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LESSON
281
Chiggala Sutta: The Hole
“Monks,
suppose that this great earth were totally covered with water, and a man were
to toss a yoke with a single hole there. A wind from the east would push it
west, a wind from the west would push it east. A wind from the north would push
it south, a wind from the south would push it north. And suppose a blind
sea-turtle were there. It would come to the surface once every one hundred
years. Now what do you think: would that blind sea-turtle, coming to the
surface once every one hundred years, stick his neck into the yoke with a
single hole?”
“It
would be a sheer coincidence, lord, that the blind sea-turtle, coming to the
surface once every one hundred years, would stick his neck into the yoke with a
single hole.”
“It’s
likewise a sheer coincidence that one obtains the human state. It’s likewise a
sheer coincidence that a Tathagata, worthy & rightly self-awakened, arises
in the world. It’s likewise a sheer coincidence that a doctrine &
discipline expounded by a Tathagata appears in the world. Now, this human state
has been obtained. A Tathagata, worthy & rightly self-awakened, has arisen
in the world. A doctrine & discipline expounded by a Tathagata appears in
the world.
“Therefore
your duty is the contemplation, ‘This is stress… This is the origination of
stress… This is the cessation of stress.’ Your duty is the contemplation,
‘This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.’”
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