Monks, these eight worldly conditions spin after the world, and the world spins after these eight worldly conditions. Which eight? |
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Gain, loss, status, disgrace, censure, praise, pleasure, & pain. These are the eight worldly conditions that spin after the world, and the world spins after these eight worldly conditions. |
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For an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person there arise gain, loss, status, disgrace, censure, praise, pleasure, & pain. For a well-instructed disciple of the noble ones there also arise gain, loss, status, disgrace, censure, praise, pleasure, & pain. So what difference, what distinction, what distinguishing factor is there between the well-instructed disciple of the noble ones and the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person?" |
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"For us, lord, the teachings have the Blessed One as their root, their guide, & their arbitrator. It would be good if the Blessed One himself would explicate the meaning of this statement. Having heard it from the Blessed One, the monks will remember it." |
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-"In that case, monks, listen & pay close attention. I will speak." |
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-"As you say, lord," The monks responded. |
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The Blessed One said, -"Gain arises for an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person. He does not reflect, 'Gain has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He does not discern it as it actually is. |
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"Loss arises for an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person. He does not reflect, 'Loss has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He does not discern it as it actually is. |
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The Blessed One said, -"Status arises for an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person. He does not reflect, 'Status has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He does not discern it as it actually is. |
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The Blessed One said, -"Disgrace arises for an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person. He does not reflect, 'Disgrace has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He does not discern it as it actually is. |
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The Blessed One said, -"Censure arises for an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person. He does not reflect, 'Censure has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He does not discern it as it actually is. |
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The Blessed One said, -"Praise arises for an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person. He does not reflect, 'Praise has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He does not discern it as it actually is. |
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The Blessed One said, -"Pleasure arises for an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person. He does not reflect, 'Pleasure has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He does not discern it as it actually is. |
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The Blessed One said, -"Pain arises for an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person. He does not reflect, 'Pain has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He does not discern it as it actually is. |
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His mind remains consumed with the gain. His mind remains consumed with the loss. His mind remains consumed with the status.His mind remains consumed with the disgrace. His mind remains consumed with the censure. His mind remains consumed with the praise. His mind remains consumed with the pleasure. His mind remains consumed with the pain. |
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He welcomes the arisen gain and rebels against the arisen loss. He welcomes the arisen status and rebels against the arisen disgrace. He welcomes the arisen praise and rebels against the arisen censure. He welcomes the arisen pleasure and rebels against the arisen pain. |
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As he is thus engaged in welcoming & rebelling, he is not released from birth, aging, or death; from sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, or despairs. He is not released, I tell you, from suffering & stress. |
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Now, gain arises for a well-instructed disciple of the noble ones. He reflects, 'Gain has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He discerns it as it actually is. |
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Loss arises. He reflects, 'Loss has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He discerns it as it actually is. |
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Status arises. He reflects, 'Status has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He discerns it as it actually is. |
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Disgrace arises. He reflects, 'Disgrace has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He discerns it as it actually is. |
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Censure arises. He reflects, 'Censure has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He discerns it as it actually is. |
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Praise arises. He reflects, 'Praise has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He discerns it as it actually is. |
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Pleasure arises. He reflects, 'Pleasure has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He discerns it as it actually is. |
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Pain arises. He reflects, 'Pain has arisen for me. It is inconstant, stressful, & subject to change.' He discerns it as it actually is. |
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-His mind does not remain consumed with the gain. -His mind does not remain consumed with the loss. -His mind does not remain consumed with the status. -His mind does not remain consumed with the disgrace. -His mind does not remain consumed with the censure. -His mind does not remain consumed with the praise. -His mind does not remain consumed with the pleasure. -His mind does not remain consumed with the pain. |
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He does not welcome the arisen gain, or rebel against the arisen loss. He does not welcome the arisen status, or rebel against the arisen disgrace. He does not welcome the arisen praise, or rebel against the arisen censure. He does not welcome the arisen pleasure, or rebel against the arisen pain. As he thus abandons welcoming & rebelling, he is released from birth, aging, & death; from sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs. He is released, I tell you, from suffering & stress. |
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This is the difference, this the distinction, this the distinguishing factor between the well-instructed disciple of the noble ones and the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person. |
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Gain/loss, status/disgrace, censure/praise, pleasure/pain: these conditions among human beings are inconstant, impermanent, subject to change. Knowing this, the wise person, mindful, ponders these changing conditions. Desirable things don't charm the mind, undesirable ones bring no resistance. His welcoming & rebelling are scattered, gone to their end, do not exist. Knowing the dustless, sorrowless state, he discerns rightly, has gone, beyond becoming, to the Further Shore. |
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