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1Time after time, where'er I meet him, still My strong approval, and my love, will I Lavish upon him — if he be but good, — And yield the honoured place of teacher to him V ' 39. The Boar. 16. 'Venerable Nagasena, those two qualities of the boar you say he ought to take, which are they ? ' 'Just, O king, as the boar, in the sultry and scorching weather of the hot season, resorts to the water ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, when his heart is dis- tracted and ready to fall, all in a whirl, inflamed by anger, resort to the cool, ambrosial, sweet water of the meditation on love. This, O king, is the first quality of the boar he ought to have. 1 7. * And again, O king, as the boar, resorting to muddy water, digs into the swamp with his snout, and making a trough for himself, lies down therein ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, put his body away in his mind, and 1 Not traced as yet. Hina/i-kumbure, p. 594, takes santo in the sense of sat purusha gu/zayezrc yukta wu. VII, 4, 20. OF MILINDA THE KING. 335 lie down in the midst of contemplation. [398] This, O king, is the second quality of the boar he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by Pmafola Bharadva^a, the Elder: " Alone, with no one near, the man of insight, Searching into and finding out the nature Of this body, can lay him down to rest On the sweet bed of contemplations deep V ' 40. The Elephant. 18. 'Venerable Nagasena, the five qualities of the elephant he ought to take, which are they ? ' ' Just, O king, as the elephant, as he walks about, crushes the earth ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, mastering the nature of the body, crush out all evil. This, O king, is the first quality of the elephant he ought to have. 19. ' And again, O king, as the elephant turns his whole body when he looks, always looking straight before him, not glancing round this way and that 2 ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, turn his whole body when he looks, always looking straight before, not glancing round this way and that, not looking aloft, not looking at his feet, but keeping his eyes fixed about a yoke's length in front of him. This, O king, is the second quality of the elephant he ought to have. 20. * And again, O king, as the elephant has no permanent lair, even in seeking his food does not always frequent the same spot, has no fixed place of 1 Not traced as yet. 2 On this curious belief, see ' Buddhist Suttas/ p. 64. 336 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES VII, 4, 21.
220. * And again, O king, as the elephant has no permanent lair, even in seeking his food does not always frequent the same spot, has no fixed place of 1 Not traced as yet. 2 On this curious belief, see ' Buddhist Suttas/ p. 64. 336 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES VII, 4, 21. abode ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, have no permanent resting-place, but without a home should go his rounds for alms. Full of insight, wherever he sees a pleasant suitable agreeable place \ whether in a hut or at the foot of a tree, or in a cave, or on a mountain side, there should he dwell, not taking up a fixed abode. This, O king, is the third quality of the elephant he ought to have. 21. ' And again, O king, as the elephant revels in the water, plunging into glorious lotus ponds full of clear pure cool water, and covered over with lotuses yellow, and blue, and red, and white, sporting there in the games in which the mighty beast delights ; [399] just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, plunge into the glorious pond of self-possession, covered with the flowers of emancipation, filled with the delicious waters of the pure and stainless clear and limpid Truth ; there should he by knowledge shake off and drive away the Sa^kharas2, there should he revel in the sport that is the delight of the recluse. This, O king, is the fourth quality of the elephant he ought to have. 22. ' And again, O king, as the elephant lifts up his foot with care, and puts it down with care ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, be mindful and self-possessed in lifting 1 For dese bhavaw the Sinhalese reads desa-bhaga. 2 Sa^khara is here used in the sense in which they are said at Dhammapada, verse 203, to be parama dukkha. The word is there explained by the commentator (wrongly, I think) as the five Skandhas. The Sinhalese, p. 596, simply has sarva sawskara dharmayaw. VII, 4, 22. OF MILINDA THE KING. 337 up his feet and in putting them down, in going or returning, in stretching his arm or drawing it back, — wherever he is he should be mindful and self- possessed. This, O king, is the fifth quality of the elephant he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by the Blessed One, the god over all gods, in the most excellent Sawyutta Nik&ya : " Good is restraint in action, And good restraint in speech, Good is restraint in mind, Restraint throughout is good. Well guarded is he said to be Who is ashamed of sin, in all things self-controlled V ' Here ends the Fourth Chapter. 1 From the Sawyutta III, 1, 5, 6. The first four lines are also included in the Dhammapada collection, verse 361. [36] 338 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES VII, 5, I. Book VII. Chapter 5. the similes (continued). [400] 41. The Lion. 1. * Venerable Nagasena, those seven qualities of the lion you say he ought to have, which are they?'
