PTS cs 8 The king said: ‘What is the characteristic mark of reasoning, and what of wisdom?’
‘Reasoning has always comprehension as its mark; but wisdom has cutting off.’
‘But how is comprehension the characteristic of reasoning, and cutting off of wisdom? Give me an illustration.’
‘You remember the barley reapers?’
‘Yes, certainly.’ PTS vp Pali 33
‘How do they reap the barley?’
‘With the left hand they grasp the barley into a bunch, and taking the sickle into the right hand, they cut it off with that.’
‘Just even, so, O king, does the recluse by his thinking grasp his mind, and by his wisdom cut off his failings. In this way is it that comprehension is the characteristic of reasoning, but cutting off of wisdom.’
‘Well put, Nāgasena!’
8. Manasikāralakkhaṇapañha
8. Manasikāralakkhaṇapañha
8. Manasikāralakkhaṇapañha
Rājā āha—“kiṁlakkhaṇo, bhante nāgasena, manasikāro, kiṁlakkhaṇā paññā”ti? “Ūhanalakkhaṇo kho, mahārāja, manasikāro, chedanalakkhaṇā paññā”ti.
“kiṁlakkhaṇo, bhante nāgasena, manasikāro, kiṁlakkhaṇā paññā”ti?
“Ūhanalakkhaṇo kho, mahārāja, manasikāro, chedanalakkhaṇā paññā”ti.
Rājā āha—“kiṁlakkhaṇo, bhante nāgasena, manasikāro, kiṁlakkhaṇā paññā”ti? “Ūhanalakkhaṇo kho, mahārāja, manasikāro, chedanalakkhaṇā paññā”ti.
“Kathaṁ ūhanalakkhaṇo manasikāro, kathaṁ chedanalakkhaṇā paññā? Opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Jānāsi tvaṁ, mahārāja, yavalāvake”ti. “Āma, bhante, jānāmī”ti. “Kathaṁ, mahārāja, yavalāvakā yavaṁ lunantī”ti? “Vāmena, bhante, hatthena yavakalāpaṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena dāttaṁ gahetvā dāttena chindantī”ti.
“Kathaṁ ūhanalakkhaṇo manasikāro, kathaṁ chedanalakkhaṇā paññā?
“Jānāsi tvaṁ, mahārāja, yavalāvake”ti.
“Kathaṁ, mahārāja, yavalāvakā yavaṁ lunantī”ti?
“Vāmena, bhante, hatthena yavakalāpaṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena dāttaṁ gahetvā dāttena chindantī”ti.
“Kathaṁ ūhanalakkhaṇo manasikāro, kathaṁ chedanalakkhaṇā paññā? Opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Jānāsi tvaṁ, mahārāja, yavalāvake”ti. “Āma, bhante, jānāmī”ti. “Kathaṁ, mahārāja, yavalāvakā yavaṁ lunantī”ti? “Vāmena, bhante, hatthena yavakalāpaṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena dāttaṁ gahetvā dāttena chindantī”ti.
“Yathā, mahārāja, yavalāvako vāmena hatthena yavakalāpaṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena dāttaṁ gahetvā yavaṁ chindati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yogāvacaro manasikārena mānasaṁ gahetvā paññāya kilese chindati, evaṁ kho, mahārāja, ūhanalakkhaṇo manasikāro, evaṁ chedanalakkhaṇā paññā”ti.
“Yathā, mahārāja, yavalāvako vāmena hatthena yavakalāpaṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena dāttaṁ gahetvā yavaṁ chindati;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yogāvacaro manasikārena mānasaṁ gahetvā paññāya kilese chindati, evaṁ kho, mahārāja, ūhanalakkhaṇo manasikāro, evaṁ chedanalakkhaṇā paññā”ti.
“Yathā, mahārāja, yavalāvako vāmena hatthena yavakalāpaṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena dāttaṁ gahetvā yavaṁ chindati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yogāvacaro manasikārena mānasaṁ gahetvā paññāya kilese chindati, evaṁ kho, mahārāja, ūhanalakkhaṇo manasikāro, evaṁ chedanalakkhaṇā paññā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Manasikāralakkhaṇapañho aṭṭhamo.
Manasikāralakkhaṇapañho aṭṭhamo.
Manasikāralakkhaṇapañho aṭṭhamo.