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The Discourse to Nandiya
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On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Sakyans at Kapilavatthu in the Nigrodha Monastery.
Now at that time the Blessed One wished to go to Sāvatthī for the rains residence.
Nandiya the Sakyan heard - "The Blessed One, it is said, wishes to go to Sāvatthī for the rains residence." Then this occurred to Nandiya the Sakyan - "What if I too were to go to Sāvatthī for the rains residence. There I shall attend to my business, and I shall obtain an audience with the Blessed One from time to time."
Then the Blessed One went to Sāvatthī for the rains residence. Nandiya the Sakyan too went to Sāvatthī for the rains residence. There he attended to his business, and he obtained an audience with the Blessed One from time to time. Now at that time several monks were doing robe-making work for the Blessed One - "When the robe is finished, the Blessed One will set out on a journey after the three months."
Nandiya the Sakyan heard - "It seems several monks are doing robe-making work for the Blessed One - 'When the robe is finished, the Blessed One will set out on a journey after the three months.'" Then Nandiya the Sakyan approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. Seated to one side, Nandiya the Sakyan said this to the Blessed One - "I have heard this, venerable sir - 'It seems several monks are doing robe-making work for the Blessed One - When the robe is finished, the Blessed One will set out on a journey after the three months.' For us who dwell with various abidings, venerable sir, with which abiding should we dwell?"
"Good, good, Nandiya! This indeed, Nandiya, is proper for you, sons of good family, that having approached the Truth-finder you should ask - 'For us who dwell with various abidings, venerable sir, with which abiding should we dwell?' One with faith, Nandiya, is one who succeeds, not one without faith; one who is moral is one who succeeds, not one who is immoral; one with aroused energy is one who succeeds, not one who is lazy; one who is mindful is one who succeeds, not one who is unmindful; one who is concentrated is one who succeeds, not one who is unconcentrated; one who is wise is one who succeeds, not one who lacks wisdom. Having established yourself, Nandiya, in these six qualities, mindfulness should be established internally regarding five qualities.
"Here, Nandiya, you should recollect the Truth-finder - 'Thus indeed is the Blessed One: the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, accomplished in true knowledge and conduct, the Fortunate One, knower of the world, unsurpassed trainer of persons to be tamed, Teacher of gods and humans, the Enlightened One, the Blessed One.' Thus indeed, Nandiya, mindfulness should be established internally based on the Truth-finder.
"Furthermore, Nandiya, you should recollect the Teaching - 'Well proclaimed by the Blessed One is the Teaching, visible here and now, immediately effective, inviting one to come and see, leading onward, to be individually experienced by the wise.' Thus indeed, Nandiya, mindfulness should be established internally based on the Teaching.
"Furthermore, Nandiya, you should recollect good friends - 'It is a gain for me indeed, it is well-gained for me indeed, that I have good friends who are compassionate, who desire my welfare, who exhort, who instruct.' Thus indeed, Nandiya, mindfulness should be established internally based on good friends.
"Furthermore, Nandiya, you should recollect your own generosity - 'It is a gain for me indeed, it is well-gained for me indeed, that I who, among a generation pervaded by the stain of stinginess, dwell at home with a mind free from the stain of stinginess, generous in giving, with purified hands, delighting in relinquishment, accessible to requests, delighting in giving and sharing.' Thus indeed, Nandiya, mindfulness should be established internally based on generosity.
"Furthermore, Nandiya, you should recollect the deities - 'Those deities who, having passed beyond the company of deities who feed on edible food, have been reborn in a certain mind-made body, they do not regard anything to be done by themselves or any adding to what has been done. Just as, Nandiya, a monk who is perpetually liberated does not regard anything to be done by himself or any adding to what has been done; so too, Nandiya, those deities who, having passed beyond the company of deities who feed on edible food, have been reborn in a certain mind-made body, they do not regard anything to be done by themselves or any adding to what has been done. Thus indeed, Nandiya, mindfulness should be established internally based on the deities.
"Nandiya, a noble disciple possessed of these eleven qualities abandons evil unwholesome mental states, does not cling. Just as, Nandiya, an overturned water-pot discharges water and does not take back what has been discharged; or just as, Nandiya, fire released in a dry grass thicket burns onwards and does not turn back to what has been burnt; so too, Nandiya, a noble disciple possessed of these eleven qualities abandons evil unwholesome mental states, does not cling." The third.