[Buddha-l] Re: buddha-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 17

[Joy Vriens]

Dan,

>The rest of the sutta is Buddha talking to the monks, with their assent to 
>his every point. Nor is there redemption for Sati at end: "Bhikkhus, 
>remember this deliverance through the destruction of craving taught in brief 
>by me. But the bhikkhu Sati, son of a fisherman, is caught in a vast net of 
>craving, in the trammel of craving." 
 
>"... The bhikkhus were satisfied and delighted in the Blessed One's words." 

This could have been an anecdote from my school years. I don't know why, but our teachers (primary school) would always make a reference to our father's profession, give us nicknames (flower pot, steack etc) linked to it etc. And after such a rebuking the other pupils would always be satisfied and delighted in the teacher's words.

Joy