Re: Mmd-p.t passage regarding Kc 1 (3 of 3)

No, sorry, remove that concessive 'when' from the first line; it's
incorrect, and not in the original.


> Just as a solid-heartwood box is solid,
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> the essential jewel within it is not lost,
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> and its owner’s wish for a result succeeds;
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> so, too, when solid heartwood words are formed,
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> the box of sentences is also solid:
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> what’s named therein, the jewel of meaning, lasts,
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> not lost; so the Way it names cannot be lost;
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> and the wish, of one who walks upon that Way,
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> for the journey’s fruit, will finally succeed.
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> On 19 July 2010 21:40, Jim Anderson <jimanderson_on@...> wrote:
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>>
>>
>> Here is the last part:
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>> yathā hi thirasāramayo karaṇḍako thiro hoti || tasmiṃ thire
>> tadantogadhasāraratanaṃ na vinassati || avinaṭṭhe tasmiṃ
>> taṃsāmikassa phalāsā samijjhati | evaṃ thirasārapadanipphādanabyāpāre kate
>> byañjanakaraṇḍako thiro hoti || tasmiṃ thire attharatanaṃ na nassati
>> tadabhidheyyaṃ || tasmiṃ anaṭṭhe paṭipatti na nassati || anaṭṭhāya
>> paṭipattiyā paṭipannakānaṃ phalāsā samijjhati || Mmd-pṭ 44,7-14 ||
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>> For, as a box made of strong heartwood is strong; when it is strong, a
>> precious jewel enclosed within is not lost; when this is not lost, the
>> owner's expectation of a result is realized; so, when the work of
>> producing
>> a word from solid heartwood (the letters) is done, the box of the phrasing
>> (words) is strong; when this is strong, the jewel of the meaning, the
>> named
>> (of the phrasing), is not lost; when this is not lost, the way is not
>> lost;
>> when the way is not lost, the followers' expectation of a result is
>> realized.
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>> Best wishes, Jim
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>> 
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