mn129:8.1 “It’s possible,” said the Buddha.
BAGIAN 8
mn129:8.2 “Suppose they arrest a bandit, a criminal and present him to the king, saying,
mn129:8.3 ‘Your Majesty, this is a bandit, a criminal. Punish him as you will.’
mn129:8.4 The king would say,
mn129:8.5 ‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the morning with a hundred spears!’
mn129:8.6 The king’s men did as they were told.
mn129:8.7 Then at midday the king would say,
mn129:8.8 ‘Look here, how is that man?’
mn129:8.9 ‘He’s still alive, Your Majesty.’
mn129:8.10 The king would say,
mn129:8.11 ‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the midday with a hundred spears!’
mn129:8.12 The king’s men did as they were told.
mn129:8.13 Then late in the afternoon the king would say,
mn129:8.14 ‘Look here, how is that man?’
mn129:8.15 ‘He’s still alive, Your Majesty.’
mn129:8.16 The king would say,
mn129:8.17 ‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the late afternoon with a hundred spears!’
mn129:8.18 The king’s men did as they were told.
mn129:8.19 What do you think, mendicants?
mn129:8.20 Would that man experience pain and distress from being struck with three hundred spears?”
mn129:8.21 “Sir, that man would experience pain and distress from being struck with one spear, let alone three hundred spears!”