Dighanikaya 34.358_3

34.358_3

(Ja) appicchassāti ettha paccayaappiccho, adhigamaappiccho, pariyattiappiccho, dhutaṅgaappicchoti cattāro appicchā. Tattha paccayaappiccho bahuṃ dente appaṃ gaṇhāti, appaṃ dente appataraṃ vā gaṇhāti, na vā gaṇhāti, na anavasesagāhī hoti. Adhigamaappiccho majjhantikatthero viya attano adhigamaṃ aññesaṃ jānituṃ na deti. Pariyattiappiccho tepiṭakopi samāno na bahussutabhāvaṃ jānāpetukāmo hoti sāketatissatthero viya. Dhutaṅgaappiccho dhutaṅgapariharaṇabhāvaṃ aññesaṃ jānituṃ na deti dvebhātikattheresu jeṭṭhakatthero viya. Vatthu visuddhimagge kathitaṃ. Ayaṃ dhammoti evaṃ santaguṇanigūhanena ca paccayapaṭiggahaṇe mattaññutāya ca appicchassa puggalassa ayaṃ navalokuttaradhammo sampajjati, no mahicchassa. Evaṃ sabbattha yojetabbaṃ.

"Of one of few desires": here, there are four kinds of fewness of desires: fewness of desires regarding requisites, fewness of desires regarding attainment, fewness of desires regarding learning, and fewness of desires regarding ascetic practices. Therein, one of few desires regarding requisites takes little when much is given; when little is given, he takes even less or does not take at all, and he is not one who takes without leaving any remainder. One of few desires regarding attainment, like Majjhantikatthera, does not let others know of his attainment. One of few desires regarding learning, even though versed in the Tipiṭaka, does not wish to make known the fact that he is learned, like Sāketatissatthera. One of few desires regarding ascetic practices does not let others know of his observance of the ascetic practices, like the elder brother among the two brother theras. The story is told in the Visuddhimagga. "This Dhamma": thus, through concealing existing virtues and moderation in accepting requisites, for a person of few desires this ninefold transcendent Dhamma is accomplished, not for one of great desires. In this way it should be applied everywhere.