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Commentary on the Chapter on Covering
152. In the first discourse of the fourth, covering the gap between oneself and others with the four requisites is material covering; covering with the Teaching is Teaching covering. In the second, the distinction is merely a prefix.
154. In the third, the search for worldly gains of the aforesaid type is the search for worldly gains, the search for the Teaching is the search for the Teaching. In the fourth, the distinction is merely in the prefix.
156. In the fifth, the quest for material gains that has reached its summit is the search for worldly gains, and likewise the quest for the Teaching that has reached its summit is said to be the search for the Teaching.
157. In the sixth, veneration with material gains is material veneration, veneration through the teaching is veneration through the teaching.
158. In the seventh, "hospitalities" means gifts for visitors. "Atitheyyāni" is also a reading.
159. In the eighth, worldly gains, by virtue of succeeding and accomplishing, are worldly supernormal power; the Teaching too, by virtue of succeeding and accomplishing, is supernormal power of the Teaching.
160. In the ninth, growth through material gains is growth in material gains, growth through the teaching is growth in the teaching.
161. In the tenth, in the meaning of producing delight, material gains are the jewel of material gains, the Teaching is the jewel of the Teaching.
162. In the eleventh, the accumulating and increasing of material gains is accumulation of material gains, the accumulating and increasing of the teaching is accumulation of the teaching.
163. In the twelfth, the extensive state of material gains is expansion of material gains, the extensive state of the Teaching is expansion of the Teaching.
The Chapter on Covering is the fourth.