The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Fifth Chapter for Recitation
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“How, reverend Sir, are we to act in regard to women?”
“(As though they were) not seen, Ānanda.”
“(But) when seeing them, reverend Sir, how are we to act?”
“Without conversing, Ānanda.”
“(But) when conversing, reverend Sir, how are we to act?”
“You should attend to mindfulness, Ānanda.” 149
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“How should we act, reverend Sir, in regard to the Realised One's
body?”
“Do not worry, Ānanda, about how you are to worshipfully (dispose
of) the Realised One's body. Come, Ānanda, live striving for the
highest good, being devoted to the highest good, being heedful of the
highest good, ardent, and resolute. There are, Ānanda, wise Nobles,
wise brahmins, wise householders who have faith in the Realised One.
149 cf. the Buddha's teaching the monks mindfulness just before they were
going to see Ambapālī above.
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