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KULLAVAGGA.
IX, 1, 4.
and the Samgha from him. This is the third sof such qualities].
Just, О Bhikkhus, as the great rivers-that is to say, the Ganga, the Yamunâ, the Akiravati, the Sarabhd, and the Maht-when they have fallen into the great ocean, renounce their name and lineage and are thenceforth reckoned as the great ocean-just so, O Bhikkhus, do these four castesthe Khattiyas, the Brahmans, the Vessas, and the Suddas—when they have gone forth from the world under the doctrine and discipline proclaimed by the Tathagata, renounce their names and lineage, and enter into the number of the Sakyaputtiya Samanas. This is the fourth [of such qualities]
Just, О Bhikkhus, as though all the streams in the world flow on till they reach the great ocean, and all the waters of the sky fall into it, yet does it not seem thereby to be either more empty or more full—just so, O Bhikkhus, though many Bhikkhus pass entirely away in that kind of passing away which leaves not a trace behind, yet does not (the Samgha) thereby seem to be either more empty or more full. This is the fifth (of such qualities).
Just, О Bhikkhus, as the great ocean has only one taste, the taste of salt-just so, O Bhikkhus, has this doctrine and discipline only one flavour, the flavour of emancipation. This is the sixth (of such qualities]
Just, О Bhikkhus, as the great ocean is full of gems, of gems of various kinds—that is to say, the pearl, the diamond, the catseye, the chank, rock, coral, silver, gold, the ruby, and the cornelian-just so, O Bhikkhus, is this doctrine and discipline full of gems, of gems of various kinds, among which are
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