408 LESSON 18 10 2011 Gadrabha Sutta The Donkey
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Thai III.83
Gadrabha Sutta: The Donkey
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
“Monks, it is just as if a donkey were following right after a herd
of cattle, saying, “I too am a cow! I too am a cow!” Its color is not
that of a cow, its voice is not that of a cow, its hoof is not that of a cow,
and yet it still keeps following right after the herd of cattle, saying,
“I too am a cow! I too am a cow!” In the same way, there is the case
where a certain monk follows right after the community of monks, saying,
“I too am a monk! I too am a monk!” He doesn’t have the other monks’
desire for undertaking the training in heightened virtue, doesn’t have their
desire for undertaking the training in heightened mind (concentration), doesn’t
have their desire for undertaking the training in heightened discernment, and
yet he still keeps following right after the community of monks, saying,
“I too am a monk! I too am a monk!”
“So you should train yourselves:
‘Strong will be our desire for undertaking the training in heightened virtue;
strong will be our desire for undertaking the training in heightened mind
(concentration); strong will be our desire for undertaking the training in
heightened discernment.’ That is how you should train yourselves.”
DOB 596 Introduction to Classification of Reasons
Review - non-credit
Delivery Mode: Online
Course Description:
This self-paced online review
course provides an opportunity to go over fundamentals of
Buddhist logic as presented in Classifications
of Reasons. We will study formulating
reasonings with correct reasons and
its three modes, classifications of correct reasons,
as well as seeming reasons with
their classifications. This class serves as a theoretical
foundation for the practice of
formal debate.
Prerequisites: DOB 552
1.2 Intermediate Curriculum