7.1. The Similes

PTS vp En 275 PTS vp Pali 363 ‘Venerable Nāgasena, with how many qualities must a member of the Order (a Bhikshu) be endowed to realise Arahatship?’

‘The brother, O king, who wishes to attain Arahatship must take:

1. PTS cs 1 One quality of the ass
2. PTS cs 2 And five of the cock
3. PTS cs 3 And one of the squirrel
4. PTS cs 4 And one of the female panther
5. PTS cs 5 And two of the male panther
6. PTS cs 6 And five of the tortoise
7. PTS cs 7 And one of the bamboo
8. PTS cs 8 And one of the bow
9. PTS cs 9 And two of the crow
10. PTS cs 10 And two of the monkey
11. And one of the gourd
12. PTS cs 12 And three of the lotus
13. PTS cs 13 And two of seed
14. PTS cs 14 And one of the Sal-tree
15. And three of a ship
16. PTS cs 16 And two of the anchor
17. PTS cs 117 And one of the mast
18. PTS cs 18 And three of the pilot
19. PTS cs 19 And one of the sailor
20. PTS cs 20 And five of the ocean
21. PTS cs 21 And five of the earthPTS vp En 276
22. PTS cs 22 And five of water
23. PTS cs 23 And five of fire
24. PTS cs 24 And five of wind
25. PTS cs 25 And five of rock
26. PTS cs 26 And five of space
27. PTS cs 27 And five of the moon
28. PTS cs 28 And seven of the sun
29. PTS cs 29 And three of Sakka
30. PTS cs 30 And four of a sovran overlord
31. PTS cs 31 And one of the white ant
32. PTS cs 32 And two of the cat
33. PTS cs 33 And one of the rat
34. PTS cs 34 And one of the scorpion
35. PTS cs 35 And one of the mungoose
36. PTS cs 36 PTS vp Pali 364 And two of the old jackal
37. PTS cs 37 And three of the deer
38. PTS cs 38 And four of the bull
39. PTS cs 39 And two of the boar
40. PTS cs 40 And five of the elephant
41. PTS cs 41 And seven of the lion
42. PTS cs 42 And three of the cakravāka bird
43. PTS cs 43 And two of the Peṇāhikā bird
44. PTS cs 44 And one of the house-pigeon
45. PTS cs 45 And two of the owl
46. PTS cs 46 And one of the crane
47. PTS cs 47 And two of the bat
48. PTS cs 48 And one of the leech
49. PTS cs 49 And three of the serpent
50. PTS cs 50 And one of the rock-snake
51. PTS cs 51 And one of the road spider
52. PTS cs 52 And one of the child at the breast
53. PTS cs 53 And one of the land tortoise
54. PTS cs 54 And five of the mountain height
55. PTS cs 55 And three of the treePTS vp En 277
56. PTS cs 56 And five of the rain-cloud
57. PTS cs 57 And three of the jewel
58. PTS cs 58 And four of the hunter
59. PTS cs 59 And two of the fisherman
60. PTS cs 60 And two of the carpenter
61. PTS cs 61 And one of the waterpot
62. PTS cs 62 And two of iron
63. PTS cs 63 And three of a sunshade
64. PTS cs 64 And three of a rice field
65. PTS cs 65 And two of medicine
66. PTS cs 66 And three of food
67. PTS cs 67 And four of the archer.
68. And four of the king.
69. And two of the doorkeeper.
70. And one of a grindstone.
71. And two of a lamp.
72. And two of the peacock.
73. And two of the steed.
74. And two of the publican.
75. And two of a threshold.
76. And one of a balance.
77. And two of a sword.
78. And two of a fish.
79. And one of a borrower.PTS vp Pali 365
80. And two of a sick man.
81. And two of a corpse.
82. And two of. a river.
83. And one of a buffalo.
84. And two of a road.
85. And one of a tax-gatherer.
86. And three of a thief. PTS vp En 278
87. And one of the hawk.
88. And one of the dog.
89. And three of the physician.
90. And two of a woman with child.
91. And one of the yak cow.
92. And two of the hen.
93. And three of the dove.
94. And two of the one-eyed man.
95. And three of the husbandman.
96. And one of the female jackal.
97. And two of the dyers’ straining-cloth.
98. And one of a spoon.
99. And one of the negociator of a loan.
100. And one of a collector.
101. And two of a charioteer.
102. And two of a village headman.
103. And one of a tailor.
104. And one of a helmsman.
105. And two of a bee.’

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