sn12.63:6.1 And how should you regard consciousness as fuel?
BAGIAN 6
sn12.63:6.2 Suppose they were to arrest a bandit, a criminal and present him to the king, saying:
sn12.63:6.3 ‘Your Majesty, this is a bandit, a criminal. Punish him as you will.’
sn12.63:6.4 The king would say:
sn12.63:6.5 ‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the morning with a hundred spears!’
sn12.63:6.6 The king’s men did as they were told.
sn12.63:6.7 Then at midday the king would say:
sn12.63:6.8 ‘Look here, how is that man?’
sn12.63:6.9 ‘He’s still alive, Your Majesty.’
sn12.63:6.10 The king would say:
sn12.63:6.11 ‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the middle of the day with a hundred spears!’
sn12.63:6.12 The king’s men did as they were told.
sn12.63:6.13 Then late in the afternoon the king would say:
sn12.63:6.14 ‘Look here, how is that man?’
sn12.63:6.15 ‘He’s still alive, Your Majesty.’
sn12.63:6.16 The king would say:
sn12.63:6.17 ‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the late afternoon with a hundred spears!’
sn12.63:6.18 The king’s men did as they were told.
sn12.63:6.19 What do you think, mendicants?
sn12.63:6.20 Would that man experience pain and distress from being struck with three hundred spears a day?”
sn12.63:6.21 “Sir, that man would experience pain and distress from being struck with one spear,
sn12.63:6.22 let alone three hundred spears!”
sn12.63:6.23 “I say that this is how you should regard consciousness as fuel.
sn12.63:6.24 When consciousness as fuel is completely understood, name and form are completely understood. When name and form are completely understood, a noble disciple has nothing further to do, I say.”