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livelihood (
micchÈ-jÊva
). (It means to say that if alms-food to be acquired
righteously (
dhammiyaladda
) is not available for the stomach, he should
forbear by avoiding
rasa-taÓhÈ
by grinding his teeth making clicking sound
with the tongue. By no means should he make use of requisites obtained
wrongfully.)
17) Œlinacitto ca siyÈ;
Na cÈpi bahu cintaye.
NirÈmagandho asito;
BrahmacariyaparÈyato.
My dear son NÈlaka, the ascetic, practising the
moneyya paÔipadÈ
, should be
one who is diligent, engaging himself incessantly in deeds of merit. He
should not trouble his mind with diverse problems relating to friends and
relatives and towns and villages. Without the foul odour of
kilesa
and
without being attached to various existences through craving and wrong
view, he should be one who leans and rely on the noble
paÔipadÈ
which is the
three
sikkhas
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(training in morality, mentality and wisdom) taught by the
Buddha.
18) EkÈsanassa sikkheya;
SamaÓ|pasanassa ca.
EkattaÑ monamakkhÈtaÑ;
Eko ce ahhiramissasi.
Atha bhÈhisi dasa disa.
My dear son NÈlaka, the ascetic, practising the
moneyya paÔipadÈ
, should
endeavour and practise to stay quietly in solitude, without any companion,
and to contemplate (repeatedly and strenuously) the thirty-eight objects for
meditation (
kammaÔhÈnÈ ÈrammaÓa
)
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of the ascetics. [Here, the Buddha
taught the physical seclusion by staying alone, (
kÈya-viveka
), and the
detachment of the mind by contemplating the meditation objects (
citta-
viveka
)]. Thus I, the Buddha, teach that staying alone by maintaining
kÈya-
viveka
and
citta-viveka
is the
moneyya paÔipadÈ
. My dear son NÈlaka, if you
can take delight in staying alone, without any companion, maintaining
kÈya-
viveka
and
citta-viveka
, you will become renowned in all the ten directions.
19) SutvÈ dhÊrÈna nighosam;
JhÈyiÒam kamcÈginam.
Tato hirÊnca saddhaÒca;
bhiyyo tubbatha mÈmako.
My dear son NÈlaka, if and when you hear the cheers and praises of the wise
and noble people, who have done away with material objects of sensual
pleasure (
vatthu-kÈmas
) and defilements of sensual pleasure (
kilesa-kÈma
) by
repeated contemplation of objects (
arammanupanijjhÈna
) and close
observation of their characteristics (
lakkha-ÓupanijjhÈna
), you, dear son,
should not be distracted by these cheers and praises but should, more
strenuously than before, develop moral sense of shame (
hirÊ
) and should also
have absolute faith (
saddhÈ
) in this
moneyya paÔipadÈ
as the noble practice
for complete freedom from
saÑsÈra
and develop the practice of final
emancipation (
niyyÈnika
). If you do so, you will become a genuine son of
mine, the Buddha's.
7. Three
sikkhas
: read Chapter VII.
8. The subjects of mcditation are given as 40 in the
PiÔaka
namely:
KasiÓa
10,
Asubha
10,
Anussadi
10,
BrahmavihÈra
4,
Ar|payatona
4,
Aharepatik|lasaÒÒÈ
1, and
CatudhÈtuvavatthÈna
1.