So It Was Said 110

The Book of the Fours

The Chapter on the Brahmin’s Offering of the Teaching

Walking

iti110:1 This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

iti110:2 “Mendicants, suppose a mendicant has a sensual, malicious, or cruel thought while walking. They tolerate it and don’t give it up, dispel it, eliminate it, and obliterate it. Such a mendicant is said to be ‘not keen or prudent, always lazy, and lacking energy’ when walking.

iti110:3 Suppose a mendicant has a sensual, malicious, or cruel thought while standing …

iti110:4 sitting …

iti110:5 or when lying down while awake. They tolerate it and don’t give it up, dispel it, eliminate it, and obliterate it. Such a mendicant is said to be ‘not keen or prudent, always lazy, and lacking energy’ when lying down while awake.

iti110:6 Suppose a mendicant has a sensual, malicious, or cruel thought while walking. They don’t tolerate them, but give them up, dispel them, eliminate them, and obliterate them. Such a mendicant is said to be ‘keen and prudent, always energetic and resolute’ when walking.

iti110:7 Suppose a mendicant has a sensual, malicious, or cruel thought while standing …

iti110:8 sitting …

iti110:9 or when lying down while awake. They don’t tolerate it, but give it up, dispel it, eliminate it, and obliterate it. Such a mendicant is said to be ‘keen and prudent, always energetic and resolute’ when lying down while awake.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

iti110:10 “Whether walking or standing, sitting or lying down, one who thinks a bad thought to do with the domestic life

iti110:11 is practicing the wrong way, lost among things that delude; such a mendicant is incapable of experiencing the highest awakening.

iti110:12 But one who, whether standing or walking, sitting or lying down, has calmed their thoughts, loving peace of mind; such a mendicant is capable of experiencing the highest awakening.”

iti110:13 This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.