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THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE.
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13. Now when the Blessed One had sojourned at Râgagaha as long as he pleased, he addressed the venerable Ânanda, and said: 'Come, Ânanda, let us go to Ambalatthikâ.'
'So be it, Lord!' said Ânanda in assent, and the Blessed One, with a large company of the brethren, proceeded to Ambalatthikâ.
14. There the Blessed One stayed in the king's house and held that comprehensive religious talk with the brethren on the nature of upright conduct, and of earnest contemplation, and of intelligence. 'Great is the fruit, great the advantage of earnest contemplation when set round with upright conduct. Great is the fruit, great the advantage of intellect when set round with earnest contemplation. The mind set round with intelligence is freed from the great evils, that is to say, from sensuality, from individuality, from delusion, and from ignorance.'
15. Now when the Blessed One had stayed as long as was convenient at Ambalatthikâ, he addressed the venerable Ânanda, and said: 'Come, Ânanda, let us go on to Nâlandâ.'
'So be it, Lord!' said Ânanda, in assent, to the Blessed One.
Then the Blessed One proceeded, with a great company of the brethren, to Nâlandâ ; and there, at Nâlandâ, the Blessed One stayed in the Pâvârika mango grove.
16. Now the venerable Sâriputta came to the
1 This conversation is given at length in the Sampasâdaniya Sutta of the Digha Nikaya, and also in the Satipatthâna Vagga of the Samyutta Nikâya. I have compressed mere repetitions at the places marked with [ ] where the preceding clauses are, in the text, repeated in full.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |