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1 75 | Magandiya Sutta - To Magandiya~(excerpt)~
2 75 | Magandiya Sutta - To Magandiya~(excerpt)~Translated from
3 75 | free distribution only. ~"Magandiya, suppose that there was
4 75 | Now what do you think, Magandiya? Is the fire painful to
5 75 | pleasant.'" ~"In the same way, Magandiya, sensual pleasures in the
6 75 | Now what do you think, Magandiya? Have you ever seen or heard
7 75 | master Gotama." ~"Very good, Magandiya. Neither have I ever seen
8 75 | Secure. ~When this was said, Magandiya the wanderer said to the
9 75 | lineage of your teachers, Magandiya -- 'Freedom from disease:
10 75 | Unbinding?" ~When this was said, Magandiya the wanderer rubbed his
11 75 | nothing afflicts me." ~"Magandiya, it's just as if there were
12 75 | Now what do you think, Magandiya? When that man blind from
13 75 | eyesight." ~"In the same way, Magandiya, the wanderers of other
14 75 | run-of-the-mill people. ~"This body, Magandiya, is a disease, a cancer,
15 75 | would see Unbinding." ~"Magandiya, it's just as if there were
16 75 | clear. What do you think, Magandiya? Would that doctor have
17 75 | Gotama." ~"In the same way, Magandiya, if I were to teach you
18 75 | would see Unbinding." ~"Magandiya, it's just as if there were
19 75 | clean."' ~"In the same way, Magandiya, if I were to teach you
20 75 | blindness." ~"In that case, Magandiya, associate with men of integrity.
21 75 | stress." ~When this was said, Magandiya the wanderer said, "Magnificent,
22 75 | obtain admission." ~"Anyone, Magandiya, who has previously belonged
23 75 | the monk's state." ~Then Magandiya the wanderer received the
24 75 | this world." And thus Ven. Magandiya became another one of the
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