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THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES
VII, 2, 20.
thereof, and the four Ghanas, and the eight Vimokkhas, and Samadhi, and the five Attainments (forms of ecstatic contemplation and Insight), and the six forms of Transcendental Knowledge — conceal them and not bring them to the light. This, O king, is the second quality of the sea he ought to have.
20. 'And again, O king, just as the sea associates with mighty creatures; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, associate himself with a fellow-disciple who desires little and is contented, who is pure in speech”, whose conduct is directed to the eradication of evil, who is given to righteousness, modest, amiable, dignified, venerable, a speaker of profitable words, meek, one who will point out his associate's faults, and blame him when he does wrong, clever in admonition, in instruction, and in education, able to arouse, to incite, and to gladden-with such a man as a friend, in righteousness should he dwell. This, o king, is the third quality of the sea he ought to have.
21. 'And again, O king, as the sea, though filled with the fresh water brought down by the Ganges, and the Jumna, and the Akiravats, and the Sarabha, and the Mahi, and by other rivers a hundred thousand in number, and by the rains of heaven, yet
1 It is very characteristic of our author that his interpretation of the gems into ethical conceptions is quite different from that of the Kullavagga, and much more mystic. In the older passage they are translated into the seven constituent characteristics of Arahatship. (See Vinaya Texts,' loc. cit., p. 305.) Compare also Divyavadâna, pp. 115, 229.
'Dhuta-vado, not in Childers, and only found here. Perhaps who inculcates the keeping of the extra vows. Dhutângawa diwa, says Hînati-kumburê, p. 561.
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| SR No. | 007682 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 02 |
| 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 |