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1" 1 Hina/i-kumbure, characteristically enough for a Ceylon man, adds, ' and the Footprint and the Bo-tree.* 2 The first line only of these verses is in the Sa/rayutta III, 2, 7. V, 22. OF MILINDA THE KING. 23 1 22. 'And the inhabitants that dwell in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness, O king, are such as these : Masters in the Suttantas, and masters in the Vinaya, and masters in the Abhidhamma ; preachers of the faith ; repeaters of the Gatakas, and repeaters of the Digha, and repeaters of the Ma^^ima, [342] and repeaters of the Sawyutta, and repeaters of the Ahguttara, and repeaters of the Khuddaka Nikaya ; — men endowed with right conduct, men accom- plished in meditation, men full of knowledge, men taking delight in contemplation of the sevenfold wisdom of the Arahats, men of insight ] ; — men who frequent the woods for meditation, or sit at the roots of trees, or dwell in the open air, or sleep on heaps of straw, or live near cemeteries, or lie not down to sleep, — men who have entered the Excellent Way2, men who have attained one or more of the four fruits thereof, men who are still learners (have not yet reached Arahatship, but are close upon it), men enjoying the Fruits, that is, either Sotapannas, or Sakadagamins, or Anagamins, or Arahats ; — men of the threefold wisdom3, men of the sixfold tran- scendental wisdom4, men of the power of Iddhi, men who have reached perfection in knowledge, men 1 Vipassaka, not necessarily the insight of the Arahats, as Childers says. We have seen Vipassana ascribed above, p. 16 (of the Pali), to a Sotapanno. 2 Pa/ipannaka; so the Sinhalese, p. 496 (but see otherwise below, V, 21, p. 344 of the Pali). 3 Tevig^a, having the pubbe-nivasanussati-M/za, the <6etopa- riya-#a#a, and the asavana/ra khaya-^a^a. See Digha Nikaja II, 91-94 and 97. 4 These are the last three, and besides them the so-called Divine Eye, and Divine Ear, and also the power of Iddhi. See Digha Nikaya II, 87-90, 95-96. 232 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES V, 22. skilled in the maintenance of constant self-possession, in the Great Struggle, in the Steps to Iddhi, in the Organs of their moral sense, in the sevenfold wisdom, in the Excellent Way, in CMna, in Vimokkha, and in the attainment of the exalted and tranquil bliss that is independent of form or the absence of form — yea! like a forest full of bamboos, full of reeds, that City of Righteousness has been ever crowded and frequented by such Arahats as these ! For it is said * : (1) " Men devoid of passion, and of malice, and of dullness, men in whom the Great Evils (lust, becom- ing, delusion, and ignorance) are not, men who have neither craving thirst, nor grasping desires, — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (2) " Men whose home is the forest, men who have taken on themselves the extra vows, men full of joy, men who are wearing rough garments, men rejoicing in solitude, heroes — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness.
2(2) " Men whose home is the forest, men who have taken on themselves the extra vows, men full of joy, men who are wearing rough garments, men rejoicing in solitude, heroes — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (3) " Men who sleep sitting, or on any sleeping- place that comes, or spend their time standing or walking up and down in meditation, men who clad themselves in cast-off raiment — all these dwell in the City of Righteousness. (4) " Men wearing the full set of three robes, tran- quil, with a skin for the fourth, who rejoice in taking but one meal each day, the wise — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (5) " The earnest and prudent, heroes who feed on little and know no greed, content whether they receive an alms or receive it not — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. 1 It is not known in what text. Y, 22. OF MILINDA THE KING. 233 (6) " The meditative, delighting in CMna, heroes of tranquil minds, and stedfast, looking forward to Nirvana — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (7) " Men walking in the path, and standing in the fruits thereof, those who have attained some fruits thereof but are yet learners as to the last, whose hope is directed to the utmost goal — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (8) " Those who have entered the stream, and those who, free from stains, will only be reborn once more on earth, those who will never return again, and Arahats — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (9) " Those skilled in the means of attaining undisturbed self-possession, and rejoicing in con- templation on the sevenfold wisdom, those who are full of insight, and bear the words of the Dharma in their hearts — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. [343] (10) "Those skilled in the Steps to Iddhi, and rejoicing in the meditations of Samadhi, those who are devoted to the Great Struggle — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (11) "Those perfect in the sixfold wisdom of the Abhmn&s, delighting in the sphere that is theirs by rightful inheritance1, those having the power of flying through the air — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (12) " Those of downcast eyes, and measured speech, the doors of whose senses are guarded, who 1 Petti ke go^are rata. That is in the four Sati-pa//Mnas. See the passage quoted below at VII, 1, 7, p. 368 of the Pali. 2^4 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES V, 23. are self-restrained, who are well trained according to the supreme Dhamma — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (13) " Those of the threefold wisdom, and of the sixfold wisdom, those who have become perfect in Iddhi and perfect in knowledge — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness."
