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V, 13, 10. RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, ETC. 37
Even so, Lord!' said the venerable Sona in assent to the Blessed One; and he intoned all the verses in the Book of the Eights (Atthaka-vaggikâni ').
And the Blessed One, at the conclusion of the venerable Sona's recitation, expressed his pleasure, saying,
* Excellent, most excellent, О Bhikkhu ! Well have the Eights been grasped by thee, well thought over, well learnt by heart: and with a fine voice art thou gifted, distinct, pleasant ?, able to make things understood. How many years is it since thou hast been ordained ?'
One year, my Lord !' 10. “But why have you postponed it so long ?' “'Tis long, Lord, since I saw into the danger of the passions, but life in a household is crowded with business and with cares.'
And the Blessed One, when he heard that matter, gave utterance at that time to the expression of emotion :
• When he has seen the danger of the world, when he has understood the Truth, when he has become free from Upadhi,
parinibbâna Sutta II, 31 as given by Rh. D. (Buddhist Suttas from the Pali,' p. 36).
1 Althaka-vagga is the name of the fourth book in the Sutta Nipâta. See Professor Fausböll's translation, p. viii. It may also be the name of divisions of other books, but probably that portion of the Sutta Nipâta is here referred to.
? On Anelagalâya compare nela vâkâ in § 6 of the Kala-sila.
* Ariyo is the man who has entered the Path, Suki is locative. Nirapadhi, he in whom there remains no longer the cause of the renewal of existence as a separate individual (the cause referred to being thirst or excitement and craving, Tanha, Upâdåna).
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| 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 |