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The Chapter on Forest Dwellers
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Commentary on the Forest-Dweller Discourse
181. In the first of the fourth, "due to dullness and sheer delusion" means he knows neither the observance nor the benefit. But due to his own dullness and sheer delusion, he is a forest dweller through sheer not knowing. "Having evil desires, overcome by desire" means having stood in such evil desire thus: "While I am dwelling in the forest, they will offer me honour of the four requisites thinking 'This one is a forest dweller,' and they will esteem me with virtues such as 'This monk is conscientious and secluded'" - having been overpowered by that very desire, he is a forest dweller. But one who, through the power of madness, having entered the forest and dwelling there, is called a forest dweller due to madness and derangement of the mind. "Praised" means this forest-dweller practice is praised and commended by Buddhas and disciples of the Buddha - thus he is a forest dweller. "This being the purpose" means the purpose of this one is this good practice - thus "one having this purpose"; the state of one having this purpose is "this being the purpose." In dependence on just that "this being the purpose," and not on anything else, any worldly gains - this is the meaning. The remainder here and in the discourses beyond this is of clear meaning.
The Chapter on the Forest is fourth.