3(13) " Those of the threefold wisdom, and of the sixfold wisdom, those who have become perfect in Iddhi and perfect in knowledge — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness." 23. ' And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhik- khus who carry in their hearts the words of the excellent knowledge that is immeasurable, who are free from bonds, whose goodness and fame and power and glory no man can weigh, who (in imita- tion of their Master) * keep the royal chariot-wheel of the kingdom of righteousness rolling on, who have reached perfection in knowledge — such Bhikkhus are called, O king, " The Commanders of the Faith in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness." * And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhikkhus, who have the power of Iddhi, who have learned the discriminations 2, who are full of confidence, who travel through the air, who are hard to oppose, hard to overcome, who can move without support, who can shake the broad earth and the waters on which it rests, who can touch the sun and the moon, who are skilful in transforming themselves and in making stedfast resolutions and high aspirations, who are perfect in Iddhi — such Bhikkhus are called, O king, " The royal chaplains in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness." ' And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhikkhus who have taken upon themselves the extra vows, 1 Anuppavattaka. See below, p. 363 of the Pali. 2 See above, V, 19. V, 23. OF MILINDA THE KING. 235 who desire little and are content, who would loathe any breach of the regulations as to the manner of seeking an alms \ and beg straight on from hut to hut, as a bee smells flower after flower 2, and then go away into the loneliness of the woods, those who are indifferent as to their body and as to life, those who have attained to Arahatship, those who place the highest value on the virtues of the practice of the extra vows — such Bhikkhus are called, O king, " The judges in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness." ' And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhikkhus who are pure and stainless, in whom no evil dis- positions are left, who, skilful in the knowledge of the fall and rise of beings3, have perfected them- selves in the Divine Eye — such Bhikkhus are called, O king, " The givers of light 4 in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness. " ' And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhikkhus [344] who are learned in the traditions, who hand on what has been handed down, the repeaters of the Discourses, and of the Canon Law, and of the tables of contents, those who are skilled in the exact determination of letters into surds and sonants, into 1 Importunity, or even attracting attention in any way. See above, p. 229 of the Pali. 2 Compare Sigalovada Sutta, p. 365, and Dhammapada, verse 49: 'As a bee, injuring not the flower or its colour or its scent, flies away, taking the nectar, so let a sage go through the village/
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1" 1 Hina/i-kumbure, characteristically enough for a Ceylon man, adds, ' and the Footprint and the Bo-tree.* 2 The first line only of these verses is in the Sa/rayutta III, 2, 7. V, 22. OF MILINDA THE KING. 23 1 22. 'And the inhabitants that dwell in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness, O king, are such as these : Masters in the Suttantas, and masters in the Vinaya, and masters in the Abhidhamma ; preachers of the faith ; repeaters of the Gatakas, and repeaters of the Digha, and repeaters of the Ma^^ima, [342] and repeaters of the Sawyutta, and repeaters of the Ahguttara, and repeaters of the Khuddaka Nikaya ; — men endowed with right conduct, men accom- plished in meditation, men full of knowledge, men taking delight in contemplation of the sevenfold wisdom of the Arahats, men of insight ] ; — men who frequent the woods for meditation, or sit at the roots of trees, or dwell in the open air, or sleep on heaps of straw, or live near cemeteries, or lie not down to sleep, — men who have entered the Excellent Way2, men who have attained one or more of the four fruits thereof, men who are still learners (have not yet reached Arahatship, but are close upon it), men enjoying the Fruits, that is, either Sotapannas, or Sakadagamins, or Anagamins, or Arahats ; — men of the threefold wisdom3, men of the sixfold tran- scendental wisdom4, men of the power of Iddhi, men who have reached perfection in knowledge, men 1 Vipassaka, not necessarily the insight of the Arahats, as Childers says. We have seen Vipassana ascribed above, p. 16 (of the Pali), to a Sotapanno. 2 Pa/ipannaka; so the Sinhalese, p. 496 (but see otherwise below, V, 21, p. 344 of the Pali). 3 Tevig^a, having the pubbe-nivasanussati-M/za, the <6etopa- riya-#a#a, and the asavana/ra khaya-^a^a. See Digha Nikaja II, 91-94 and 97. 4 These are the last three, and besides them the so-called Divine Eye, and Divine Ear, and also the power of Iddhi. See Digha Nikaya II, 87-90, 95-96. 232 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES V, 22. skilled in the maintenance of constant self-possession, in the Great Struggle, in the Steps to Iddhi, in the Organs of their moral sense, in the sevenfold wisdom, in the Excellent Way, in CMna, in Vimokkha, and in the attainment of the exalted and tranquil bliss that is independent of form or the absence of form — yea! like a forest full of bamboos, full of reeds, that City of Righteousness has been ever crowded and frequented by such Arahats as these ! For it is said * : (1) " Men devoid of passion, and of malice, and of dullness, men in whom the Great Evils (lust, becom- ing, delusion, and ignorance) are not, men who have neither craving thirst, nor grasping desires, — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (2) " Men whose home is the forest, men who have taken on themselves the extra vows, men full of joy, men who are wearing rough garments, men rejoicing in solitude, heroes — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness.
