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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shrawakaya" data-source="post: 1315187" data-attributes="member: 76359"><img src="http://www.vipassana.com/incl/vipcomlogo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Dhaniya Sutta (Dhaniya the Cattleman)Sutta Nipathaya, Khuddaka Nikaya Dhaniya the cattleman: "The rice is cooked,my milking done.I live with my peoplealong the banks of the Mahi;my hut is roofed, my fire lit:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain."The Buddha: "Free from anger,my stubbornness gone,I live for one nightalong the banks of the Mahi;my hut's roof is open, my fire out:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain." Dhaniya:"No mosquitoes or gadfliesare to be found.The cows range in the marshy meadowwhere the grasses flourish.They could stand the rain if it came:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain."The Buddha: "A raft, well-made,has been lashed together.Having crossed over,gone to the far shore,I've subdued the flood.No need for a raftis to be found:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain." Dhaniya:"My wife is compliant, not careless,is charming, has lived with me long.I hear no evil about her at all:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain."The Buddha: "My mind is compliant, released,has long been nurtured, well tamed.No evil is to be found in me:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain." Dhaniya:"I support myself on my earnings.My sons live in harmony,free from disease.I hear no evil about them at all:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain."The Buddha: "I'm in no one's employ,I wander the whole worldon the reward [of my Awakening].No need for earningsis to be found:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain." Dhaniya:"There are cows, young bulls,cows in calf, & breeding cows,& a great bull, the leader of the herd:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain."The Buddha: "There are no cows, no young bulls,no cows in calf or breeding cows,no great bull, the leader of the herd:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain." Dhaniya:"The stakes are dug-in, immovable.The new muñja-grass halters, well-woven,not even young bulls could break:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain."The Buddha: "Having broken my bondslike a great bull,like a great elephanttearing a rotting vine,I never againwill lie in the womb:    so if you want, rain-god,    go ahead & rain." The great cloud rained down    straightaway,filling the lowlands & high.Hearing the rain-god pour down, Dhaniya said:"How great our gainthat we've gazedon the Blessed One!    We go to him,the One with vision,    for refuge.May you be our teacher, Great Sage.My wife & I are compliant.Let's follow the holy lifeunder the One Well-gone.Gone to the far shoreof aging & death,let's put an endto suffering & stress." Mara:"Those with children    delightbecause of their children.Those with cattle    delightbecause of their cows.A person's delightcomes from acquisitions,since a person with no acquisitions    doesn't delight."The Buddha:"Those with children    grievebecause of their children.Those with cattle    grievebecause of their cows.A person's griefcomes from acquisitions,since a person with no acquisitions    doesn't grieve."Sadhu... Sadhu... Sadhu... </blockquote>

Verification: Haya warak paha keeyada? (haya wadi kireema paha)

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