mn67:18.1 And what, mendicants, is the danger of whirlpools?
BAGIAN 18
mn67:18.2 It’s when a gentleman has gone forth out of faith from the lay life to homelessness, thinking:
mn67:18.3 ‘I’m swamped by rebirth, old age, and death; by sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. I’m swamped by suffering, mired in suffering.
mn67:18.4 Hopefully I can make an end to this entire mass of suffering.’
mn67:18.5 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.
mn67:18.6 There they see a householder or their child amusing themselves, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation.
mn67:18.7 They think:
mn67:18.8 ‘Formerly, as laypeople, we amused ourselves, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation.
mn67:18.9 And it’s true that my family is wealthy.
mn67:18.10 I can both enjoy my wealth and make merit.’
mn67:18.11 They resign the training and return to a lesser life.
mn67:18.12 This is called one who resigns the training and returns to a lesser life for fear of the danger of whirlpools.
mn67:18.13 ‘Danger of whirlpools’ is a term for the five kinds of sensual stimulation.