From: Frank Kuan
Message: 1638
Date: 2003-01-19
> Hi,http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/dhammananda/140.htm
>
> I found this on the internet.
>
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> Can anyone tell me which sutta can the passage be
> found?
>
> Thanks, rahula
>
> Sariputta, the chief disciple of the Buddha, said
> that one man might
> live in a forest devoting himself to ascetic
> practices, but might be
> full of impure thoughts and 'defilements'. Another
> might live in a
> village or a town, practising no ascetic discipline,
> but his mind
> might be pure, and free from 'defilements'. 'Of
> these two,' said,
> Sariputta, 'the one who lives a pure life in the
> village or town is
> definitely far superior to, and greater than, the
> one who lives in
> the forest.' (Majjhima Nikaya)
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