27(7)Occasion(1)
Then a certain bhikkhu approached the Blessed One,
paid homage to him,sat down to one side,
and said:
"Bhante,how many proper occasions are there for going to see an esteemed bhikkhu?"
Manobhavaniyassa bhikkh-no dassanāya upasankamitum.The commentaries consistently explain manobhavaniyā to mean"those who increase esteem,"or"those worthy of esteem,"rather than"those who have developed the mind."Thus Spk II 250,1-2 says those bhikkhus are manobhavaniyā"who,when seen,make the mind grow in the wholesome"(yesu hiditthesu kusalavasena cittamvaddhati).
"There are,bhikkhu,these six proper occasions for going to see an esteemed bhikkhu.
What six?
(1)"Here,bhikkhu,when a bhikkhu's mind is obsessed and oppressed by sensual lust,and he does not understand as it really is the escape from arisen sensual lust,on that occasion he should approach an esteemed bhikkhu and say to him:
'Friend,my mind is obsessed and oppressed by sensual lust,[318]and I do not understand as it really is the escape from arisen sensual lust.
Please teach me the Dhamma for abandoning sensual lust.'
The esteemed bhikkhu then teaches him the Dhamma for abandoning sensual lust.
This is the first proper occasion for going to see an esteemed bhikkhu.
(2)"Again,when a bhikkhu's mind is obsessed and oppressed
by ill will,and he does not understand as it really is the escape
from arisen ill will,on that occasion he should approach an
esteemed bhikkhu and say to him:
'Friend,my mind is obsessed
and oppressed by ill will...
...'
The esteemed bhikkhu then
teaches him the Dhamma for abandoning ill will.
This is the
second proper occasion for going to see an esteemed bhikkhu.
(3)"Again,whena bhikkhu's mind is obsessed and oppressed
by dullness and drowsiness,and he does not understand as it
really is the escape from arisen dullness and drowsiness,on
that occasion he should approach an esteemed bhikkhu and say
to him:
'Friend,my mind is obsessed and oppressed by dullness and drowsiness....
...'
The esteemed bhikkhu then teaches
him the Dhamma for abandoning dullness and drowsiness.
This is the third proper occasion for going to see an esteemed bhikkhu.
(4)"Again,when a bhikkhu's mind is obsessed and oppressed by restlessness and remorse,and he does not understand as it really is the escape from arisen restlessness and remorse,on that occasion he should approach an esteemed bhikkhu and say to him:
'Friend,my mind is obsessed and oppressed by restlessness and remorse....'[319]
...
The esteemed bhikkhu then teaches him the Dhamma for abandoning restlessness and remorse.
This is the fourth proper occasion for going to see an esteemed bhikkhu.
(5)"Again,when a bhikkhu's mind is obsessed and oppressed by doubt,and he does not understand as it really is the escape from arisen doubt,on that occasion he should approach an esteemed bhikkhu and say to him:
'Friend,my mind is obsessedand oppressed by doubt,and I do not understand as it really is the escape from arisen doubt.
Please teach me the Dhamma for abandoning doubt.'
The esteemed bhikkhu then teaches him the Dhamma for abandoning doubt.
This is the fifth proper occasion for going to see an esteemed bhikkhu.
(6)"Again,when a bhikkhu does not know and see what object to rely on and attend to in order to attain the immediate destruction of the taints,
Yam nimittam agamma yam nimittam manasikaroto anantaraasavaram khayo hoti.On the"imimediate destruction of the taints,"see p.1705,note 851. on that occasion he should approach an esteemed bhikkhu and say to him:
'Friend,I donot know and see what object to rely on and attend to in order to attain the immediate destruction of the.taints.
Please teach me the Dhamma for the destruction of the taints.'
The esteemed bhikkhu then teaches him the Dhamma for the destruction of the taints.
This is the sixth proper occasion for going to see an esteemed bhikkhu.
"These,bhikkhu,are the six proper occasions forgoing to see an esteemed bhikkhu."[320]