KN.DHP129-145 — The Rod or Punishment
The Story of the Group of Six Disciples
All tremble at the rod, all fear death; comparing others with oneself, one should neither strike nor cause to strike.
The Story of the Group of Six Disciples
All tremble at the rod, life is dear to all; comparing others with oneself, one should neither strike nor cause to strike.
The Story of Several Boys
Beings who seek happiness, if they harm with a rod, seeking their own happiness, they do not find happiness after death.
Beings who seek happiness, if they do not harm with a rod, seeking their own happiness, they find happiness after death.
The Story of Elder Koṇḍadhāna
Do not speak harshly to anyone, for those spoken to might retort; painful indeed is quarrelsome speech, and retaliation might touch you.
If you keep yourself silent, like a broken gong, you have attained Nibbāna, for there is no quarrel in you.
The Story of the Women Observing Uposatha
As a cowherd drives cows to pasture with a rod, so do old age and death drive the life of beings.
The Story of the Hungry Ghost
The fool, while doing evil deeds, does not realize; by his own deeds, the foolish one is tormented, like one burnt by fire.
The Story of Elder Mahāmoggallāna
Whoever harms the harmless and innocent with a rod, quickly falls into one of ten states:
Intense pain, bodily injury, severe illness, mental derangement, trouble from the king, a dreadful accusation, loss of relatives, destruction of wealth, or his houses consumed by fire.
Upon the breakup of the body, the unwise one is reborn in hell.
The Story of the Disciple with Many Possessions
Neither nakedness, matted hair, nor dirt, nor fasting, nor lying on the ground, nor dust and ashes, nor squatting on the heels, purify a mortal who has not overcome doubt.
The Story of the Minister Santati
Even if adorned, if one lives calmly, controlled, disciplined, and chaste, having laid aside the rod towards all beings, he is a Brahmin, a recluse, a disciple.
The Story of Elder Pilotika Tissa
Is there a man in this world who is restrained by shame, who awakens from sloth, like a thoroughbred horse touched by a whip?
Just as a thoroughbred horse touched by a whip, be ardent and zealous; with faith, virtue, energy, concentration, and discernment of the Dhamma, endowed with knowing and conduct, and mindfulness, you will abandon this great suffering.
The Story of Novice Suka
Irrigators lead water, fletchers bend arrows, carpenters shape wood; the wise control themselves.