35c: More Stories about Wrong View – 1234
beyond the length of a yoke. They speak moderately and with what is in
accordance with time and place. My teacher, the Fortunate One, and his
disciples possess such impressive attributes.
Kāya-kammaṁ suci nesaṁ, vācā-kammaṁ anāvilaṁ,
mano-kammaṁ suvisuddhaṁ, tādisā samaṇā mama.
Madam, all the physical behaviour of my teacher, the Fortunate One, and
his disciples, is clear of unwholesomeness and pure; their verbal behaviour
is serene by nature without the dust and mud of unwholesomeness, all
their mental behaviour is free from the stain of evil character. They
possess such impressive attributes.
Vimalā saṅkha-muttābhā, suddhā antara-bāhirā,
puṇṇā suddhehi dhammehi, tādisā samaṇā mama.
Madam, my teacher, the Fortunate One, and his disciples, are free from
moral defilements like a conch-shell or a pearl necklace. They are pure
both inside and out, having no dust of fault at all. They are fully endowed
with the three kinds of pure training. They possess such impressive
attributes.
Lābhena unnato loko, alābhena ca onato,
lābhālābhena ekaṭṭhā, tādisā samaṇā mama.
Madam, in the world, people become puffed up with pride when they
acquire many things owing to their possession of effort now (
payoga-
sampatti
) and their good deeds in the past. They become depressed when
they do not acquire anything owing to their lack of effort now and their
evil deeds in the past. But my teacher, the Fortunate One, and his disciples,
are not affected by the acquisition, nor by the non-acquisition of things,
but remain calm and tranquil. They possess such impressive attributes.
Yasena unnato loko, ayasena ca onato,
yasāyasena ekaṭṭhā,
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tādisā samaṇā mama.
Madam, in this world people became puffed up with pride when they
become famous and have many followers owing to their possession of
effort now and good deeds in the past. They become depressed when they
cease to become famous and have fewer followers owing to their lack of
effort now and their evil deeds in the past. But, my teacher, the Fortunate
One, and his monastic disciples are not affected by having fame or not