Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Friends: On the Three Types of Persons, who are similar to Sick People: There are three kinds of bodily sick people:One will recover by himself, even without any doctor & any medicine..One will never recover, even if treated by the best doctor & best medicine..One will only recover if treated by the right medicine after the doctors advice.. It is for the sake of this last person that doctors work and medicine is made!Similarly with those mentally infected by grades of greed, hate & ignorance:One will cure & free himself, even without meeting this Buddha-Dhamma...One will never be cured, even if taught this Dhamma by the Buddha himself...One will be cured & freed, if & only if, taught & learning this Buddha-Dhamma...It is for the sake of this last type of person, that this Dhamma should be shared! Source (abbreviated excerpt):The Numerical Sayings of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya. Sutta III:22 The sick [i:120] Gilānāhttp://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=132552http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/anguttara/index.htmlhttp://what-buddha-said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/Index.Numerical.htm PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net Buddha-Direct What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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