Questions of King Milinda Part 02

SR No.: 007682
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 2240
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 38 MB

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THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES
VII, 1, 20.
in full self-possession, with his senses under control. This, o king, is the first of the qualities of the crow he ought to have.
20. ‘And again, O king, as the crow, whatever food he catches sight of, eats it, sharing with his kind; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, never omit to share with virtuous co-religionists, and that without distinction of person or deliberation as to quantity', whatever lawful gifts he may have lawfully received, down even to the contents of his begging-bowl. This, O king, is the second of the qualities of the crow he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by Säriputta, the Elder, the Commander of the Faith : “Whate'er they may present to me, austere in life,
All that, just as it comes, do I divide With all, and I myself then take my food ?."!
10. THE MONKEY. 21. Venerable Nâgasena, those two qualities of the monkey which you say he ought to have, which are they?'
"Just, o king, as the monkey, when about to take up his abode does so in some such place as a mighty tree, in a lonely place covered all over with branches, a sure place of refuge; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, choose as the teacher under whom to live a man modest, amiable, righteous, of beauty of character, learned in tradition and in the scriptures, lovable, venerable, worthy of
So Hînah-kumburê understands this, his version agreeing with the quotation given by Mr. Trenckner from Buddhaghosa.
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