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| − | "[[Monks]], it is just as if a {{Wiki|donkey}} were following right after a herd of cattle, saying, "I too am a {{Wiki|cow}}! I too am a {{Wiki|cow}}!" Its {{Wiki|color}} is not that of a {{Wiki|cow}}, its {{Wiki|voice}} is not that of a {{Wiki|cow}}, its hoof is not that of a {{Wiki|cow}}, and yet it still keeps following right after the herd of cattle, saying, "I too am a {{Wiki|cow}}! I too am a {{Wiki|cow}}!" In the same way, there is the case where a certain [[monk]] follows right after the [[community of monks]], saying, "I too am a [[monk]]! I too am a [[monk]]!" He doesn't have the other [[monks]]' [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the training in heightened [[virtue]], doesn't have their [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the training in heightened [[mind]] ([[concentration]]), doesn't have their [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the training in [[heightened discernment]], and yet he still keeps following right after the [[community of monks]], saying, "I too am a [[monk]]! I too am a [[monk]]!" | + | "[[Monks]], it is just as if a {{Wiki|donkey}} were following right after a herd of cattle, saying, "I too am a {{Wiki|cow}}! I too am a {{Wiki|cow}}!" Its {{Wiki|color}} is not that of a {{Wiki|cow}}, its {{Wiki|voice}} is not that of a {{Wiki|cow}}, its hoof is not that of a {{Wiki|cow}}, and yet it still keeps following right after the herd of cattle, saying, "I too am a {{Wiki|cow}}! I too am a {{Wiki|cow}}!" In the same way, there is the case where a certain [[monk]] follows right after the [[community of monks]], saying, "I too am a [[monk]]! I too am a [[monk]]!" He doesn't have the other [[monks]]' [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the {{Wiki|training}} in heightened [[virtue]], doesn't have their [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the {{Wiki|training}} in heightened [[mind]] ([[concentration]]), doesn't have their [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the {{Wiki|training}} in [[heightened discernment]], and yet he still keeps following right after the [[community of monks]], saying, "I too am a [[monk]]! I too am a [[monk]]!" |
| − | "So you should train yourselves: 'Strong will be our [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the training in heightened [[virtue]]; strong will be our [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the training in heightened [[mind]] ([[concentration]]); strong will be our [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the training in [[heightened discernment]].' That is how you should train yourselves." | + | "So you should train yourselves: 'Strong will be our [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the {{Wiki|training}} in heightened [[virtue]]; strong will be our [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the {{Wiki|training}} in heightened [[mind]] ([[concentration]]); strong will be our [[desire]] for {{Wiki|undertaking}} the {{Wiki|training}} in [[heightened discernment]].' That is how you should train yourselves." |
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Latest revision as of 06:27, 9 March 2015
AN 3.81
Gadrabha Sutta: The Donkey
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
"Monks, it is just as if a donkey were following right after a herd of cattle, saying, "I too am a cow! I too am a cow!" Its color is not that of a cow, its voice is not that of a cow, its hoof is not that of a cow, and yet it still keeps following right after the herd of cattle, saying, "I too am a cow! I too am a cow!" In the same way, there is the case where a certain monk follows right after the community of monks, saying, "I too am a monk! I too am a monk!" He doesn't have the other monks' desire for undertaking the training in heightened virtue, doesn't have their desire for undertaking the training in heightened mind (concentration), doesn't have their desire for undertaking the training in heightened discernment, and yet he still keeps following right after the community of monks, saying, "I too am a monk! I too am a monk!"
"So you should train yourselves: 'Strong will be our desire for undertaking the training in heightened virtue; strong will be our desire for undertaking the training in heightened mind (concentration); strong will be our desire for undertaking the training in heightened discernment.' That is how you should train yourselves."
Source
"Gadrabha Sutta: The Donkey" (AN 3.81), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 30 November 2013, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.081.than.html .
