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That is - If some monk that stays in a place permanently for some reason or the one that stays there for a month or the ones that tour from place to place, if they get some good food and say to other monks, "that monk is sick so please get some good food for him and if that monk refuses to eat that good food so brought, then you can have that good food.”
Comments - In this aphorism, too, emphasis has been put on looking after and comforting the sick monks by other monks even when they have many a restriction placed on their activities. The householders that are much more independent in their activities must draw some inspiration from this. Veyāvaccam niyayam kareha, uttamagunadharantānam |
Savvam kira padivāi, veyāvaccam apadivāi || One must always serve the highly virtuous monks, because all other activities are fallible, the service is infallible.
AFFECTION (VATSALYA): PART OF RIGHT VISION Nissankiya-nikkankhiya-nivvitigicchā amūdhaditthi ya !
Uvavūha-thirikaraņe, vacchalla-pabhāvaņe attha ||
- Uttarādhyayayna sutra, 28.11.
That is - There are eight parts of right vision - 1. Dobtlessness (Niḥśnkā), 2. Desirelessness (Nişkānkśā), 3. Disgustlessness (Nirvicikitsā), 4. Delusionlessness (AmūdhadȚśți), 5. Safeguarding the faith (Upagūhan), 6. Stabilisation of the wavering (Sthirikaraņa), 7. Affection (Vātsalya), and 8. Promoting the faith (Prabhāvanā). Jo kunadi vacchalattam tinhe sādhūna mokkhamaggammi | So vacchalabhāvajudo sammāditthi muñeyavvo ||
- Samayaprābhrta, 253. That is, - One who is affectionate towards the three means of liberation that is right vision, right knowledge and right conduct, he must be said to be a right visioned soul endowed with the quality of affection.
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