..续本文上一页ered with veins, and on seeing him, he asked him, ”Why are you even thinner... your body covered with veins

　　”

　　"”It”s from not seeing that lovely naga that I am even thinner... my body covered with veins.”

　　"Then the elder hermit addressed the younger hermit with this verse:

　　Don”t beg for what you covet

　　from one who is dear.

　　 Begging too much

　　 is detested.

　　The naga, begged by a brahman for his jewel,

　　 went away from there,

　　 never again to be seen.

　　"Monks, begging is unpleasant, hinting is unpleasant even to those w, ho are common animals — how much more so to human beings

　　"

　　"Once, monks, a monk lived on the slopes of the Himalayas in a forest grove. Not far from the grove was a broad, low-lying marsh. A great flock of birds, after feeding all day in the marsh, went to roost in the grove at nightfall. The monk was annoyed by the noise of that flock of birds.

　　"So he came to me and, on arrival, having bowed down, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, I said to him, ”I hope, monk, that you are well, that you are getting along, that you have completed your journey with little fatigue. Where have you come from

　　"

　　"I am well, lord, am getting along, and have completed my journey with little fatigue. Lord, there is a large forest grove on the slopes of the Himalayas, and not far from it is a broad, low-lying marsh. A great flock of birds, after feeding all day in the marsh, goes to roost in the grove at nightfall. That is why I have come to see the Blessed One — because I am annoyed by the noise of that flock of birds.”

　　"”Monk, you want those birds to go away for good

　　”

　　"”Yes, lord, I want them to go away for good.”

　　"”Then go back there, enter the forest, and in the first watch of the night make this announcement three times: "Listen to me, good birds. I want a feather from everyone roosting in this forest. Each of you give me one feather." In the second watch... In the third watch of the night make this announcement three times: "Listen to me, good birds. I want a feather from everyone roosting in this forest. Each of you give me one feather"... (The monk did as he was told.) Then the flock of birds, thinking, ”The monk begs for a feather, the monk wants a feather,” left the forest. And after they were gone, they never again returned. Monks, begging is unpleasant, hinting is unpleasant even to these common animals — how much more so to human beings

　　"

　　"Once, monks, the father of Ratthapala the clansman addressed Ratthapala with this verse:

　　Although I don”t know them, Ratthapala,

　　many people,

　　on meeting me,

　　beg from me.

　　Why don”t you beg from me

　　[Ratthapala:]

　　A beggar isn”t liked.

　　One who,

　　on being begged,

　　doesn”t give

　　 isn”t liked.

　　That”s why I don”t beg from you:

　　 so that you will not detest me.

　　"Monks, if Ratthapala the clansman can speak this way to his father, why not a stranger to a stranger

　　"

　　— Sanghadisesa 6 (See The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volume I, Chapter 5)

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