an6.54:13.1 Then Sakka used his psychic power to will that a violent storm come. And it raised up that mighty banyan tree and the bark of the roots was healed.
BAGIAN 13
an6.54:13.2 In the same way, Brahmin Dhammika, were you standing by an ascetic’s duty when the local lay followers banished you from all seven of the monasteries in your native land?”
an6.54:13.3 “But sir, how do I stand by an ascetic’s duty?”
an6.54:13.4 “When someone abuses, annoys, or argues with an ascetic, the ascetic doesn’t abuse, annoy, or argue back at them.
an6.54:13.5 That’s how an ascetic stands by an ascetic’s duty.”
an6.54:13.6 “I was not standing by an ascetic’s duty when the local lay followers banished me from all seven of the monasteries in my native land.”
an6.54:13.7 “Once upon a time, there was a teacher named Sunetta. He was a religious founder and was free of desire for sensual pleasures.
an6.54:13.8 He had many hundreds of disciples.
an6.54:13.9 He taught them a Dhamma for rebirth in the company of Divinity.
an6.54:13.10 Those lacking confidence in Sunetta were—when their body broke up, after death—reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.
an6.54:13.11 Those full of confidence in Sunetta were—when their body broke up, after death—reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.