PTS vp En 294 PTS cs 1 ‘Venerable Nāgasena, that one quality of the gourd which you say he ought to take, which is it?’
‘Just, O king, as the gourd, climbing up with its tendrils on to some other plant—whether a grass, or a thorn, or a creeper—grows all over it; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, who desires to grow up into Arahatship, do so by climbing up with his mind over the ideas that present themselves (as subjects for the Kammaṭṭhāna meditations). This, O king, is the one quality of the gourd which he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by Sāriputta, the Elder, the Commander of the Faith:
“As the gourd, clambering up with its tendrils, grows
O’er the grass, or the thorn-bush, or creeper widespread,
So the son of the Buddha on Ar’hatship bent,
Climbs up o’er ideas, to perfection and peace.”’
1. Lābulataṅgapañha
1. Lābulataṅgapañha
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘lābulatāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? *lābulatāya → lāpulatāya (bj, pts-vp-pli1); lāvulatāya (maku)“Yathā, mahārāja, lābulatā tiṇe vā kaṭṭhe vā latāya vā soṇḍikāhi ālambitvā tassūpari vaḍḍhati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena arahatte abhivaḍḍhitukāmena manasā ārammaṇaṁ ālambitvā arahatte abhivaḍḍhitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, lābulatāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena sāriputtena dhammasenāpatinā—
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘lābulatāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? *lābulatāya → lāpulatāya (bj, pts-vp-pli1); lāvulatāya (maku)
“Yathā, mahārāja, lābulatā tiṇe vā kaṭṭhe vā latāya vā soṇḍikāhi ālambitvā tassūpari vaḍḍhati;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena arahatte abhivaḍḍhitukāmena manasā ārammaṇaṁ ālambitvā arahatte abhivaḍḍhitabbaṁ.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, lābulatāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena sāriputtena dhammasenāpatinā—
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘lābulatāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? *lābulatāya → lāpulatāya (bj, pts-vp-pli1); lāvulatāya (maku)“Yathā, mahārāja, lābulatā tiṇe vā kaṭṭhe vā latāya vā soṇḍikāhi ālambitvā tassūpari vaḍḍhati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena arahatte abhivaḍḍhitukāmena manasā ārammaṇaṁ ālambitvā arahatte abhivaḍḍhitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, lābulatāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena sāriputtena dhammasenāpatinā—
‘Yathā lābulatā nāma, tiṇe kaṭṭhe latāya vā; Ālambitvā soṇḍikāhi, tato vaḍḍhati uppari.
‘Yathā lābulatā nāma, tiṇe kaṭṭhe latāya vā; Ālambitvā soṇḍikāhi, tato vaḍḍhati uppari.
Tatheva buddhaputtena, Arahattaphalakāminā; Ārammaṇaṁ ālambitvā, Vaḍḍhitabbaṁ asekkhaphale’”ti.
Vaḍḍhitabbaṁ asekkhaphale’”ti.
Tatheva buddhaputtena, Arahattaphalakāminā; Ārammaṇaṁ ālambitvā, Vaḍḍhitabbaṁ asekkhaphale’”ti.
Lābulataṅgapañho paṭhamo. *Lābulataṅgapañho → lāpulataṅgapañho (bj)
Lābulataṅgapañho paṭhamo. *Lābulataṅgapañho → lāpulataṅgapañho (bj)
Lābulataṅgapañho paṭhamo. *Lābulataṅgapañho → lāpulataṅgapañho (bj)