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Murid utama yang menjelaskan perbedaan antara batin yang bernoda dan batin yang mengetahui noda itu.
BAGIAN 30
mn5:30.1 Suppose these spheres of bad, unskillful wishes are seen and heard to be given up by a mendicant. Even though they dwell within a village, accept invitations to a meal, and wear robes offered by householders, their spiritual companions honor, respect, revere, and venerate them.
mn5:30.2 Why is that?
mn5:30.3 It’s because these spheres of bad, unskillful wishes are seen and heard to be given up by that venerable.
mn5:30.4 Suppose a bronze cup was brought from a shop or smithy clean and bright.
mn5:30.5 The owners were to prepare it with boiled fine rice with the dark grains picked out and served with many soups and sauces, cover it with a bronze lid, and parade it through the market-place.
mn5:30.6 When people saw it they’d say:
mn5:30.7 ‘Oh my, what is it that you’re carrying like a precious treasure?’
mn5:30.8 So they’d open up the lid for people to look inside.
mn5:30.9 And as soon as they saw it they were filled with liking, attraction, and relish.
mn5:30.10 Even those who were replete wanted to eat it, let alone those who were hungry.
mn5:30.11 In the same way, when these spheres of bad, unskillful wishes are seen and heard to be given up by a mendicant … their spiritual companions honor, respect, revere, and venerate them.
mn5:30.12 Why is that?
mn5:30.13 It’s because these spheres of bad, unskillful wishes are seen and heard to be given up by that venerable.”