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THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE.
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Blessed One addressed to the brethren that comprehensive religious discourse 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.'
12. Now when the Blessed One had remained as long as he wished at Nâdika, he addressed Ånanda, and said: 'Come, Ânanda, let us go on to Vesâli.'
'So be it, Lord!' said Ånanda, in assent, to the Blessed One.
Then the Blessed One proceeded, with a great company of the brethren, to Vesali ; and there at Vesali the Blessed One stayed at Ambapali's grove.
13. Now there the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said: 'Let a brother, O mendicants, be mindful and thoughtful; this is our instruction
to you.'
14. ‘And how does a brother become mindful ?'
'Herein, O mendicants, let a brother, as he dwells in the body, so regard the body that he, being strenuous, thoughtful, and mindful, may, whilst in the world, overcome the grief which arises from bodily craving — while subject to sensations, let him continue so to regard the sensations that he, being strenuous, thoughtful, and mindful, may, whilst in the world, overcome the grief arising from the craving which follows our sensation-and so also
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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 |