Academic | Sutta Name | Notes | PSA Plae | Vagga | Nikaya | PTS | Keywords |
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AN.IV.111 | Kesii Sutta | Comparison of training horses with the way the Buddha trains his disciples: 1. Just as some horses are taught gently -- in the same way, the Buddha teaches some disciples gently by teaching the meaning of good behaviour and the wholesome fruits of such good behaviour; 2. Just as some horses are taught sternly -- in the same way the Buddha teaches some disciples sternly by teaching the meaning of evil and the unwholesome retribution of such evil behaviour; 3. Just as some horses are taught by a combination of gentle and stern means -- in the same way the Buddha teaches some disciples by a combination of gentle an stern means -- both by teaching wholesome action and its wholesome result and by teaching unwholesome action and its unwholesome result, and; 4. Just as horses that cannot be trained by the first three methods must be slaughtered -- disciples which cannot be trained by the first three methods will not receive further teachings either from the Buddha or by their fellow monks. |
35/298 | Catukanipaata Tatiya Pa.n.naasaka | A"nguttara | A.ii.112ff. |