LANMAN. — BUDDHAGHOSA's VISUDDHI-MAGGA, BOOK 1. 159 



94—100 Practical advice with concrete exemplary instances 



94 The above is the rigorously strict teaching 



The mind however is flighty. Therefore, as did Vangisa, 



one should repel the invasion of evil thoughts by suitable meditation 



95 Story of Vangisa and how he overcame his hot sexual passion 



96 A monk bent on restraining his senses should follow Cittagutta's example 



97 Story of Cittagutta, who lived over sixty years in his cave without ever 



even noticing a lovely wall-painting of the Renunciation of the Seven 

 Buddhas 



98 Buddhaghosa's exhortation as to restraint of the sense of sight — two stanzas 



99 Story of Mahamitta, who had never, since entering the Order, looked with 



lustful thought upon a woman 



100 Buddhaghosa's advice as to following this example — one stanza 



101-104 Morality as ensuring a blameless livelihood requires strenuousness 



101 A monk should strenuously avoid any blameworthy way of getting his 



daily needs 

 and be equally strenuous in getting them in a blameless way 

 The blameless way described 



102 For a monk striving after this kind of morality, 

 four things are in certain cases allowable: 

 Vague hinting (nimitta), hinting (obhasa) 

 Roundabout talk (parikatha), plain talk (vinnatti). 

 In the case of clothing and food, none are allowable 



In the case of lodgings, the first three are commonly allowable 

 In the case of medicine, all four are allowable 

 But one who avoids them all in every case is called 



'one who aims at the ideally simple life' — such as was Sariputta 



103 Story of Sariputta who refused the milk-rice that would have cured him, 

 because of his plain talk with Moggallana; 



albeit the givers learned of that talk only through a deity 

 Sariputta's three stanzas 



104 Buddhaghosa urges that this example be generally followed — one stanza 



105-112 Morality as a using of the everyday necessaries of life in the right spirit 

 requires wisdom 



105 For the exercise of this spirit there are two occasions: 



1 . When you are getting these daily necessaries (patilabha-kale) 



2. When you are using them (paribhoga-kale) 



106 Four ways of using these everyday necessaries of life : 



1. As if they were stolen property (theyya) 



2. As if they were borrowed property (ina) 



3. As if they were an inheritance (dayajja) 



4. As if you were the master (sami) of them 



