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11. The Eleventh Chapter – Paliverse

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11.

The Eleventh Chapter

1.

Verses of the Elder Belaṭṭhānika

101.

"Having abandoned the household life, with task unaccomplished, with mouth as plough, gluttonous, lazy;

Like a great hog fed on fodder, the fool enters the womb again and again."

... The Elder Belaṭṭhāniya...

2.

Verses of the Elder Setuccha

102.

"Deceived by conceit, becoming defiled in activities;

Disturbed by gain and loss, they do not attain concentration."

... The Elder Setuccha...

3.

Verses of the Elder Bandhura

103.

"I have no need of this, happy, satisfied by the flavour of the Dhamma;

Having drunk the highest, the best of flavours, I will not make intimacy with poison."

... The Elder Bandhura...

4.

Verses of the Elder Khitaka

104.

"My body is indeed light, and touched by extensive rapture and happiness;

Like cotton set in motion by the wind, my body floats, as it were."

... The Elder Khitaka...

5.

Verses of the Elder Malitavambha

105.

"Even if dissatisfied, one should not dwell; even if delighting, one should depart;

But never should the discerning one dwell in a dwelling that is unbeneficial."

... The Elder Malitavambha...

6.

Verses of the Elder Suhemanta

106.

"Of a meaning with a hundred signs, bearing a hundred characteristics;

One who sees one factor is imprudent, and one who sees a hundred is wise."

... The Elder Suhemanta...

7.

Verses of the Elder Dhammasava

107.

"Having weighed up going forth, from home into homelessness;

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled."

... The Elder Dhammasava...

8.

Verses of the Elder Dhammasava's Father

108.

"Being one hundred and twenty years old, I went forth into homelessness;

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled."

... The Elder Dhammasava's Father...

9.

Verses of the Elder Saṅgharakkhita

109.

"Surely this one, gone to a private place, does not attend to the teaching of the one who has compassion for the supreme welfare;

Thus this one dwells with uncontrolled faculties, like a hind with young offspring in the forest."

... The Elder Saṅgharakkhita...

10.

Verses of the Elder Usabha

110.

"The trees on the mountain peaks, well grown, sprinkled by the fresh, exultant cloud;

For one desiring seclusion, perceiving the forest, it generates more fitness for Usabha."

... The Elder Usabha...

The eleventh chapter is concluded.

Its summary:

Belaṭṭhāniya, Setuccha, Bandhura, Khitaka the sage;

Malitavambha, Suhemanta, Dhammasava, Dhammasava's father;

And the Elder Saṅgharakkhita, and Usabha the great sage.

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