7.
The Discourse on the Unguarded
110.
Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
To the householder Anāthapiṇḍika seated to one side, the Blessed One said this:
"Householder, when the mind is unguarded, bodily action is also unguarded, verbal action is also unguarded, mental action is also unguarded.
For one whose bodily activity is unguarded, whose verbal activity is unguarded, whose mental activity is unguarded, bodily action is also soaked, verbal action is also soaked, mental action is also soaked.
For one whose bodily activity is soaked, whose verbal activity is soaked, whose mental activity is soaked, bodily action is also rotten, verbal action is also rotten, mental action is also rotten.
For one whose bodily activity is rotten, whose verbal activity is rotten, whose mental activity is rotten, there is no good death, no good passing away.
"Just as, householder, in a pinnacle building with a poor roof, the peak is also unprotected, the rafters are also unprotected, the wall is also unprotected; the peak is also soaked, the rafters are also soaked, the wall is also soaked; the peak is also rotten, the rafters are also rotten, the wall is also rotten.
"So too, householder, when the mind is unguarded, bodily action is also unguarded, verbal action is also unguarded, mental action is also unguarded. For one whose bodily activity is unguarded, whose verbal activity is unguarded, whose mental activity is unguarded, bodily action is also soaked, verbal action is also soaked, mental action is also soaked. For one whose bodily activity is soaked, whose verbal activity is soaked, whose mental activity is soaked, bodily action is also rotten, verbal action is also rotten, mental action is also rotten. For one whose bodily activity is rotten, whose verbal activity is rotten, whose mental activity is rotten, there is no good death, no good passing away.
"Householder, when the mind is guarded, bodily action is also guarded, verbal action is also guarded, mental action is also guarded. For one whose bodily activity is guarded, whose verbal activity is guarded, whose mental activity is guarded, bodily action is also unsoaked, verbal action is also unsoaked, mental action is also unsoaked. For one whose bodily activity is unsoaked, whose verbal activity is unsoaked, whose mental activity is unsoaked, bodily action is also unrotten, verbal action is also unrotten, mental action is also unrotten. For one whose bodily activity is unrotten, whose verbal activity is unrotten, whose mental activity is unrotten, there is a good death, a good passing away.
"Just as, householder, in a pinnacle building with a good roof, the peak is also protected, the rafters are also protected, the wall is also protected; the peak is also unsoaked, the rafters are also unsoaked, the wall is also unsoaked; the peak is also unrotten, the rafters are also unrotten, the wall is also unrotten.
So too, householder, when the mind is guarded, bodily action is also guarded, verbal action is also guarded, mental action is also guarded. For one whose bodily activity is guarded, whose verbal activity is guarded, whose mental activity is guarded, bodily action is also unsoaked, verbal action is also unsoaked, mental action is also unsoaked. For one whose bodily activity is unsoaked, whose verbal activity is unsoaked, whose mental activity is unsoaked, bodily action is also unrotten, verbal action is also unrotten, mental action is also unrotten. For one whose bodily activity is unrotten, whose verbal activity is unrotten, whose mental activity is unrotten, there is a good death, a good passing away." The seventh.