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Span Classsearchtermtextsspan From the Buddhist Canon Commonly Known As
Samuel Beal
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The first four gathas were spoken by Buddha in the Jetavana at Sravasti. On this occasion a careless disciple had left the company of his hearers^ whilst he was preaching on the necessity of exertion in casting off the hindrances and trammels tliat prevent advance in a religious life. Having retired to the interior of his cell, he indulged himself in sleep and effeminacy — not knowing that after seven days he would die. Whereupon Buddha addressed him thus : " Alas ! arise thou ! ^ why sleeping ...there ? a com- panion of the spider, and the creeping insect. Hidden from sight, practising impm^ity, miserably- deceived with regard to the character of the body (or Life), even as one who dreads the amputation of a diseased limb, his heart heavy, and his affliction great, seeks forgetfulness in sleep, but neverthe- less cannot escape the recollection of bis coming calamity — such is your case. But the man who strives after true wisdom, * feels no such sorrow, always reflecting on religion, he forgets himself — 1 Chinese " kian hioh.
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