3The first four lines are also included in the Dhammapada collection, verse 361. [36] 338 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES VII, 5, I. Book VII. Chapter 5. the similes (continued). [400] 41. The Lion. 1. * Venerable Nagasena, those seven qualities of the lion you say he ought to have, which are they?' ' Just, O king, as the lion is of a clear, stainless, and pure light yellow colour ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, be clear, stainless, and pure light in mind, free from anger and moroseness. This, O king, is the first quality of the lion he ought to have. 2. ' And again, O king, as the lion has four paws as his means of travelling, and is rapid in his gait ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, move along the four paths of saint- ship. This, O king, is the second quality of the lion he ought to have. 3. ' And again, O king, as the lion has a beautiful coat of hair, pleasant to behold ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, have a beautiful coat of righteousness, pleasant to behold. This, O king, is the third quality of the lion he ought to have. 4. * And again, O king, as the lion, even were his life to cease, bows down before no man ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, even though he should cease to obtain all the requisites of a recluse — food and clothing and lodging and medicine for the sick — never bow down VII, 5, 7- 0F MILINDA THE KING. 339 to any man \ This is the fourth quality of the lion he ought to have. 5. ' And again, 0 king, as the lion eats regularly on, wheresoever his prey falls there does he eat whatever he requires, and seeks not out the best morsels of flesh ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, stand for alms at each hut in regular order, not seeking out the families where he would be given better food, not missing out any house upon his rounds 2, he should not pick and choose in eating, wheresoever he may have received a mouthful of rice there should he eat it, seeking not for the best morsels. This, O king, is the fifth quality of the lion he ought to have. 6. ' And again, O king, as the lion is not a storer up of what he eats, and when he has once eaten of his prey returns not again to it ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, never be a storer up of food. This is the sixth quality of the lion he ought to have. 7. [401] * And again, O king, as the lion, even if he gets no food, is not alarmed, and if he does 3, then he eats it without craving, without faintness, without sinking4; just so, O king, should the 1 This is an injunction the Bhikshus still observe. Some of them have been known to attend a leve*e in Ceylon (improperly, as I venture to think). But as they would bow to no one, not to governor or prince, the \ev6e became, so far as they were con- cerned, a mere march-past.
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.
1Time after time, where'er I meet him, still My strong approval, and my love, will I Lavish upon him — if he be but good, — And yield the honoured place of teacher to him V ' 39. The Boar. 16. 'Venerable Nagasena, those two qualities of the boar you say he ought to take, which are they ? ' 'Just, O king, as the boar, in the sultry and scorching weather of the hot season, resorts to the water ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, when his heart is dis- tracted and ready to fall, all in a whirl, inflamed by anger, resort to the cool, ambrosial, sweet water of the meditation on love. This, O king, is the first quality of the boar he ought to have. 1 7. * And again, O king, as the boar, resorting to muddy water, digs into the swamp with his snout, and making a trough for himself, lies down therein ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, put his body away in his mind, and 1 Not traced as yet. Hina/i-kumbure, p. 594, takes santo in the sense of sat purusha gu/zayezrc yukta wu. VII, 4, 20. OF MILINDA THE KING. 335 lie down in the midst of contemplation. [398] This, O king, is the second quality of the boar he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by Pmafola Bharadva^a, the Elder: " Alone, with no one near, the man of insight, Searching into and finding out the nature Of this body, can lay him down to rest On the sweet bed of contemplations deep V ' 40. The Elephant. 18. 'Venerable Nagasena, the five qualities of the elephant he ought to take, which are they ? ' ' Just, O king, as the elephant, as he walks about, crushes the earth ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, mastering the nature of the body, crush out all evil. This, O king, is the first quality of the elephant he ought to have. 19. ' And again, O king, as the elephant turns his whole body when he looks, always looking straight before him, not glancing round this way and that 2 ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, turn his whole body when he looks, always looking straight before, not glancing round this way and that, not looking aloft, not looking at his feet, but keeping his eyes fixed about a yoke's length in front of him. This, O king, is the second quality of the elephant he ought to have. 20. * And again, O king, as the elephant has no permanent lair, even in seeking his food does not always frequent the same spot, has no fixed place of 1 Not traced as yet. 2 On this curious belief, see ' Buddhist Suttas/ p. 64. 336 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES VII, 4, 21.
