PTS cs 7 ‘Venerable Nāgasena, that one quality of the Sal-tree which you say he ought to take, which is it?’ PTS vp En 297
‘Just, O king, as the Sal-tree grows within the ground to the depth of a hundred cubits or more; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, perfect in solitude the four Fruits of Samanaship, the four Discriminations, the six forms of transcendental Insight, and all the qualities befitting a recluse. This, O king, is the one quality of the Sal-tree he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by Rāhula, the Elder:
“The tree that’s called the Sal-tree grows above the earth,
And shoots beneath, a hundred cubits deep.
As in the fullness of time, and at its highest growth
That tree shoots in one day a hundred cubits high,
Just so do I, O Buddha, like the Sal,
Increase, in solitude, in inward good.”’
4. Sālakalyāṇikaṅgapañha
4. Sālakalyāṇikaṅgapañha
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘sālakalyāṇikāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, sālakalyāṇikā nāma antopathaviyaṁyeva abhivaḍḍhati hatthasatampi bhiyyopi; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena cattāri sāmaññaphalāni catasso paṭisambhidā chaḷabhiññāyo kevalañca samaṇadhammaṁ suññāgāreyeva paripūrayitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, sālakalyāṇikāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena rāhulena—
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘sālakalyāṇikāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti?
“Yathā, mahārāja, sālakalyāṇikā nāma antopathaviyaṁyeva abhivaḍḍhati hatthasatampi bhiyyopi;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena cattāri sāmaññaphalāni catasso paṭisambhidā chaḷabhiññāyo kevalañca samaṇadhammaṁ suññāgāreyeva paripūrayitabbaṁ.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, sālakalyāṇikāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena rāhulena—
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘sālakalyāṇikāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, sālakalyāṇikā nāma antopathaviyaṁyeva abhivaḍḍhati hatthasatampi bhiyyopi; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena cattāri sāmaññaphalāni catasso paṭisambhidā chaḷabhiññāyo kevalañca samaṇadhammaṁ suññāgāreyeva paripūrayitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, sālakalyāṇikāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena rāhulena—
‘Sālakalyāṇikā nāma, pādapo dharaṇīruho; Antopathaviyaṁyeva, satahatthopi vaḍḍhati.
‘Sālakalyāṇikā nāma, pādapo dharaṇīruho; Antopathaviyaṁyeva, satahatthopi vaḍḍhati.
Yathā kālamhi sampatte, paripākena so dumo; Uggañchitvāna ekāhaṁ, satahatthopi vaḍḍhati.
Yathā kālamhi sampatte, paripākena so dumo; Uggañchitvāna ekāhaṁ, satahatthopi vaḍḍhati.
Evamevāhaṁ mahāvīra, sālakalyāṇikā viya; Abbhantare suññāgāre, dhammato abhivaḍḍhayin’”ti.
dhammato abhivaḍḍhayin’”ti.
Evamevāhaṁ mahāvīra, sālakalyāṇikā viya; Abbhantare suññāgāre, dhammato abhivaḍḍhayin’”ti.
Sālakalyāṇikaṅgapañho catuttho.
Sālakalyāṇikaṅgapañho catuttho.
Sālakalyāṇikaṅgapañho catuttho.