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| − | The Hole [[File:CG hjhjpers.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
| + | #REDIRECT [[Chiggala Sutta: The Hole]] |
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| − | translated from the [[Pali]] by
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| − | [[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]]
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| − | "[[Monks]], suppose that this great [[earth]] were totally covered with [[water]], and a man were to toss a yoke with a single hole there. A [[wind]] from the [[east]] would push it [[west]], a [[wind]] from the [[west]] would push it [[east]]. A [[wind]] from the [[north]] would push it [[south]], a [[wind]] from the [[south]] would push it [[north]]. And suppose a blind sea-turtle were there. It would come to the surface once every one hundred years. Now what do you think: would that blind sea-turtle, coming to the surface once every one hundred years, stick his neck into the yoke with a single hole?"
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| − | "It would be a sheer coincidence, [[lord]], that the blind sea-turtle, coming to the surface once every one hundred years, would stick his neck into the yoke with a single hole."
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| − | "It's likewise a sheer coincidence that one obtains the [[human]] state. It's likewise a sheer coincidence that a [[Tathagata]], [[worthy]] & rightly self-awakened, arises in the [[world]]. It's likewise a sheer coincidence that a [[doctrine]] & [[discipline]] expounded by a [[Tathagata]] appears in the [[world]]. Now, this [[human]] state has been obtained. A [[Tathagata]], [[worthy]] & rightly self-awakened, has arisen in the [[world]]. A [[doctrine]] & [[discipline]] expounded by a [[Tathagata]] appears in the [[world]].
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| − | "Therefore your [[duty]] is the contemplation, 'This is [[stress]]... This is the origination of [[stress]]... This is the [[cessation]] of [[stress]].' Your [[duty]] is the contemplation, 'This is the [[path]] of practice leading to the [[cessation]] of [[stress]].'"
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| − | [http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Category:Samyutta_Nikaya dhammawiki.com]
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Latest revision as of 16:24, 30 March 2014
