Families

“Mendicants, those families with many women and few men are easy prey for bandits and grain-jar thieves.*AN 8.51:27.1, Kd 20:1.6.7. | Few men and many women is said to be a sign of the end of the world (Harivaṁśa 116.23, Brahma Purāṇa 231.24, Liṅga Purāṇa 1.40.19, Narasiṁha Purāṇa 54.22). | The kumbha (“jar”) was a measure of grain by which the severity of theft was measured (Manu 8.320). Perhaps the implication is that these are house-thieves plundering domestic goods, rather than highway robbers. In the same way any mendicant who has not developed and cultivated the heart’s release by love is easy prey for non-humans. Those families with few women and many men are hard prey for bandits and grain-jar thieves. In the same way a mendicant who has developed and cultivated the heart’s release by love is hard prey for non-humans.

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici kulāni bahutthikāni appapurisāni tāni suppadhaṁsiyāni honti corehi kumbhatthenakehi; evameva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno mettācetovimutti abhāvitā abahulīkatā so suppadhaṁsiyo hoti amanussehi. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici kulāni appitthikāni bahupurisāni tāni duppadhaṁsiyāni honti corehi kumbhatthenakehi; evameva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno mettācetovimutti bhāvitā bahulīkatā so duppadhaṁsiyo hoti amanussehi.

“Mendicants, those families with many women and few men are easy prey for bandits and grain-jar thieves.*AN 8.51:27.1, Kd 20:1.6.7. | Few men and many women is said to be a sign of the end of the world (Harivaṁśa 116.23, Brahma Purāṇa 231.24, Liṅga Purāṇa 1.40.19, Narasiṁha Purāṇa 54.22). | The kumbha (“jar”) was a measure of grain by which the severity of theft was measured (Manu 8.320). Perhaps the implication is that these are house-thieves plundering domestic goods, rather than highway robbers.“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici kulāni bahutthikāni appapurisāni tāni suppadhaṁsiyāni honti corehi kumbhatthenakehi; In the same way any mendicant who has not developed and cultivated the heart’s release by love is easy prey for non-humans. evameva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno mettācetovimutti abhāvitā abahulīkatā so suppadhaṁsiyo hoti amanussehi. Those families with few women and many men are hard prey for bandits and grain-jar thieves. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici kulāni appitthikāni bahupurisāni tāni duppadhaṁsiyāni honti corehi kumbhatthenakehi; In the same way a mendicant who has developed and cultivated the heart’s release by love is hard prey for non-humans. evameva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno mettācetovimutti bhāvitā bahulīkatā so duppadhaṁsiyo hoti amanussehi.

So you should train like this: ‘We will develop the heart’s release by love. We’ll cultivate it, make it our vehicle and our basis, keep it up, consolidate it, and properly implement it.’ That’s how you should train.”

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ: ‘mettāmettāUna de las diez perfecciones (pāramīs) y una de las cuatro moradas sublimes (brahma-vihāra). Representa un deseo profundo, activo y desinteresado por la felicidad y el bienestar de todos los seres. Es un estado mental cultivado que busca disolver las barreras entre el “yo” y el “otro”.Ver en el glosario no cetovimutti bhāvitā bhavissati bahulīkatā yānīkatā vatthukatā anuṭṭhitā paricitā susamāraddhā’ti. Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

So you should train like this: Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ: ‘We will develop the heart’s release by love. We’ll cultivate it, make it our vehicle and our basis, keep it up, consolidate it, and properly implement it.’ ‘mettāmettāUna de las diez perfecciones (pāramīs) y una de las cuatro moradas sublimes (brahma-vihāra). Representa un deseo profundo, activo y desinteresado por la felicidad y el bienestar de todos los seres. Es un estado mental cultivado que busca disolver las barreras entre el “yo” y el “otro”.Ver en el glosario no cetovimutti bhāvitā bhavissati bahulīkatā yānīkatā vatthukatā anuṭṭhitā paricitā susamāraddhā’ti. That’s how you should train.” Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.