, steadied, consolidated, & well-undertaken, any {{Wiki|non-human}} being who would think of possessing that [[monk's]] [[mind]] would simply reap his share of trouble & vexation. | |
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| − | "In the same way, monks, when a monk's awareness-release through good-will is cultivated, developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given a grounding, steadied, consolidated, & well-undertaken, any non-human being who would think of possessing that monk's mind would simply reap his share of trouble & vexation. | ||
"Thus you should train yourselves: 'Our awareness-release through good-will will be cultivated, developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given a grounding, steadied, consolidated, & well-undertaken. That's how you should train yourselves." | "Thus you should train yourselves: 'Our awareness-release through good-will will be cultivated, developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given a grounding, steadied, consolidated, & well-undertaken. That's how you should train yourselves." | ||
Latest revision as of 14:16, 3 April 2014
The Spear
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Staying at Savatthi. "Monks, suppose there were a sharp-bladed spear, and a man were to come along saying, 'With my hand or fist I will bend back this sharp-bladed spear, fold it in two, and roll it up.' What do you think? Would that man be able with his hand or fist to bend back that sharp-bladed spear, fold it in two, and roll it up?"
"No, lord. Why is that? Because a sharp-bladed spear isn't easy to bend back, fold in two, or roll up. The man would simply reap his share of trouble & vexation."
"In the same way, monks, when a monk's awareness-release through good-will is cultivated, developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given a grounding, steadied, consolidated, & well-undertaken, any non-human being who would think of possessing that monk's mind would simply reap his share of trouble & vexation.
"Thus you should train yourselves: 'Our awareness-release through good-will will be cultivated, developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given a grounding, steadied, consolidated, & well-undertaken. That's how you should train yourselves."
