Dighanikaya 2.223_2

2.223_2

Yathā pana pittarogāturo madhusakkarādīsupi dinnesu pittarogāturatāya tesaṃ rasaṃ na vindati, ‘‘tittakaṃ tittaka’’nti uggiratiyeva. Evameva byāpannacitto hitakāmehi ācariyupajjhāyehi appamattakampi ovadiyamāno ovādaṃ na gaṇhati. ‘‘Ati viya me tumhe upaddavethā’’tiādīni vatvā vibbhamati. Pittarogāturatāya so puriso madhusakkarādīnaṃ viya kodhāturatāya jhānasukhādibhedaṃ sāsanarasaṃ na vindatīti. Evaṃ rogo viya byāpādo daṭṭhabbo.

Furthermore, just as a person afflicted with a bile disease, even when given honey, sugar, and the like, does not experience their taste because of being afflicted with bile disease, but vomits, saying 'Bitter, bitter!'; just so, one whose mind is corrupted by ill will, even when admonished in the slightest measure by well-wishing teachers and preceptors, does not accept the advice. Saying things like, 'You harass me too much!' he disrobes. Just as that man, because of being afflicted with bile disease, does not experience the taste of honey, sugar, and the like, so [a person], because of being afflicted with anger, does not experience the taste of the Dispensation, consisting in the bliss of absorption and so forth. Thus ill will should be regarded like a disease.