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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CHAPTER XXXIX, 28-XL, 11.
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worldly existence. 3. Also that the spiritual lord is always true; of the tongue-when he (the priest) speaks falsehood with the tongue-are those words which he does not believe through the spiritual lord, and it is owing to this, too, when, of all the body, the tongue first dies. 4. 'I say unto thee, O Spitâmân! that thou shouldst speak with the tongue just as thou thinkest with the mind, and thou shouldst accomplish work with both hands in complete mindfulness?' 5. And this, too, that he who shall act thus is sagacious, and he is the father of righteousness through wisdom 2; and whoever would do that which has happened, thoroughly observes it on account of that which has not happened. 6. Also this, that in the person of him who shall do that which he understands, and asks again about that which he does not understand, the propitious spirit of wisdom is lodging.
7. About cattle being produced for the assistance of mankind, and the pastures of pleasure for the assistance of cattle 8 8. This, too, that the archangels injure the evil demon and wicked people, but they do not injure righteous people and the sage. 9. This, too, is said, namely: 'In scanty opulence do not murmur (al mang) owing to good works , and thus in great opulence much good work arises.' 10. This, too, that beneficence gives all to the good, and it is no further the villain whom the sacred beings maintain .
11. About the tongue of a true speaker being given for the satisfying (vigârisno) of disputants,
See Pahl. Yas. XLVI, 2 c. Ibid. 2 d. • Ibid. 4 a, b.
• Ibid. 4.C.
• Ibid. 3c. * Ibid. 5 b, c.
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