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V, 1, 29. RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, ETC. 13
the breezes ?, just so never can shapes and tastes, and sounds, and smells, and touch— the whole of them
*Things wished for, things unwished — make tremble such a one. Firm is his mind, set free. He sees into the end thereof.'
28. And the Blessed One addressed the Bhikkhus, and said: 'Thus, brethren, do young men of worth make their insight known. The truth is spoken, and the self is not obtruded. But herein some foolish ones, methinks, make known their insight to be a thing ridiculous, and they, thereafter, fall into defeat!'
29. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Sona, You, Sona, have been delicately nurtured. I enjoin upon you, Sona, the use of shoes with one lining?'
"I have gone out from the world, Lord, into the houseless state, abandoning eighty cart-loads of gold", and a retinue of seven elephants“. It will be said against me for this matter : “Sona Kolivisa went out from the world into the houseless state, abandoning eighty cart-loads of gold, and a retinue of seven elephants; but the very same man now accustoms himself to the use of shoes with a lining
* This half sloka recurs in Dhammapada, verse 81. • Ekapalâsikan ti eka-patalam (B.).
• Asîti-sakata-vâhe hirannam (so correct the misprint in the text). Buddhaghosa says: ettha dve sakatabhârâ eko vaho 'ti veditabbo; but compare Rh. D., Ancient Coins and Measures,' &c., P. 18, $ 32, and p. 14, $ 23. Vå ha occurs also in the Mahavamsa, p. 22.
Sattahatthikan ka anîkan ti: ettha kha hatthiniyo eko ka hatthiti, idam ekam anîkam, idisani satta anikäni sattahatthikam nâma (B.).
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| SR No. | 007684 |
| Book Title | Vinaya Texts |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2523 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 47 MB |