an4.122:4.1 And what, mendicants, is the danger of whirlpools?
BAGIAN 4
an4.122:4.2 It’s when a gentleman has gone forth out of faith from the lay life to homelessness …
an4.122:4.5 When they’ve gone forth, they robe up in the morning and, taking their bowl and robe, enter a village or town for alms without guarding body, speech, and mind, without establishing mindfulness, and without restraining the sense faculties.
an4.122:4.6 There they see a householder or their child amusing themselves, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation.
an4.122:4.7 They think:
an4.122:4.8 ‘Formerly, as laypeople, we amused ourselves, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation.
an4.122:4.9 And it’s true that my family is wealthy.
an4.122:4.10 I can both enjoy my wealth and make merit.
an4.122:4.11 Why don’t I resign the training and return to a lesser life, so I can enjoy my wealth and make merit?’
an4.122:4.12 They resign the training and return to a lesser life.
an4.122:4.13 This is called a mendicant who resigns the training and returns to a lesser life for fear of the danger of whirlpools.
an4.122:4.14 ‘Danger of whirlpools’ is a term for the five kinds of sensual stimulation.
an4.122:4.15 This is called the danger of whirlpools.