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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: take no delight in alms presented by others and are therefore destined to future punishment. But wise men take delight in alms presented by others and therefore go to heaven. So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza, 177. The niggardly go not to the World of the Gods; simpletons applaud not almsgiving; But the wise man applauds almsgiving, and therefore wins happiness in the world beyond. 189] At the conclusion of the lesson Junha was established in the Fruit of Conversion; the assembled multitude also profited by the lesson. Junha, having attained the Fruit of Conversion, bestowed alms for a period of seven days precisely as the king had done. XIII. 11. VIRTUE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR1 In comparison with sovereignty over the earth. This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Jeta- vana with reference to Kala, son of Anathapindika. Tradition has it that Kala, although the son of so distinguished a father, a treasurer endowed with faith, never showed any desire to visit the Teacher, or to see him when he came to his father's house, or to hear the Law, or to perform services for the Order. Moreover, whenever his father said to him, Dear son, do not do this, he paid no attention to what he said. Now his father thought to himself, If this son of mine adopts such an attitude as this and acts accordingly, the Avici Hell will be his end. But it would not look well for me if my son went to Hell before my very eyes. Now there is no living being here in the world who may not be broken by gifts; I will therefore break him with gifts. So he said to his son, Dear son, take upon yourself the obligations of Fast-day, go to the monastery, listen to the Law, and then return. If you will do so, 190] I will give you a hundred pieces of m...
| ISBN-13 | 9781459051683 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1459051688 |
| Weight | 1.44 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 In |
| List Price | $25.51 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 448 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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