Kimilasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 1362

[1362] "Just as, Ānanda, there might be a great heap of soil at a crossroads of four great highways, and if a cart or a chariot should come from the eastern direction, it would crush that heap of soil; if it should come from the western direction … ; if it should come from the northern direction … ; if it should come from the southern direction, a cart or a chariot would crush that heap of soil — in just the same way, Ānanda, a bhikkhu, while dwelling contemplating the body in the body, crushes evil, unwholesome states; while dwelling contemplating [feeling] in feelings (vedanā), [mind] in the mind (citta), and dhammas in dhammas, he crushes evil, unwholesome states." The First Chapter, on the One Dhamma (Ekadhammavagga), is finished. Its summary verse (uddāna): The one dhamma, and the factor of awakening (bojjhaṅga), the plain version, and the two on fruits; Ariṭṭha, Kappina, the lamp, Vesālī, and with Kimila. ______________ [Variant readings: 1. Ma., Yu. read *catumahāpathe*. 2. Yu. reads *suddhakañca*.] The Second Chapter, the second.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.