Gathering
Parisā (AN 3.95)
Bhikkhus, these three are the gatherings. What three? The eminent gathering, the divided gathering and the united gathering.
Bhikkhus, what is the eminent gāthering?
Here bhikkhus, in a gathering the elder bhikkhus do not live in abundance given to lethargyḍeviating from the main aim. They give the first place to seclusion putting forth effort to attain the not yet attained and to realize the not yet realized: The later generation imitate them and they too do not live in abundance given to lethargyḍeviating from the main aim. They give the first place to seclusion putting forth effort to attain the not yet attained and to realize the not yet realized. Bhikkhus, this is the eminent gathering.
Bhikkhus, what is the divided gathering?
Bhikkhus, in a gathering the bhikkhus quarrel and dispute among themselves with the weapon in the mouths. To this is called a divided gathering.
Bhikkhus, what is a united gathering?
Bhikkhus, in a gathering the bhikkhus are united and combined, without a dispute get mixed like milk and water and abide looking at each other with pleasant eyes. To this is called the united gathering.
Bhikkhus, at a time when the bhikkhus are united and combined, without a dispute get mixed like milk and water and abide looking at each other with pleasant eyes, at such time merit is accured, at such times the bhikkhus are in divine abiding: such as the release of mind in intrinsic joy. To the greatly pleased joy arises and the body of one with a joyful mind appeases. The appeased body feels pleasant and the pleasant mind becomes one pointed.
When large drops of rain fall on the higher altitudes of the rock, that water sloping down the valleys fill up the small streams and bigger streams and fill up the small ponds. They in turn fill up the larger ponds and the rivulets and then they fill up the rivers and the great rivers Ṭhe great rivers fill the ocean. In the same manner bhikkhus at a time when the bhikkhus are united and combined, without a dispute get mixed like milk and water and abide looking at each other with pleasant eyes, at such times merit is accured, at such time the bhikkhus are in divine abiding: such as the release of mind in intrinsic joy. To the greatly pleased joy arises and the body of one with a joyful mind appeases. The appeased body feels pleasant and the pleasant mind becomes one pointed.
Bhikkhus, these are the three gatherings.
Bhikkhus, what is the eminent gāthering?
Here bhikkhus, in a gathering the elder bhikkhus do not live in abundance given to lethargyḍeviating from the main aim. They give the first place to seclusion putting forth effort to attain the not yet attained and to realize the not yet realized: The later generation imitate them and they too do not live in abundance given to lethargyḍeviating from the main aim. They give the first place to seclusion putting forth effort to attain the not yet attained and to realize the not yet realized. Bhikkhus, this is the eminent gathering.
Bhikkhus, what is the divided gathering?
Bhikkhus, in a gathering the bhikkhus quarrel and dispute among themselves with the weapon in the mouths. To this is called a divided gathering.
Bhikkhus, what is a united gathering?
Bhikkhus, in a gathering the bhikkhus are united and combined, without a dispute get mixed like milk and water and abide looking at each other with pleasant eyes. To this is called the united gathering.
Bhikkhus, at a time when the bhikkhus are united and combined, without a dispute get mixed like milk and water and abide looking at each other with pleasant eyes, at such time merit is accured, at such times the bhikkhus are in divine abiding: such as the release of mind in intrinsic joy. To the greatly pleased joy arises and the body of one with a joyful mind appeases. The appeased body feels pleasant and the pleasant mind becomes one pointed.
When large drops of rain fall on the higher altitudes of the rock, that water sloping down the valleys fill up the small streams and bigger streams and fill up the small ponds. They in turn fill up the larger ponds and the rivulets and then they fill up the rivers and the great rivers Ṭhe great rivers fill the ocean. In the same manner bhikkhus at a time when the bhikkhus are united and combined, without a dispute get mixed like milk and water and abide looking at each other with pleasant eyes, at such times merit is accured, at such time the bhikkhus are in divine abiding: such as the release of mind in intrinsic joy. To the greatly pleased joy arises and the body of one with a joyful mind appeases. The appeased body feels pleasant and the pleasant mind becomes one pointed.
Bhikkhus, these are the three gatherings.
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