The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā 9.1-10

9.1

“Yathā kathaṃ pana, bhante, bhagavā evaṃ paripuṇṇāya tapojigucchāya anekavihite upakkilese vadatī”ti?

“But how does the Buddha say that even such a completed mortification has many defects?”

9.2

“Idha, nigrodha, tapassī tapaṃ samādiyati, so tena tapasā attamano hoti paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.

“Firstly, a mortifier undertakes a practice of mortification. They’re happy with that, as they’ve got all they wished for.

9.3

Yampi, nigrodha, tapassī tapaṃ samādiyati, so tena tapasā attamano hoti paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.

9.4

Ayampi kho, nigrodha, tapassino upakkileso hoti.

This is a defect in that mortifier.

9.5

Puna caparaṃ, nigrodha, tapassī tapaṃ samādiyati, so tena tapasā attānukkaṃseti paraṃ vambheti.

Furthermore, a mortifier undertakes a practice of mortification. They glorify themselves and put others down on account of that.

9.6

Yampi, nigrodha, tapassī tapaṃ samādiyati, so tena tapasā attānukkaṃseti paraṃ vambheti.

9.7

Ayampi kho, nigrodha, tapassino upakkileso hoti.

This too is a defect in that mortifier.

9.8

Puna caparaṃ, nigrodha, tapassī tapaṃ samādiyati, so tena tapasā majjati mucchati pamādamāpajjati.

Furthermore, a mortifier undertakes a practice of mortification. They become indulgent and infatuated and fall into negligence on account of that.

9.9

Yampi, nigrodha, tapassī tapaṃ samādiyati, so tena tapasā majjati mucchati pamādamāpajjati.

9.10

Ayampi kho, nigrodha, tapassino upakkileso hoti.

This too is a defect in that mortifier.