..续本文上一页shirking his duties with regard to skillful mental qualities. ”This Dhamma is for one whose persistence is aroused, not for one who is lazy.” Thus was it said. And with reference to this was it said.
— AN 8.30
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§ 7.2.
As if struck by a sword,
as if his head were on fire,
a monk should live the wandering life
— mindful —
for the abandoning of sensual passion.
— Thag 1.39
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§ 7.3. "Furthermore, the monk finds pleasure & delight in developing [skillful mental qualities], finds pleasure & delight in abandoning [unskillful mental qualities]. He does not, on account of his pleasure & delight in developing & abandoning, exalt himself or disparage others. In this he is diligent, deft, alert, & mindful. This is said to be a monk standing firm in the ancient, original traditions of the noble ones."
— AN 4.28
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§ 7.4. "And how is a monk devoted to wakefulness
There is the case where a monk during the day, sitting & pacing back & forth, cleanses his mind of any qualities that would hold the mind in check. During the first watch of the night [dusk to 10 p.m.], sitting & pacing back & forth, he cleanses his mind of any qualities that would hold the mind in check. During the second watch of the night [10 p.m. to 2 a.m.], reclining on his right side, he takes up the lion”s posture, one foot placed on top of the other, mindful, alert, with his mind set on getting up [either as soon as he awakens or at a particular time]. During the last watch of the night [2 a.m. to dawn], sitting & pacing back & forth, he cleanses his mind of any qualities that would hold the mind in check. This is how a monk is devoted to wakefulness."
— AN 4.37
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§ 7.5.
[The Buddha:]
To me —
resolute in exertion
near the river Nerañjara,
making a great effort,
doing jhana
to attain security from bondage —
Namuci1 came,
speaking words of compassion:
"You are ashen, thin.
Death is in
your presence.
Death
has 1,000 parts of you.
Only one part
is your life.
Live, good sir!
Life is better.
Alive,
you can do
acts of merit.
Your living the holy life,
performing the fire sacrifice,
will heap up much merit.
What use is exertion to you
Hard to follow
— the path of exertion —
hard to do, hard
to sustain."
Saying these verses,
Mara stood in the Awakened One”s presence.
And to that Mara, speaking thus,
the Blessed One
said this:
"Kinsman of the heedless,
Evil One,
come here for whatever purpose:
I haven”t, for merit,
even the least bit of need.
Those who have need of merit:
those are the ones
Mara”s fit to address.
In me are conviction
austerity,
persistence,
discernment.
Why, when I”m so resolute
do you petition me
to live
This wind could burn up
even river currents.
Why, when I”m resolute,
shouldn”t my blood dry away
As my blood dries up
gall & phlegm dry up.
As muscles waste away,
the mind grows clearer;
mindfulness, discernment,
concentration stand
more firm.
Staying in this way,
attaining the ultimate feeling,2
the mind has no interest
in sensual passions.
See:
a being”s
purity!
Sensual passions are your first army.
Your second is called Discontent.
Your third is Hunger & Thirst.
Your fourth is called Craving.
Fifth is Sloth & Drowsiness.
Sixth is called Terror.
Your seventh is Uncertainty.
Hypocrisy & Stubbornness, your eighth.
Gains, Offerings, Fame, & Status
wrongly gained,
and whoever would praise self
& disparage others.
That, Namuci, is your a…
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