dn25:13.0 2.2. On Reaching the Shoots
dn25:13.1 “Firstly, Nigrodha, a mortifier undertakes a practice of mortification. But they’re not happy with that, as they still haven’t got all they wished for.
dn25:13.3 So they’re pure on that point.
dn25:13.4 Furthermore, a mortifier undertakes a practice of mortification. They don’t glorify themselves or put others down on account of that.
dn25:13.5 So they’re pure on that point.
dn25:13.6 They don’t become indulgent …
dn25:13.8 Furthermore, a mortifier undertakes a practice of mortification. They generate possessions, honor, and popularity through that mortification. They’re not happy with that, as they still haven’t got all they wished for …
dn25:13.10 They don’t glorify themselves and put others down on account of possessions, honor, and popularity …
dn25:13.12 They don’t become indulgent because of it …
dn25:13.13 So they’re pure on that point.
dn25:13.14 Furthermore, a mortifier doesn’t become fussy about food, saying,
dn25:13.15 ‘This is acceptable to me, this is not acceptable to me.’
dn25:13.16 What is not acceptable they give up without concern.
dn25:13.17 But what is acceptable they eat without being tied, infatuated, attached, seeing the drawbacks, and understanding the escape.
dn25:13.18 So they’re pure on that point.
dn25:13.19 Furthermore, a mortifier doesn’t undertake a practice of mortification out of longing for possessions, honor, and popularity …
dn25:13.20 ‘Kings, royal ministers, aristocrats, brahmins, householders, and sectarians will honor me!’
dn25:13.21 So they’re pure on that point.
dn25:13.22 Furthermore, a mortifier doesn’t rebuke a certain ascetic or brahmin,
dn25:13.23 ‘What is it with this one living in abundance, devouring everything—
dn25:13.24 plants propagated from roots, trunks, cuttings, or joints; and those from regular seeds as the fifth. According to this ascetic’s doctrine, the crown of the tooth is like forked lightning!’
dn25:13.25 So they’re pure on that point.

