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The Discourse on the Field
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"Monks, when a seed is sown in a field possessed of eight factors, it is not of great fruit, not of great gratification, not of great increase.
How is it possessed of eight factors?
Here, monks, the field is uneven with high and low ground, and is full of stones and gravel, and is saline, and is not deeply ploughed, and is not accomplished with water inflow, and is not accomplished with water outflow, and is not accomplished with channels, and is not accomplished with boundaries.
Thus, monks, when a seed is sown in a field possessed of eight factors, it is not of great fruit, not of great gratification, not of great increase.
"So too, monks, a gift given to ascetics and brahmins possessed of eight factors is not of great fruit, not of great benefit, not of great brightness, not of great pervasion. How is it possessed of eight factors? Here, monks, ascetics and brahmins hold wrong view, have wrong thought, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong concentration. Thus, monks, a gift given to ascetics and brahmins possessed of eight factors is not of great fruit, not of great benefit, not of great brightness, not of great pervasion.
"Monks, when a seed is sown in a field possessed of eight factors, it is of great fruit, of great gratification, of great increase. How is it possessed of eight factors? Here, monks, the field is not uneven with high and low ground, and is free from stones and gravel, and is not saline, and is deeply ploughed, and is accomplished with water inflow, and is accomplished with water outflow, and is accomplished with channels, and is accomplished with boundaries. Thus, monks, when a seed is sown in a field possessed of eight factors, it is of great fruit, of great gratification, of great increase.
"So too, monks, a gift given to ascetics and brahmins possessed of eight factors is of great fruit, of great benefit, of great brightness, of great pervasion. How is it possessed of eight factors? Here, monks, ascetics and brahmins hold right view, have right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. Thus, monks, a gift given to ascetics and brahmins possessed of eight factors is of great fruit, of great benefit, of great brightness, of great pervasion."
When the sky provides rain, there is accomplishment of grain.
There is accomplishment of expansion, fruit indeed becomes an accomplishment.
It leads to accomplishments, for that deed of his is accomplished.
Should associate with those accomplished in wisdom, thus accomplishments succeed.
One performs accomplishment of action, one obtains accomplishment of welfare.
Having come to accomplishment of the path, one goes with an accomplished mind.
One is released from all suffering, that is the accomplishment of all." The fourth.