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Rreferences: [PED]: D. III.268; M. I.I, 424; A. IV.375; A. V. 7, 318, 353; S III.207
PTS, T.W and C.A.F. Rhys Davids, trans., Dialogs of the Buddha III #33 pp 228. On BuddhaDust: 4:16; 6:16
WP, Walshe, trans, The Long Discourses of the Buddha, #33, pp491
BD: DN #33: The Compilation: 4.16; 6:16 (Links to the Pali and to the Rhys Davids translation)
ATI: The Great Elephant Footprint Simile, Bhikkhu Thanissaro's translation
Mulapariyaya Resources section of BuddhaDust
PTS: Middle Length Sayings I, #1: Discourse on the Synopsis of Fundamentals, Horner, trans., pp 3.
WP: Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: The Root of All Things, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans., pp 83
Examining the Mulapariyaya -- Analysis
The Root Sequence, Bhikkhu Thanissaro, translation of the Mulapariyaya
Pali | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
v¤yo | wind | motion | Motion | air | air | wind | air (or motion) |
V¤yo: wind . . . as t.t. for mobility, mobile principle |
Wind as wind, as motion, as anti-gravitational force (wind is described as the property which keeps the body upright or allows the flexing and relaxing of muscles), energy, "humors"
And what is the wind property? The wind property may be either internal or external. What is the internal wind property? Whatever internal, belonging to oneself, is wind, windy, and sustained: up-going winds, down-going winds, winds in the stomach, winds in the intestines, winds that course through the body, in-and-out breathing, or whatever else internal, within oneself, is wind, windy, and sustained: This is called the internal wind property. Now both the internal wind property and the external wind property are simply wind property. And that should be seen as it actually is present with right discernment: 'This is not mine, this is not me, this is not my self.' When one sees it thus as it actually is present with right discernment, one becomes disenchanted with the wind property and makes the mind dispassionate toward the wind property.
The Great Elephant Footprint Simile, Bhikkhu Thanissaro's translation
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