..续本文上一页d and possessed himself of that highest perfection of a religious life for the sake of which men of good family rightly wander, away from their houses to houseless state. ”Birth had been destroyed, a religious life had been led, what was to be done had been done, there was nothing else (to be done) for this existence,” so he perceived, and the venerable Bhâradvâaga became one of the arahats (saints).

　　Kasibhâradvâgasutta is ended.

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　　5. KUNDASUTTA.

　　Buddha describes the four different kinds of Samanas to Kunda, the smith.

　　 1. ”I ask the Muni of great understanding,”--so said Kunda, the smith,--”Buddha, the lord of the Dhamma, who is free from desire, the best of bipeds, the most excellent of charioteers, how many (kinds of) Samanas are there in the world; pray tell me that

　　” (82)

　　 2. ”There are four (kinds of) Samanas, (there is) not a fifth, O Kunda,”--so said Bhagavat,--”these I will reveal to thee, being asked in person; (they are) Maggaginas and Maggadesakas, Maggagîvins and Maggadûsins.” (83)

　　 3. ”Whom do the Buddhas call a Maggagina

　　”--so said Kunda, the smith,--”How is a Maggagghâyin

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　　unequalled

　　 Being asked, describe to me a Maggagîvin, and reveal to me a Maggadûsin.” (84)

　　 4. Bhagavat said: ”He who has overcome doubt, is without pain, delights in Nibbâna, is free from greed, a leader of the world of men and gods, such a one the Buddhas call a maggagina (that is, victorious by the way). (85)

　　 5. ”He who in this world having known the best (i.e. Nibbâna) as the best, expounds and explains here the Dhamma, him, the doubt-cutting Muni, without desire, the second of the Bhikkhus they call a maggadesin (that is, teaching the way). (86)

　　 6. ”He who lives in the way that has so well been taught in the Dhammapada, and is restrained, attentive, cultivating blameless words, him the third of the Bhikshus they call a maggagîvin (that is, living in the way[1]). (87)

　　 7. ”He who although counterfeiting the virtuous is forward, disgraces families, is impudent, deceitful, unrestrained, a babbler, walking in disguise, such a one is a maggadûsin (that is, defiling the way)[2]. (88)

　　 8. ”He who has penetrated these (four Samanas), who is a householder, possessed of knowledge, a pupil of the venerable ones, wise, having known that they all are such,--having seen so, his faith is not lost; for how could he make the undepraved equal to the depraved and the pure equal to the impure

　　” (89)

　　Kundasutta is ended.

　　[1. Yo Dhammapade sudesite

　　 Magge gîvati saññato satîmâ

　　 Anavaggapadâni sevamâno

　　 Tatiyam bhikkhunam âhu maggagîvim.

　　2. Comp. Gâtaka II, p. 281.]

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　　6. PARÂBHAVASUTTA.

　　A dialogue between a deity and Buddha on the things by which a man loses and those by which he gains in this world.--Text by Grimblot, in Journal Asiatique, t. xviii (1871), p. 237; translation by L. Feer, in Journal Asiatique, t. xviii (1871), p. 309, and by Gogerly, reprinted in Journal Asiatique, t. xx (1872), p. 226.

　　 So it was heard by me:

　　 At one time Bhagavat dwelt at Sâvatthî, in Getavana, in the park of Anâthapindika. Then when the night had gone, a certain deity of a beautiful appearance, having illuminated the whole Getavana, went up to Bhagavat, and having approached and saluted him, he stood apart, and standing apart that deity addressed Bhagavat in stanzas:

　　 1. ”We ask (thee), Gotama, about a man that suffers loss; having come to ask, Bhagavat, (tell us) what is the cause (of lo…

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