Khuddaka Nikaya - Nettippakarana - Second Grouping - Illustrative Quotations 9

Khuddaka Nikaya - Nettippakarana ( The Guide ) - Second Grouping - Illustrative Quotations 9

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KACCANA THERA

TRANSLATED FROM THE PALI BY
BHIKKHU NANAMOLI
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[ix (a)]
929. Herein, what is the agreed ?
(And as the bee comes to the flower
And soon flies off with nourish?nent,
Leaving the colour and scent intact,
So goes the Stilled One to the town) (Dh. 49).
This is the agreed.
930. [185] (Bhikkhus, there are these three [tasks] to be done by
bhikkhus. What three ? Here (i) a bhikkhu abides restrained with
the restraint of the Patimokkha Rule, perfect in conduct and resort, and
seeing fear in the slightest fault, he undertakes the training precepts
and trains in them; then since his bodily, verbal, and mental action
is profitable, he has purified his livelihood, (ii) Then he has instigated
energy, is firm and staunch in persistence, never shirking the task in
abandoning unprofitable ideas and in keeping in being and verifying
profitable ideas. (Hi) And then he has understanding, he possesses
understanding that extends to rise and disappearance; is noble and
penetrative, and extends to the cmnplete exhaustion of suffering.
These, bhikkhus, are the three [tasks] to be done by bhikkhus ) ( ;
'* This is the agreed.
931. (Bhikkhus, there are these ten ideas to be constantly reviewed by
one gone forth from the house-life. What ten ? 'I have come to a
casteless state
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is [an idea] to be constantly reviewed by one gone forth.
\?My livelihood is bound up with others
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. . .'I have a different (special)

way to behave' .. . 'Does my self reproach me on my virtue's account V
.. . 'Do wise companions in the divine life, on considering me, reproach
me on my virtue's account V . . . 'There will be division and separation
from all that are dear to me and beloved9
. . . 'I am an owner of action,
heir of action, womb of action, responsible for (kin of) action, home
of action, whatever action I do, whether good or bad, that I shall
inherit'... 'How has my passing of the nights and days been V . . . 'Do
I delight in an empty house?' . . . 'Have I arrived at any superhuman
idea worthy of the Noble Ones' knowing and seeing, so that if I am
questioned in my last hours by companions in the divine life, I shall
not have been in vain V is [an idea] to be constantly reviewed by one
gone forth from the house-life.] These ten ideas are to be constantly
reviewed by one gone forth from the house-life) (A. v, 87-8).
This is the agreed.
932. (Bhikkhus, there are these three tasks to be done. What three ?
They are good conduct by body, good conduct by speech, and good
conduct by mind. These are three tasks to be done) ( ).
This is the agreed.
[ix (b)]
933. Herein, what is the refused ?
[When it was said]
(There is no loved one equal to one's child,
There are no riches equal to one's cow,
No radiance is equal to the sun,
The sea is sure the greatest of the waters ),
The Blessed One replied
( There is no loved one equal to oneself
There are no riches equal to one's corn,
No radiance can equal understanding,
The rain is sure the greatest of the waters ) (S. i, 6; Pe 54, 57).
Here the first verse is refused [by the second].
934. [186] (Bhikkhus, there are these three [tasks] not to be done.
What three? They are misconduct by body, misconduct by speech,
and misconduct by mind. These are three tasks not to be done)
( ;Pe57) .
This is the refused.

[ix (o)]
935. Herein, what is the agreed and refused ?
('What are the multitude afraid of here ?
A path with many a base divulged—/ ask,
0 Gotama with breadth of understanding,
Where stands he that fears not the other world V
'When speech and mind have rightly been disposed,
When no more evil bodily is done,
Then [even] in a house of plenty dwelling,
A man who takes his stand on four ideas—
Who is faithful, gentle, generous, wise-spoken—
Here stands he that fears not the other world) (S. i, 42f.).
Herein, when it is said 'When speech and mind have rightly been
disposed' this is the agreed. When it is said 'When no more evil
bodily is done' this is the refused. When it is said 'Then [even] in
a house of plenty dwelling A man who takes his stand on four
ideas—Who is faithful, gentle, generous, wise-spoken—Here stands
he that fears not the other world' this is the agreed.
This is the agreed and refused.
936. (No doing any kind of evil,
Perfecting profitable skill,
And purifying one's own heart:
This is the Buddhas' Dispensation (§238).
Herein, when it is said 'No doing any kind of evil' this is the
refused. When it is said 'Perfecting profitable skill' this is the
® * This is the agreed and refused.
937. (Ruler of Gods, bodily behaviour is of two kinds, I say, to be
cultivated and not to be cultivated. And verbal behaviour [187] is of
two kinds, I say, to be cultivated and not to be cultivated. And mental
behaviour is of two kinds, I say, to be cultivated and not to be cultivated.
And search is of two kinds, I say, to be cultivated and not to be cultivated.
'Bodily behaviour is of two kinds, I say, to be cultivated and not to be
cultivated': so it was said; and with reference to what was this said ?
There is bodily behaviour such that when a man cultivates it unprofitable
ideas increase in him and profitable ideas diminish. Such bodily
behaviour is not to be cultivated. Herein, when he knows of any

bodily behaviour that 'This bodily behaviour is such that when I cultivate
it unprofitable ideas diminish and profitable ideas increase
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, such bodily
behaviour is to be cultivated. So it was with reference to this that it was
said 'Bodily behaviour is of two kinds, I say, to be cultivated and not
to be cultivated'. 'Verbal behaviour' . . . 'Mental behaviour' . . .
'Search is of two kinds, I say, to be cultivated and not to be cultivated':
so it was said; and with reference to what was this said ? There is
search such that when a man cultivates it unprofitable ideas increase
and profitable ideas diminish. Such search is not to be cultivated.
Herein, when he knows of any search that 'This search is such that
when I cultivate it unprofitable ideas diminish and profitable ideas
increase' such search is to be cultivated. So it was with reference to
this that it was said 'Search is of two kinds, I say, to be cultivated and
not to be cultivated') ( ) (cf. M. iii, 45ff.).
Herein, when it is said 'to be cultivated' this is the agreed. And
when it is said 'not to be cultivated' this is the refused.
This is the agreed and refused.