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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VII, 4, 30.
OF MILINDA THE KING.
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lie down in the midst of contemplation. [398] This, O king, is the second quality of the boar he ought to have. For it was said, o king, by Pindola Bhâradvaga, the Elder: " Alone, with no one near, the man of insight,
Searching into and finding out the nature Of this body, can lay him down to rest On the sweet bed of contemplations deep?.”'
40. THE ELEPHANT. 18. Venerable Nâgasena, the five qualities of the elephant he ought to take, which are they?'
Just, О king, as the elephant, as he walks about, crushes the earth; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, mastering the nature of the body, crush out all evil. This, o king, is the first quality of the elephant he ought to have.
19. 'And again, O king, as the elephant turns his whole body when he looks, always looking straight before him, not glancing round this way and that? ; just so, Oking, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, turn his whole body when he looks, always looking straight before, not glancing round this way and that, not looking aloft, not looking at his feet, but keeping his eyes fixed about a yoke's length in front of him. This, O king, is the second quality of the elephant he ought to have
20. ‘And again, O king, as the elephant has no permanent lair, even in seeking his food does not always frequent the same spot, has no fixed place of
i Not uraced as yet.
On this curious belief, see · Buddhist Suttas,' p. 64.
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