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- Anguttara Nikaya III.110
- Kuta Sutta
- The Peak of the Roof
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Then Anathapindika the householder went to the Blessed One and, on
arrival, having bowed to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, the Blessed One
said to him: "Householder, when the mind is unprotected, bodily actions are
unprotected as well, verbal actions are unprotected as well, mental actions are
unprotected as well. When one's bodily actions, verbal actions, & mental actions are
unprotected, one's bodily actions get soggy, one's verbal actions get soggy, one's mental
actions get soggy. When one's bodily actions, verbal actions, & mental actions are
soggy, one's bodily actions ... verbal actions ... mental actions rot. When one's bodily
actions, verbal actions, & mental actions rot, one's death is not auspicious, the mode
of one's dying not good.
"Just as when a peak-roofed house is poorly roofed: The peak of
the roof is unprotected, the roof beams are unprotected, the walls are unprotected. The
peak of the roof ... the roof beams ... the walls get soggy. The peak of the roof ... the
roof beams ... the walls then rot.
"In the same way, when the mind is unprotected, bodily actions ... verbal actions
... mental actions are unprotected as well .... One's bodily ... verbal ... mental actions
get soggy .... One's bodily ... verbal ... mental actions rot. When one's bodily actions,
verbal actions, & mental actions rot, one's death is not auspicious, the mode of one's
dying not good.
"Now, when the mind is protected, bodily actions are protected as well, verbal
actions are protected as well, mental actions are protected as well. When one's bodily
actions, verbal actions, & mental actions are protected, one's bodily actions ...
verbal actions ... mental actions don't get soggy. When one's bodily actions, verbal
actions, & mental actions aren't soggy, one's bodily actions ... verbal actions ...
mental actions don't rot. When one's bodily actions, verbal actions, & mental actions
don't rot, one's death is auspicious, the mode of one's dying is good.
"Just as when a peak-roofed house is well roofed: The peak of the roof is
protected, the roof beams are protected, the walls are protected. The peak of the roof ...
the roof beams ... the walls don't get soggy. The peak of the roof ... the roof beams ...
the walls don't rot.
"In the same way, when the mind is protected, bodily actions ... verbal actions
... mental actions are protected as well .... One's bodily ... verbal ... mental actions
don't get soggy .... One's bodily ... verbal ... mental actions don't rot. When one's
bodily actions, verbal actions, & mental actions don't rot, one's death is auspicious,
the mode of one's dying is good."