Dear Yong Peng,
op 28-03-2004 12:34 schreef Ong Yong Peng op ypong001@...:

> would you tell us roughly what the comparison is about? Thanks again.
>

Text:
what in comparison, lord, can these five hundred

> carts do... etc.
> Wheel 67-69: What, O lord, are five hundred carts- nay six, seven...
> etc...compared with this?

N:
28: Now what think you Pukusa, which is the more difficult thing to do or to
meet with - that a man, being conscious and awake, should neither see , nor
hear the sound of five hundred cars passing by...or that a man, being
conscious and awake, should neither see, nor hear the sound thereof when the
falling rain goes on beating splashing, and the lightnings are flashing
forth, and the thunderbolts are crashing?>
We read, <Then, Pukkusa, the thought occurred to that man:- "How wonderfula
thing it is, and marvellous, that those who have gone forth out of the world
should pass their time in a state of mind so calm!-..." >
Thus, it is more difficult not to hear the sound of rain and thunder, but
this occurs when a high degree of calm is reached.
Nina.