AN 5.76 · Khotbah tentang Para Prajurit (Ke-2)

Kenali dunia dalam sutta ini

Mari kita renungkan bagaimana gambaran seorang prajurit di medan perang dapat menjadi cermin bagi perjuangan batin kita sendiri. Sutta ini mengajak kita untuk melihat dengan jernih berbagai pilihan dan konsekuensinya dalam menghadapi godaan.

TOKOH & TEMPAT

Sinopsis singkat

Buddha membabarkan tentang lima jenis prajurit dalam pertempuran, mulai dari yang gugur di medan laga hingga yang berhasil menang dan berjaya. Ia kemudian menganalogikan kelima prajurit ini dengan lima tipe bhikkhu, terutama dalam menghadapi godaan nafsu dan komitmen mereka pada kehidupan suci.

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BAGIAN 14

an5.76:14.1 Furthermore, a mendicant lives supported by a town or village.

an5.76:14.2 He robes up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, enters a village or town for alms without guarding body, speech, and mind, without establishing mindfulness, and without restraining the sense faculties.

an5.76:14.3 There he sees a lady scantily clad, with revealing clothes.

an5.76:14.4 Lust infects his mind,

an5.76:14.5 and his body and mind burn with it.

an5.76:14.6 He thinks:

an5.76:14.7 ‘Why don’t I visit the monastery and tell the monks:

an5.76:14.8 “Reverends, I am overcome with lust, mired in lust. I am unable to keep up the spiritual life.

an5.76:14.9 I declare my inability to continue training. I resign it and will return to a lesser life.”’

an5.76:14.10 He goes to the monastery and tells the monks:

an5.76:14.11 ‘Reverends, I am overcome with lust, mired in lust. I am unable to keep up the spiritual life.

an5.76:14.12 I declare my inability to continue training. I resign it and will return to a lesser life.’