Pali - Every few days - [B138]
Gair/Karunatillake - Chapter 7 � Further Readings
Ex. 2 (Part 2 of 2)
�Opamma.m karohii�ti.
"Give me an analogy.�
�Yathaa, mahaaraaja, puriso andhakaare gehe padiipa.m
paveseyya, pavi.t.tho padiipo andhakaara.m vidhameti,
obhaasa.m janeti, aaloka.m vida.mseti, ruupaani
paaka.taani karoti, evameva kho, mahaaraaja, pa~n~naa
uppajjamaanaa avijjandhakaara.m vidhameti,
vijjobhaasa.m janeti, ~naa.naaloka.m vida.mseti,
ariyasaccaani paaka.taani karoti; tato yogaavacaro
�aniccan�ti vaa �dukkhan�ti vaa �anattaa�ti vaa
sammappa~n~naaya passati. Eva.m kho, mahaaraaja,
obhaasanalakkha.naa pa~n~naa�ti.
"Just as, great king, a person might bring a lamp into
a dark house, and with the lamp lit dispes the
darkness, produce illumination, show the light, and
make manifest forms, so too, great king, wisdom
arising dispels the darkness of ignorance, produces
the illumination of insight, brings forth the light of
knowledge, and makes manifest the noble truths; and
further, the spiritual practitioner sees with complete
understanding �impermanence�, �unsatisfactoriness�, or
�corelessness�.�
�Kallosi, bhante Naagasenaa�ti.
"You are clever, venerable Nagasena.