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The Discourse on Places to be Remembered
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"There are, monks, these three [places] that a head-anointed king of the ruling caste should remember as long as he lives.
What three?
The place, monks, where a head-anointed king of the ruling caste, was born —
this, monks, is the first [place] that a head-anointed king of the ruling caste should remember as long as he lives.
"Furthermore, monks, the place where a king of the ruling caste was head-anointed — this, monks, is the second [place] that a head-anointed king of the ruling caste should remember as long as he lives.
"Furthermore, monks, the place where a head-anointed king of the ruling caste triumphed in battle, emerged victorious and settled at the head of the battlefield — this, monks, is the third [place] that a head-anointed king of the ruling caste should remember as long as he lives. These, monks, are the three [places] that a head-anointed king of the ruling caste should remember as long as he lives.
"So too, monks, there are these three [places] that a monk should remember as long as he lives. What three? The place, monks, where a monk shaved off his hair and beard, put on ochre robes, and went forth from home into homelessness — this, monks, is the first [place] that a monk should remember as long as he lives.
"Furthermore, monks, the place where a monk understood as it really is: 'This is suffering'; he understood as it really is: 'This is the origin of suffering'; he understood as it really is: 'This is the cessation of suffering'; and he understood as it really is: 'This is the practice leading to the cessation of suffering' — this, monks, is the second [place] that a monk should remember as long as he lives.
"Furthermore, monks, the place where a monk, through the elimination of the mental corruptions, realised by his own direct knowledge, in this very life, the liberation of mind and the liberation by wisdom that are free from mental corruptions and, having entered upon them, dwelled in them — this, monks, is the third [place] that a monk should remember as long as he lives. These, monks, are the three [places] that a monk should remember as long as he lives." The second.