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Yet here, while I have taught the Dhamma for dispassion, you set your heart on passion; while I have taught the Dhamma for unfettering, you set your heart on being fettered; while I have taught the Dhamma for letting go, you set your heart on clinging. Haven”t I taught the Dhamma in various ways for the fading of passion, the sobering of pride, the subduing of thirst, the destruction of attachment, the severing of the round, the depletion of craving, dispassion, cessation, unbinding
Haven”t I advocated abandoning sensual pleasures, understanding sensual perceptions, subduing sensual thirst, destroying sensual preoccupations, calming sensual fevers
... Misguided men, this neither inspires faith in the faithless nor increases the faithful. Rather, it inspires lack of faith in the faithless and wavering in some of the faithful."
Then, having given a Dhamma talk on what is seemly & becoming for monks, he addressed the monks:
"Once, monks, there were two brothers who were hermits living on the banks of the Ganges. Then Manikantha, the naga-king, coming up out of the river Ganges, went to the younger hermit and, on arrival, having encircled him seven times with his coils, stood spreading his great hood above his head. Then the younger hermit, through fear of the naga, became thin, wretched, unattractive, & jaundiced, his body covered with veins. The elder brother, seeing his younger brother thin... his body covered with veins, asked him, ”Why are you thin... your body covered with veins
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"”Manikantha, the naga-king, coming up out of the river Ganges, comes to me and, on arrival, having encircled me seven times with his coils, stands spreading his great hood above my head. Through fear of the naga I have become thin... my body covered with veins.”
"”But do you want that naga not to return
”
"”I want the naga not to return.”
"”Do you see that this naga has anything
”
"”I see that he is ornamented with a jewel on his throat.”
"”Then beg the naga for the jewel, saying, "Good sir, give me your jewel. I want your jewel."”
"Then Manikantha, the naga-king, coming up out of the river Ganges, went to the younger hermit and, on arrival, stood to one side. As he was standing there, the younger hermit said to him, ”Good sir, give me your jewel. I want your jewel.” Then Manikantha, the naga-king, thinking, ”The monk is begging for my jewel. The monk wants my jewel,” hurried off. Then a second time, the naga-king, coming up out of the river Ganges, went toward the younger hermit. Seeing him from afar, the younger hermit said to him, ”Good sir, give me your jewel. I want your jewel.” Then Manikantha, the naga-king, thinking, ”The monk is begging for my jewel. The monk wants my jewel,” hurried off. Then a third time, the naga-king came up out of the river Ganges. Seeing him come up out of the river Ganges, the younger hermit said to him, ”Good sir, give me your jewel. I want your jewel.”
"Then Manikantha, the naga-king, addressed the younger hermit with this verse:
My food & drink
are produced grandly, abundantly,
by means of this jewel.
I won”t give it to you.
You”re one who asks
too much.
Nor will I come to your hermitage.
Like a youth with a sharp sword in his hand,
you scare me, begging for my stone.
I won”t give it to you.
You”re one who asks
too much.
Nor will I come to your hermitage.
"Then Manikantha, the naga-king, thinking, ”The monk is begging for my jewel. The monk wants my jewel,” went away. And having gone away, he never again returned. Then the younger hermit, from not seeing that lovely naga, became even thinner, more wretched, unattractive, & jaundiced, his body cover with veins. His older brother saw that he was even thinner... his body cov…
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