Dighanikaya 2.224_2

2.224_2

Yathā pana so pittarogāturo puriso bhesajjakiriyāya taṃ rogaṃ vūpasametvā tato paṭṭhāya madhusakkarādīnaṃ rasaṃ vindati. Evameva bhikkhu ‘‘ayaṃ byāpādo nāma mahā anatthakaro’’ti cha dhamme bhāvetvā byāpādanīvaraṇaṃ pajahati. Sabbanīvaraṇesu cha dhamme mahāsatipaṭṭhāneyeva vaṇṇayissāma. Na kevalañca teyeva, yepi thinamiddhādīnaṃ pahānāya bhāvetabbā, tepi sabbe tattheva vaṇṇayissāma. So evaṃ pahīnabyāpādo yathā pittarogavimutto puriso madhusakkarādīnaṃ rasaṃ sampiyāyamāno paṭisevati, evameva ācārapaṇṇattiādīni sikkhāpadāni sirasā sampaṭicchitvā sampiyāyamāno sikkhati. Tasmā bhagavā ārogyamiva byāpādappahānaṃ āha.

Moreover, just as that man afflicted with a bilious disease, having quelled that disease through medical treatment, enjoys the taste of honey, sugar, and so forth from that time on; in the very same way, a monk, thinking, “This ill will brings great harm,” develops six things and abandons the hindrance of ill will. We will explain the six things for all the hindrances in the Great Discourse on the Establishments of Mindfulness itself. And not only those, but also whatever things are to be developed for the abandonment of sloth and torpor and so forth, we will explain all of them right there. Thus, having abandoned ill will, just as a man freed from bilious disease relishes and partakes of the taste of honey, sugar, and so forth, in the very same way he respectfully receives and lovingly trains in the training rules, such as the rules of conduct. Therefore the Blessed One spoke of the abandonment of ill will as being like health.