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| − | Formerly, in Kubhana state ({{Wiki|Kashmir}}), there was nearby a [[monastery]] a poisonous [[dragon]] which frequently played havoc in the region. | + | Formerly, in Kubhana [[state]] ({{Wiki|Kashmir}}), there was nearby a [[monastery]] a {{Wiki|poisonous}} [[dragon]] which frequently played havoc in the region. |
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| + | In the [[monastery]] five hundred [[arhats]] [[gathered]] together but failed to drive away the [[dragon]] with their collective [[power]] of [[Dhyana-samadhi]]. Later, a [[monk]] came to the [[monastery]] where he did not enter into [[Dhyana-samadhi]]; | ||
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| + | he merely said to the {{Wiki|poisonous}} [[dragon]]: 'Will the [[wise]] and [[virtuous]] one leave this place and go to some distant one.' | ||
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| + | Thereupon, the {{Wiki|poisonous}} [[dragon]] fled to a distant place. | ||
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| + | When asked by the [[arhats]] what miraculous [[power]] he had used to drive away the [[dragon]], the [[monk]] replied: | ||
| − | + | 'I did not use the [[power]] of [[Dhyana-samadhi]]; | |
| − | + | I am only very careful about keeping the {{Wiki|rules}} of [[discipline]] and I observe a minor one with the same care as a major one.' | |
| − | So, we can see that the collective [[power]] of five hundred [[arhats]]' [[Dhyana]]--[[samadhi]] cannot compare with a [[monk's]] strict observance of the rules of [[discipline]]. | + | So, we can see that the collective [[power]] of five hundred [[arhats]]' [[Dhyana]]--[[samadhi]] cannot compare with a [[monk's]] strict [[observance]] of the {{Wiki|rules}} of [[discipline]]. |
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 29 February 2016
Formerly, in Kubhana state (Kashmir), there was nearby a monastery a poisonous dragon which frequently played havoc in the region.
In the monastery five hundred arhats gathered together but failed to drive away the dragon with their collective power of Dhyana-samadhi. Later, a monk came to the monastery where he did not enter into Dhyana-samadhi;
he merely said to the poisonous dragon: 'Will the wise and virtuous one leave this place and go to some distant one.'
Thereupon, the poisonous dragon fled to a distant place.
When asked by the arhats what miraculous power he had used to drive away the dragon, the monk replied:
'I did not use the power of Dhyana-samadhi;
I am only very careful about keeping the rules of discipline and I observe a minor one with the same care as a major one.'
So, we can see that the collective power of five hundred arhats' Dhyana--samadhi cannot compare with a monk's strict observance of the rules of discipline.
