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Uddhata Sutta: High Strung

Summary: url=index.html#ud.4.02.than The Buddha responds to the sight of a group of rowdy monks.

Ud 4.2

PTS: Ud 37

Uddhata Sutta: High Strung

translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying in Upavattana, the Mallan sal grove near Kusinarā.(1) And on that occasion, not far from the Blessed One, many monks were staying in wilderness huts: high-strung, rowdy, flighty, talkative, of loose words & muddled mindfulness, unalert, unconcentrated, their minds scattered, their faculties left wide open.

The Blessed One saw those many monks staying in wilderness huts: high-strung, rowdy, flighty, talkative, of loose words & muddled mindfulness, unalert, unconcentrated, their minds scattered, their faculties left wide open.

Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed:

By leaving your body unprotected, being immersed in wrong view, conquered by sloth & torpor, you go under Māra's sway. Therefore, with protected mind, ranging in right resolve, honoring right view, knowing rise-&-fall, conquering sloth & torpor, a monk leaves all bad destinations behind.

Note

1.

This is the location where the Buddha later was totally unbound.

See also: MN 69

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