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VII, 3, 7.
terrified, anxious, excited, and alarmed, he stood stark still and stiff1.
On the Blessed One seeing him so, he said to the man: 'Come hither, friend, don't be afraid.'
Then that man laid aside his sword and his shield, took off his bow and his quiver, and went up to the Blessed One; and falling at his feet, he said to the Blessed One: 'Transgression, Lord, has overcome me even according to my folly, my stupidity, and my unrighteousness, in that I have come hither with evil and with murderous intent. May the Blessed One accept the confession I make of my sin in its sinfulness, to the end that in future I may restrain myself therefrom!'
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'Verily, my friend, transgression has overcome thee [&c., down to] intent. But since you, my friend, look upon your sin as sin, and duly make amends for it, we do accept (your confession of) it. For this, O friend, is progress in the discipline of the Noble One, that he who has seen his sin to be sin makes amends for it as is meet, and becomes able in future to restrain himself therefrom 2.'
Then the Blessed One discoursed to that man in due order, that is to say (&c., as usual in conversions, down to) May the Blessed One accept me as a disciple, as one who, from this day forth as long as life endures, has taken his refuge in him.
And the Blessed One said to the man: 'Do not, my friend, leave me by that path. Go by this path,' and so dismissed him by another way.
1 Patthaddha; that is, prastabdha. See Sutta-vibhanga, Pârâgika I, 10, 17, 21.
• This confession and acceptance are in a standing form, which occurs, for instance, at Mahâvagga IX, 1, 9; Kullavagga V, 20, 5. See, for instance, Kullavagga VI, 4, 5.
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