220. * And again, O king, as the elephant has no permanent lair, even in seeking his food does not always frequent the same spot, has no fixed place of 1 Not traced as yet. 2 On this curious belief, see ' Buddhist Suttas/ p. 64. 336 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES VII, 4, 21. abode ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, have no permanent resting-place, but without a home should go his rounds for alms. Full of insight, wherever he sees a pleasant suitable agreeable place \ whether in a hut or at the foot of a tree, or in a cave, or on a mountain side, there should he dwell, not taking up a fixed abode. This, O king, is the third quality of the elephant he ought to have. 21. ' And again, O king, as the elephant revels in the water, plunging into glorious lotus ponds full of clear pure cool water, and covered over with lotuses yellow, and blue, and red, and white, sporting there in the games in which the mighty beast delights ; [399] just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, plunge into the glorious pond of self-possession, covered with the flowers of emancipation, filled with the delicious waters of the pure and stainless clear and limpid Truth ; there should he by knowledge shake off and drive away the Sa^kharas2, there should he revel in the sport that is the delight of the recluse. This, O king, is the fourth quality of the elephant he ought to have. 22. ' And again, O king, as the elephant lifts up his foot with care, and puts it down with care ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, be mindful and self-possessed in lifting 1 For dese bhavaw the Sinhalese reads desa-bhaga. 2 Sa^khara is here used in the sense in which they are said at Dhammapada, verse 203, to be parama dukkha. The word is there explained by the commentator (wrongly, I think) as the five Skandhas. The Sinhalese, p. 596, simply has sarva sawskara dharmayaw. VII, 4, 22. OF MILINDA THE KING. 337 up his feet and in putting them down, in going or returning, in stretching his arm or drawing it back, — wherever he is he should be mindful and self- possessed. This, O king, is the fifth quality of the elephant he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by the Blessed One, the god over all gods, in the most excellent Sawyutta Nik&ya : " Good is restraint in action, And good restraint in speech, Good is restraint in mind, Restraint throughout is good. Well guarded is he said to be Who is ashamed of sin, in all things self-controlled V ' Here ends the Fourth Chapter. 1 From the Sawyutta III, 1, 5, 6. The first four lines are also included in the Dhammapada collection, verse 361. [36] 338 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES VII, 5, I. Book VII. Chapter 5. the similes (continued). [400] 41. The Lion. 1. * Venerable Nagasena, those seven qualities of the lion you say he ought to have, which are they?'
3The first four lines are also included in the Dhammapada collection, verse 361. [36] 338 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES VII, 5, I. Book VII. Chapter 5. the similes (continued). [400] 41. The Lion. 1. * Venerable Nagasena, those seven qualities of the lion you say he ought to have, which are they?' ' Just, O king, as the lion is of a clear, stainless, and pure light yellow colour ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, be clear, stainless, and pure light in mind, free from anger and moroseness. This, O king, is the first quality of the lion he ought to have. 2. ' And again, O king, as the lion has four paws as his means of travelling, and is rapid in his gait ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, move along the four paths of saint- ship. This, O king, is the second quality of the lion he ought to have. 3. ' And again, O king, as the lion has a beautiful coat of hair, pleasant to behold ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, have a beautiful coat of righteousness, pleasant to behold. This, O king, is the third quality of the lion he ought to have. 4. * And again, O king, as the lion, even were his life to cease, bows down before no man ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, even though he should cease to obtain all the requisites of a recluse — food and clothing and lodging and medicine for the sick — never bow down VII, 5, 7- 0F MILINDA THE KING. 339 to any man \ This is the fourth quality of the lion he ought to have. 5. ' And again, 0 king, as the lion eats regularly on, wheresoever his prey falls there does he eat whatever he requires, and seeks not out the best morsels of flesh ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, stand for alms at each hut in regular order, not seeking out the families where he would be given better food, not missing out any house upon his rounds 2, he should not pick and choose in eating, wheresoever he may have received a mouthful of rice there should he eat it, seeking not for the best morsels. This, O king, is the fifth quality of the lion he ought to have. 6. ' And again, O king, as the lion is not a storer up of what he eats, and when he has once eaten of his prey returns not again to it ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, never be a storer up of food. This is the sixth quality of the lion he ought to have. 7. [401] * And again, O king, as the lion, even if he gets no food, is not alarmed, and if he does 3, then he eats it without craving, without faintness, without sinking4; just so, O king, should the 1 This is an injunction the Bhikshus still observe. Some of them have been known to attend a leve*e in Ceylon (improperly, as I venture to think). But as they would bow to no one, not to governor or prince, the \ev6e became, so far as they were con- cerned, a mere march-past.
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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