The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā 13: 2.2. On Reaching the Shoots
The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā 13
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2.2. On Reaching the Shoots
13.1
“Firstly, Nigrodha, a mortifier undertakes a practice of mortification. But they’re not happy with that, as they still haven’t got all they wished for.
13.3
So they’re pure on that point.
13.4
Furthermore, a mortifier undertakes a practice of mortification. They don’t glorify themselves or put others down on account of that.
13.5
So they’re pure on that point.
13.6
They don’t become indulgent …
13.8
Furthermore, a mortifier undertakes a practice of mortification. They generate possessions, honor, and popularity through that mortification. They’re not happy with that, as they still haven’t got all they wished for …
13.10
They don’t glorify themselves and put others down on account of possessions, honor, and popularity …
13.12
They don’t become indulgent because of it …
13.13
So they’re pure on that point.
13.14
Furthermore, a mortifier doesn’t become fussy about food, saying,
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‘This is acceptable to me, this is not acceptable to me.’
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What is not acceptable they give up without concern.
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But what is acceptable they eat without being tied, infatuated, attached, seeing the drawbacks, and understanding the escape.
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So they’re pure on that point.
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Furthermore, a mortifier doesn’t undertake a practice of mortification out of longing for possessions, honor, and popularity …
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‘Kings, royal ministers, aristocrats, brahmins, householders, and sectarians will honor me!’
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So they’re pure on that point.
13.22
Furthermore, a mortifier doesn’t rebuke a certain ascetic or brahmin,
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‘What is it with this one living in abundance, devouring everything—
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plants propagated from roots, trunks, cuttings, or joints; and those from regular seeds as the fifth. According to this ascetic’s doctrine, the crown of the tooth is like forked lightning!’
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So they’re pure on that point.
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- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
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- Udumbarikasutta — Pāli