by the mind; and whatever sensation, pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent, originates in dependence on impressions received by the mind, for this also he conceives an aversion. And in conceiving this aversion, he becomes divested of passion, and by the absence of passion he becomes free, and when he is free he becomes aware that he is free; and he knows that rebirth is exhausted, that he has lived the holy life, that he has done what it behooved him to do, and that he is no more for this world.”
Now while this exposition was being delivered, the minds of the thousand priests became free from attachment and delivered from the depravities.
§ 74. THE FOUR INTENT CONTEMPLATIONS.
Translated from the Digha-Nikaya, and constituting Sutta 22.
Thus have I heard.
On a certain occasion The Blessed One was dwelling among the Kurus where was the Kuru-town named Kammāsadhamma. And there The Blessed One addressed the priests:
“Priests!” said he.
“Lord!” said the priests in reply.
And The Blessed One spoke as follows:—
Priests, there is but one way open to mortals for the attainment of purity, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the abolition of misery and grief, for the acquisition of the correct rule of conduct, for the realization of Nirvana, and that is the Four Intent Contemplations.[1]
- ↑ The Suman̄gala Vilāsinī, Cushing MS., Folio dhi: And now, just as a skilful basket-maker, desirous of making coarse and fine mats, and baskets, crates, hampers, and other like ware, might divide a large stalk of bamboo into four parts, and then take some one of these sections, split it, and make the required articles; in exactly the same way The Blessed One, desirous of establishing for living beings a number of
