Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1882
Total Pages: 2405
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 43 MB

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KULLAVAGGA.
IX, 5, 1.
when he is about to do so, consider thus : “Am I pure in the conduct of my body; pure therein without a flaw, without a fleck? Is this quality found in me, or is it not ?" If, Upâli, the Bhikkhu is not so, there will be some who will say to him : "Come, now, let your reverence continue still to train yourself in matters relating to the body!"- thus will they say.
(b) 'And further, a Bhikkhu who warns another should, Upåli, when he is about to do so, consider thus : “Am I pure in the conduct of my speech; pure therein without a flaw, without a fleck? Is this quality found in me, or is it not ?" If, Upâli, the Bhikkhu is not so, there will be some who will say to him : “Come, now, let your reverence continue still to train yourself in matters relating to speech !”- thus will they say.
(c) 'And further, a Bhikkhu who warns another should, Upåli, consider thus : “Is a kindly mind ever present in me, one without anger against those who are my companions in the religious life? Is this quality found in me, or is it not ?" If, U pâli, such a mind is not in that Bhikkhu, there will be some who will say to him: “Come, now, let your reverence continue still to cultivate a friendly feeling towards those who are your companions in the religious life!"- thus will they say.
(d) 'And further, a Bhikkhu who warns another should, Upâli, consider thus : "Am I a man versed in the tradition, a custodian of the tradition, a storehouse of the tradition? Whatsoever truths, lovely in their origin, lovely in their progress, lovely in their consummation, magnify the higher life, both in the spirit and in the letter, and in all its points, in
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