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, 6, 24.
“The recluse who, with mind on Nirvana bent, Has acquired an object his thoughts to guide, Should be filled with exceeding joy at the hope : By this my uttermost aim shall I gain 1.'”'
59. THE FISHERMAN. 24. Venerable Nâgasena, those two qualities of the fisherman you say he ought to take, which are they?'
Just, O- king, as the fisherman draws up the fish on his hook; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, draw up by his knowledge, and that to the uttermost, the fruits of Samanaship. This, O king, is the first quality of the fisherman he ought to have.
25. 'And again, O king, just as the fisherman by the sacrifice of a very little comes to great gain?; just so, O king, [413] should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, renounce the mean baits of worldly things; then by that renunciation will he gain the mighty fruits of Samanaship. This, O king, is the second quality of the fisherman he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by Râhula, the Elder : “Renouncing the baits of the world he shall gain
The state that is void of lust, anger, and sin, Those conditions of sentient life-and be free, Free from the cravings that mortals feel, And the fruits of the stages of th’ Excellent Way And the six modes of Insight shall all be his 3."
Not traced as yet. There are stanzas of Mogha-råga's both in the Sutta Nipata and the Thera Gatha, but this is not one of them.
? By putting a small fish on his hook catches a big one. 9 Not traced as yet.
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