Seclusions

Bhikkhus, these three are seclusions of the wandering ascetics of other sects. What three? Seclusion in robes, morsel food and dwellings.

Here bhikkhus, for the wandering ascetics of other sects this is the seclusion in robes. They wear garments of hemp, garments of coarse cloth interwoven with hemp, miserable garments, garments made of, the bark of trees, antelope hide, strips of antelope hide, strips of wood and owls' wings. They wear garments made of grass, blankets made of head hair and blankets made of horses' tail. This is the seclusion of robes to the wandering ascetics of other sects.

Here bhikkhus, for the wandering ascetics of other sects this is the seclusion in morsel food: They eat vegetables, millets, raw rice, a kind of dark rice, a kind of water plant, finely broken rice, rice foam, sesamum flour, grass, cow dung, roots and fruits from the forest and whatever is picked. This is the seclusion in morsel food for the wandering ascetics of other sects.

Here bhikkhus, for the wandering ascetics of other sects this is the seclusion in dwellings: They dwell in forests, at the root of trees, cemeterys, forest paths, open space, on a heap of straw or in a hay stack.

Bhikkhus, in this discipline of the Teaching these are the three seclusions for the bhikkhu. What three? Here bhikkhus, the bhikkhu becomes virtuous, dispels wrong virtues and departs from wrong virtues. Becomes one of right view dispels wrong view and departs from wrong view. Becomes one who destroys desires, dispels desires and he departs from desires: Bhikkhus, to this is called the bhikkhu has attained the highest, the essence and is established in the purely essential. Bhikkhus, these three are seclusions for the bhikkhus in this discipline of the Teaching.

Bhikkhus, like the cultivating householder when the field is successfully ripe would quickly cause it, to be cut, collected and carried away and collected in a heap. Then it would be quickly crushed, the straw shaken and thrown away and chaff blown away. Quickly carrying it away would cause it to be husked and the essence would be taken.

Bhikkhus, the cultivating householder has attained the highest, the essence and is established in the purely essential of those grains. In the same manner bhikkhus, the bhikkhu becomes virtuous, dispels wrong virtues and departs from wrong virtues. Becomes one of right view dispels wrong view and departs from wrong view. Becomes one who destroys desires, dispels desires and he departs from desires: Bhikkhus, to this is called the bhikkhu has attained the highest, the essence and is established in the purely essential.