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DASAVEALIYA SUTTA
CHAPTER IX-1
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When a monk does not show respectful attitude towards his preceptor out of family pride, or anger, or intoxication (deception acc. to Haribhadrasuri), or mistake, that (feeling which prevents him from being respectful) is verily an indication of his spiritual poverty which leads. him to his own ruin like the fruit of the Bamboo tree. (1). Those, who think that their preceptor is dull or raw in age, or possessed of little knowledge, and (hence) speak sarcastically (of him), follow the wrong path and do great dishonour to the preceptor. (2), There are some, who, by nature, are dull (although grown up in age); there are others, who, although raw in age, are endowed with learning and enlightenment; they are conversant with the monk's rules of behaviour and have got their mind wellfixed in the monk's merits; if despised, they would burn to ashes (the despiser) just like the flame of fire. (3). Just as a cobra is for the harm of a man who injures it thinking it to be small, similarly an ignorant monk, who despises his preceptor, remains moving in this worldly path of existences. (4). Can a cobra, although much infuriated do anything beyond taking life of the man who injures him? The displeasure of the learned preceptor, on the other hand, leads to the mental delusion of the pupil leaving him absolutely no hope of release. (5). A man despising his preceptor can be compared with one who would pass through the blazing fire, or, with one, who would infuriate a cobra, or, with one, who, desiring to live, would yet eat poison. (6). May it be that the fire would not burn, or the cobra, although infuriated, would not bite, or deadly poison would not kill (by virtue of the mysterious power of some gems and incantations ); release, however, would never be obtained when the preceptor is despised. (7). Again, a man despising his
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