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The Discourse on Wish
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On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park.
There the Blessed One addressed the monks thus:
"Monks."
"Venerable sir," those monks assented to the Blessed One.
The Blessed One said this:
"Monks, dwell accomplished in morality, accomplished in the Pātimokkha; dwell restrained by the restraint of the Pātimokkha, accomplished in good conduct and lawful resort, seeing danger in the slightest faults, having accepted the training rules, train in them.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'May I be dear to my fellow monks in the holy life, agreeable, respected and esteemed' - he should be one who fulfils morality, devoted internally to serenity of mind, with meditative absorption not neglected, endowed with insight, one who develops empty dwellings.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'May I be an obtainer of the requisites of robes, almsfood, lodging and medicine for the sick' - he should be one who fulfils morality, devoted internally to serenity of mind, with meditative absorption not neglected, endowed with insight, one who develops empty dwellings.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'May the services of those whose robes, almsfood, lodging and requisite of medicines for the sick I use be of great fruit and great benefit to them' - he should be one who fulfils morality, etc. one who develops empty dwellings.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'May those relatives and blood relations who are deceased ghosts, when they remember me with a confident mind, may that be of great fruit and great benefit to them' - he should be one who fulfils morality, etc. one who develops empty dwellings.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'May I be content with any requisites of robes, almsfood, lodging and medicine for the sick' - he should be one who fulfils morality, etc. one who develops empty dwellings.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'May I be patient with cold and heat, with hunger and thirst, with the contact of gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and creeping creatures, with ill-spoken and ill-expressed ways of speech; may I be one who by nature endures arisen bodily feelings that are painful, sharp, rough, severe, disagreeable, unpleasant, and life-threatening' - he should be one who fulfils morality, etc. one who develops empty dwellings.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'May I be one who overcomes discontent and delight, and may discontent and delight not overcome me, may I dwell having overcome again and again arisen discontent and delight' - he should be one who fulfils morality, etc. one who develops empty dwellings.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'May I be one who overcomes fear and dread, and may fear and dread not overcome me, may I dwell having overcome again and again arisen fear and dread' - he should be one who fulfils morality, etc. one who develops empty dwellings.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'May I be one who obtains at will, obtains without difficulty, obtains without trouble, the four meditative absorptions pertaining to the higher mind, which are pleasant abidings in the present life' - he should be one who fulfils morality, etc. one who develops empty dwellings.
"If, monks, a monk should wish - 'With the elimination of the mental corruptions, may I dwell having realised by direct knowledge myself, having attained, the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom that are without mental corruptions in this very life' - he should be one who fulfils morality, devoted internally to serenity of mind, with meditative absorption not neglected, endowed with insight, one who develops empty dwellings.
'Monks, dwell accomplished in morality, accomplished in the Pātimokkha; dwell restrained by the restraint of the Pātimokkha, accomplished in good conduct and lawful resort, seeing danger in the slightest faults, having accepted the training rules, train in them' - thus what was said, this was said dependent on that." The first.