Dighanikaya 1.1_13

1.1_13

Aparo nayo, evanti vacanena yoniso manasikāraṃ dīpeti. Ayoniso manasikaroto hi nānappakārapaṭivedhābhāvato. Sutanti vacanena avikkhepaṃ dīpeti, vikkhittacittassa savanābhāvato. Tathā hi vikkhittacitto puggalo sabbasampattiyā vuccamānopi ‘‘na mayā sutaṃ, puna bhaṇathā’’ti bhaṇati. Yoniso manasikārena cettha attasammāpaṇidhiṃ pubbe ca katapuññataṃ sādheti, sammā appaṇihitattassa pubbe akatapuññassa vā tadabhāvato. Avikkhepena saddhammassavanaṃ sappurisūpanissayañca sādheti. Na hi vikkhittacitto sotuṃ sakkoti, na ca sappurise anupassayamānassa savanaṃ atthīti.

Another method: by the word evaṃ he illustrates proper attention; for one who does not pay proper attention has no penetration in various ways. By the word sutaṃ he illustrates non-distraction, because a distracted mind has no hearing. For a person with a distracted mind, even when spoken to with all perfection, says: "I did not hear; speak again." And here, through proper attention, he establishes the proper directing of oneself and having made merit in the past, because for one whose self is not properly directed or who has not made merit in the past, that does not exist. Through non-distraction, he establishes the hearing of the True Dhamma and reliance on good persons; for a distracted mind cannot hear, nor is there hearing for one who does not rely on good persons.