[299] P. Should it not be said that the ordinary person (puthujjana) abandons sensual lust (kāmarāga) and ill will (byāpāda)?
S. Yes.
P. But was it not said by the Blessed One:
"In time past there were those
six teachers of renown,
free from the stench of carrion (nirāmagandhā), in compassion (karuṇā)
liberated from the fetter of sensuality (kāmasaññojana);
having dispelled sensual lust,
they attained to the Brahma world (brahmaloka).
There were disciples of theirs,
many hundreds of them as well,
free from the stench of carrion, in compassion
liberated from the fetter of sensuality;
having dispelled sensual lust,
they attained to the Brahma world"¹ —
is there indeed such a discourse (suttanta)?
S. Yes.
P. Then indeed the ordinary person abandons sensual lust and ill will.
¹ Aṅguttaranikāya, Chakkanipāta, 89; there, however, the reading is "abhisekā atītaṁse."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.