This is meant for the lone moderator Aik TC over the recent
weeks here at this forum, who forgot that other moderators have
work to do and other users are fools that recognise it while he/she
is still figuring out where the buddha may be whilst sharing
verbose 'enlightenment'.
"Bhaya Sutta: Dangers" (AN 3.62), translated from the Pali
by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 3 July
2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.062.than.html
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"Monks, uneducated run-of-the-mill people describe three things
as mother-&-child-separating dangers. Which three?
"There comes a time when a great fire-conflagration breaks out.
When a great fire-conflagration breaks out, it burns villages,
towns, & cities. When it is burning villages, towns, &
cities, a mother there can't get to her child, and the child can't
get to its mother. This is the first thing that uneducated
run-of-the-mill people describe as a mother-&-child-separating
danger.
"Then again there comes a time when a great cloud arises. When a
great cloud arises, a great flood of water is produced. When a
great flood of water is produced, it floods villages, towns, &
cities. When it is flooding villages, towns, & cities, a mother
there can't get to her child, and the child can't get to its
mother. This is the second thing that uneducated run-of-the-mill
people describe as a mother-&-child-separating danger.
"Then again there comes a time when there is danger and an
invasion of savage tribes. Taking power, they surround the
countryside. When this happens, a mother there can't get to her
child, and the child can't get to its mother. This is the third
thing that uneducated run-of-the-mill people describe as a
mother-&-child-separating danger.
"These are the three things that uneducated run-of-the-mill
people describe as mother-&-child-separating dangers.
"But there are these three things that are
mother-&-child-uniting dangers, yet run-of-the-mill people
describe them as mother-&-child-separating dangers. Which
three?
"There comes a time when a great fire-conflagration breaks out.
When a great fire-conflagration breaks out, it burns villages,
towns, & cities. When it is burning villages, towns, &
cities, there are times when it so happens that a mother can get to
her child, and the child can get to its mother. This is the first
thing that is a mother-&-child-uniting danger, yet
run-of-the-mill people describe it as a
mother-&-child-separating danger.
"Then again there comes a time when a great cloud arises. When a
great cloud arises, a great flood of water is produced. When a
great flood of water is produced, it floods villages, towns, &
cities. When it is flooding villages, towns, & cities, there
are times when it so happens that a mother can get to her child,
and the child can get to its mother. This is the second thing that
is a mother-&-child-uniting danger, yet run-of-the-mill people
describe it as a mother-&-child-separating danger.
"Then again there comes a time when there is danger and an
invasion of savage tribes. Taking power, they surround the
countryside. When this happens, there are times when it so happens
that a mother can get to her child, and the child can get to its
mother. This is the third thing that is a
mother-&-child-uniting danger, yet run-of-the-mill people
describe it as a mother-&-child-separating danger.
"These are the three things that are mother-&-child-uniting
dangers, yet run-of-the-mill people describe them as
mother-&-child-separating dangers.
"There are these three things that are (genuine)
mother-&-child-separating dangers. Which three? The danger of
aging, the danger of illness, the danger of death.
"A mother can't get (her wish) with regard to her child who is
aging, 'I am aging, but may my child not age.' A child can't get
(its wish) with regard to its mother who is aging, 'I am aging, but
may my mother not age.'
"A mother can't get (her wish) with regard to her child who is
growing ill, 'I am growing ill, but may my child not grow ill.' A
child can't get (its wish) with regard to its mother who is growing
ill, 'I am growing ill, but may my mother not grow ill.'
"A mother can't get (her wish) with regard to her child who is
dying, 'I am dying, but may my child not die.' A child can't get
(its wish) with regard to its mother who is dying, 'I am dying, but
may my mother not die.'
"These are the three things that are (genuine)
mother-&-child-separating dangers.
"There is a path, there is a practice, that leads to the
abandoning and overcoming of these three mother-&-child-uniting
dangers and these three mother-&-child-separating dangers.
"And which is that path, which is that practice...? Just this
very noble eightfold path, i.e., right view, right resolve, right
speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right
mindfulness, right concentration.
"This is the path, this the practice, that leads to the
abandoning and overcoming of these three mother-&-child-uniting
dangers and these three mother-&-child-separating dangers."