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   3. Thus have I heard. On a certain occasion the Blessed One dwelt at Savatthi, in the Jetavana, the garden of Anâthapindika.

   Now at that time the Blessed One was sitting, looking back upon the various evil and wicked conditions abandoned by him, and contemplating the many good conditions fulfilled.

   And the Blessed One looking back upon the various evil and wicked conditions abandoned by him and contemplating the many good conditions fulfilled, on that occasion, breathed forth this solemn utterance:

“That which was, is not now: that which was not formerly, now is:
   It has not been, it will not be, it is not now.”

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“Should a man not exert himself on every occasion, not exist for another,    Not live for the sake of others,    Truly, he does not live the holy life”2. – Buddha

“The Sage renounced his life, the cause of life, both long and short.    With inward calm and joy, he broke, like coat of mail, his life’s own cause.”1 – Buddha

10. Thus have I heard. On a certain occasion the Blessed One dwelt at Savatthi, in the Jetavana, the garden of Anâthapindika.

   Now at that time the venerable Culapanthaka was sitting, not far from the Blessed One, in a cross-legged position, with body erect, placing memory directly before him.

   And the Blessed One beheld the venerable Culapanthaka sitting, not far off, in a cross-legged position, with body erect, placing memory directly before him.

   And the Blessed One, in this connection, on that occasion, breathed forth this solemn utterance:

“The Bhikkhu who, whether standing or sitting or lying down,    Thus concentrates his attention on memory, with body and mind intent,    Such a one will obtain the ‘successive advantages.’    And he who obtains the ‘successive advantages’    Will not be seen of the King of Death.”

   “He who has seen the evils of a wordly life,
   Who has understood the Truth, and is free from Upadhi,²
 He who has entered the Path, delights not in Evil,
   The Pure in heart finds no pleasure in Sin.”¹ – Buddha

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 7°. Just as the Great Ocean, O Bhikkhus, is full of many gems, etc. [as above. Transl.], even so, O Bhikkhus, this Doctrine is full of many gems and precious things; the four ‘Earnest Meditations’ and ‘Great Exertions’, the four ‘Constituents of Superhuman power’, the five ‘Moral Qualities’, the five ‘Forces’, the five ‘Constituents of Supreme Knowledge’, and the ‘Noble Eight-fold Path’.

   And as this doctrine is full of many gems etc. [as above. Transl.] and the ‘Noble Eight-fold Path’; this is the seventh strange and wonderful condition in the discipline of the Law, perceiving which the Bhikkhus rejoice in the discipline of the Law.

   8°. Just as the Great Ocean, O Bhikkhus, is the abode of many living creatures etc. [as above. Transl.] even so, O Bhikkhus, in this dicipline of the Law there are many members, the Sotapanna¹ who has attained to a realization of the fruition of a Sotapanna, the Sakadâgamini² who has attained to a realization of the fruition of a Sakadâgamini, p. 79 the Anâgamini¹ who has attained to a realization of the fruition of an Anâgamini, the Arahat² who has attained to Arahatship.

   And as, O Bhikkhus, in this discipline of the Law there are many members etc. [as above. Transl.] this is the eighth condition in the discipline of the Law, perceiving which the Bhikkhus rejoice in the discipline of the Law. These, O Bhikkhus, are the eight strange and marvellous conditions in the discipline of the Law, perceiving which the Bhikkhus rejoice therein.”

   And the Blessed One, in this connection, on that occasion, breathed forth this solemn utterance:–

“The rain pours down upon the well-roofed house    It falls not upon the house that is roofless,    Therefore open wide that which is closed,    And the rain will not descend upon it.”3

  6°. Just as, O Bhikkhus, the Great Ocean has but one taste, the taste of salt, even so, O Bhikkhus, this doctrine has but one taste, the taste of Deliverance; and as, O Bhikkhus, this doctrine has but one taste, the taste of deliverance; this is the sixth stange and marvellous condition in the discipline of the Law perceiving which the Bhikkhus rejoice in the discipline of the Law.

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   3°. Just as the Great Ocean, O Bhikkhus, has no affinity with corpses, and when there is a corpse in the Great Ocean, it casts it on shore and throws it on land, even so, O Bhikkhus, the Brotherhood has no affinity with a man who is impious, evil by nature, impure, vacillating, doing hidden deeds, professing to be a Samana and is not a Samana, professing to be a Brahmana and is not a Brahmana, foul within, full of lust, a heap of rubbish–such a one, when the Assembly meets, it soon ejects. If such a one p. 77 sits in the midst of the Assembly he is far from that Assembly and the Assembly from him.

   As, O Bhikkhus a man who is impious [as above Transl.] etc. is far from that Assembly and the Assembly from him; this is the third strange and astonishing condition in the discipline of the Law, perceiving which the Bhikkhus rejoice in the discipline of the Law.

   4°. Just as, O Bhikkhus, the great rivers, the Ganga, Yamuna, Acirivati, Sarabhu, Mahi, when they reach the Great Ocean, abandon their old names and old descent, and bear only one name ‘the Great Ocean’, even so O Bhikkhus, the four castes, Khattiyas, Brahmanas, Vessas, Suddas, in accordance with the discipline of the Law taught by the Perfect One, forsake their homes for the home-less state, leave behind them their old names and old descent, and are called Samanas, sons of the Sâkiya race.

   As, O Bhikkhus the four castes etc. [as above. Transl.] are called Samanas, sons of the Sakya race, this is the fourth strange and marvellous condition in the discipline of the Law, perceiving which the Bhikkhus rejoice in the discipline of the Law.

   5°. Just as, O Bhikkhus, (notwithstanding that all the rivers in the world and all the torrents of rain that fall from the sky flow into the Great Ocean) there is no deficiency or surplus of water perceptible in the Great Ocean, even so, O Bhikkhus, if innumerable Bhikkhus attain to that extinction of ‘becoming’, through the element of Nirvana in which no trace of the attributes of ‘becoming’ remains, there is no diminution or surplus perceptible in the element of Nirvana.

   As, O Bhikkhus, innumerable Bhikkhus [as above. p. 78 Transl.] etc. there is no diminution or surplus perceptible in the element of Nirvana; this is the fifth strange and marvellous condition, O Bhikkhus, perceiving which the Bhikkhus rejoice in the discipline of the Law.

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   1°. Just as the Great Ocean, O Bhikkhus, deepens by easy gradations, by a succession of slopes, and the approach to its cavernous depths is gradual, and there is no sudden fall in the nature of a precipice, even so, O Bhikkhus, is the discipline of the Law. The training is gradual, there is a regular succession of duties, progress is made step by step; there is no sudden penetration into the higher wisdom. This is the first marvellous and astonishing condition in the discipline of the Law, perceiving which the Bhikkhus rejoice in the discipline of the Law.

   2°. Just as the Great Ocean, O Bhikkhus, is by nature stable and does not exceed its bounds, even so, O Bhikkhus, my disciples, even for the sake of continued existence, do not exceed the precepts ordained by me for the disciples.

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“Let him who has insight strive against existing difficulties,    The wise man, in the world of existence, should put evil away.” – Buddha