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This was said by the Blessed One,
said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "Monks, brahmans & householders are
very helpful to you, as they provide you with the requisites of robes, alms food,
lodgings, & medical requisites for the sick. And you, monks, are very
helpful to brahmans & householders, as you teach them the Dhamma admirable
in the beginning, admirable in the middle, admirable in the end; as you expound
the holy life both in its particulars & in its essence, entirely complete,
surpassingly pure. In this way the holy life is lived in mutual dependence, for
the purpose of crossing over the flood, for making a right end to stress."
Householders
& the homeless
in mutual dependence
both reach the true Dhamma:
the unsurpassed safety from bondage.
From householders, the homeless
receive requisites: robes, lodgings,
protection from inclemencies.
While in dependence on those
well-gone,
home-loving householders
have conviction in Arahants
of noble discernment,
absorbed in jhana.
Having practiced the Dhamma here --
the path leading to good destinations --
delighting in the deva world,
they rejoice,
enjoying sensual pleasures.
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