2(2) " Men whose home is the forest, men who have taken on themselves the extra vows, men full of joy, men who are wearing rough garments, men rejoicing in solitude, heroes — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (3) " Men who sleep sitting, or on any sleeping- place that comes, or spend their time standing or walking up and down in meditation, men who clad themselves in cast-off raiment — all these dwell in the City of Righteousness. (4) " Men wearing the full set of three robes, tran- quil, with a skin for the fourth, who rejoice in taking but one meal each day, the wise — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (5) " The earnest and prudent, heroes who feed on little and know no greed, content whether they receive an alms or receive it not — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. 1 It is not known in what text. Y, 22. OF MILINDA THE KING. 233 (6) " The meditative, delighting in CMna, heroes of tranquil minds, and stedfast, looking forward to Nirvana — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (7) " Men walking in the path, and standing in the fruits thereof, those who have attained some fruits thereof but are yet learners as to the last, whose hope is directed to the utmost goal — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (8) " Those who have entered the stream, and those who, free from stains, will only be reborn once more on earth, those who will never return again, and Arahats — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (9) " Those skilled in the means of attaining undisturbed self-possession, and rejoicing in con- templation on the sevenfold wisdom, those who are full of insight, and bear the words of the Dharma in their hearts — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. [343] (10) "Those skilled in the Steps to Iddhi, and rejoicing in the meditations of Samadhi, those who are devoted to the Great Struggle — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (11) "Those perfect in the sixfold wisdom of the Abhmn&s, delighting in the sphere that is theirs by rightful inheritance1, those having the power of flying through the air — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (12) " Those of downcast eyes, and measured speech, the doors of whose senses are guarded, who 1 Petti ke go^are rata. That is in the four Sati-pa//Mnas. See the passage quoted below at VII, 1, 7, p. 368 of the Pali. 2^4 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES V, 23. are self-restrained, who are well trained according to the supreme Dhamma — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness. (13) " Those of the threefold wisdom, and of the sixfold wisdom, those who have become perfect in Iddhi and perfect in knowledge — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness."
3(13) " Those of the threefold wisdom, and of the sixfold wisdom, those who have become perfect in Iddhi and perfect in knowledge — these are they who dwell in the City of Righteousness." 23. ' And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhik- khus who carry in their hearts the words of the excellent knowledge that is immeasurable, who are free from bonds, whose goodness and fame and power and glory no man can weigh, who (in imita- tion of their Master) * keep the royal chariot-wheel of the kingdom of righteousness rolling on, who have reached perfection in knowledge — such Bhikkhus are called, O king, " The Commanders of the Faith in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness." * And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhikkhus, who have the power of Iddhi, who have learned the discriminations 2, who are full of confidence, who travel through the air, who are hard to oppose, hard to overcome, who can move without support, who can shake the broad earth and the waters on which it rests, who can touch the sun and the moon, who are skilful in transforming themselves and in making stedfast resolutions and high aspirations, who are perfect in Iddhi — such Bhikkhus are called, O king, " The royal chaplains in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness." ' And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhikkhus who have taken upon themselves the extra vows, 1 Anuppavattaka. See below, p. 363 of the Pali. 2 See above, V, 19. V, 23. OF MILINDA THE KING. 235 who desire little and are content, who would loathe any breach of the regulations as to the manner of seeking an alms \ and beg straight on from hut to hut, as a bee smells flower after flower 2, and then go away into the loneliness of the woods, those who are indifferent as to their body and as to life, those who have attained to Arahatship, those who place the highest value on the virtues of the practice of the extra vows — such Bhikkhus are called, O king, " The judges in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness." ' And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhikkhus who are pure and stainless, in whom no evil dis- positions are left, who, skilful in the knowledge of the fall and rise of beings3, have perfected them- selves in the Divine Eye — such Bhikkhus are called, O king, " The givers of light 4 in the Blessed One's City of Righteousness. " ' And furthermore, O king, those of the Bhikkhus [344] who are learned in the traditions, who hand on what has been handed down, the repeaters of the Discourses, and of the Canon Law, and of the tables of contents, those who are skilled in the exact determination of letters into surds and sonants, into 1 Importunity, or even attracting attention in any way. See above, p. 229 of the Pali. 2 Compare Sigalovada Sutta, p. 365, and Dhammapada, verse 49: 'As a bee, injuring not the flower or its colour or its scent, flies away, taking the nectar, so let a sage go through the village/
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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