‘Venerable Nāgasena, with how many qualities must a member of the Order (a Bhikshu) be endowed to realise Arahatship?’
‘The brother, O king, who wishes to attain Arahatship must take:
- One quality of the ass
- And five of the cock
- And one of the squirrel
- And one of the female panther
- And two of the male panther
- And five of the tortoise
- And one of the bamboo
- And one of the bow
- And two of the crow
- And two of the monkey
- And one of the gourd
- And three of the lotus
- And two of seed
- And one of the Sal-tree
- And three of a ship
- And two of the anchor
- And one of the mast
- And three of the pilot
- And one of the sailor
- And five of the ocean
- And five of the earth
- And five of water
- And five of fire
- And five of wind
- And five of rock
- And five of space
- And five of the moon
- And seven of the sun
- And three of Sakka
- And four of a sovran overlord
- And one of the white ant
- And two of the cat
- And one of the rat
- And one of the scorpion
- And one of the mungoose
- And two of the old jackal
- And three of the deer
- And four of the bull
- And two of the boar
- And five of the elephant
- And seven of the lion
- And three of the cakravāka bird
- And two of the Peṇāhikā bird
- And one of the house-pigeon
- And two of the owl
- And one of the crane
- And two of the bat
- And one of the leech
- And three of the serpent
- And one of the rock-snake
- And one of the road spider
- And one of the child at the breast
- And one of the land tortoise
- And five of the mountain height
- And three of the tree
- And five of the rain-cloud
- And three of the jewel
- And four of the hunter
- And two of the fisherman
- And two of the carpenter
- And one of the waterpot
- And two of iron
- And three of a sunshade
- And three of a rice field
- And two of medicine
- And three of food
- And four of the archer.
- And four of the king.
- And two of the doorkeeper.
- And one of a grindstone.
- And two of a lamp.
- And two of the peacock.
- And two of the steed.
- And two of the publican.
- And two of a threshold.
- And one of a balance.
- And two of a sword.
- And two of a fish.
- And one of a borrower.
- And two of a sick man.
- And two of a corpse.
- And two of. a river.
- And one of a buffalo.
- And two of a road.
- And one of a tax-gatherer.
- And three of a thief.
- And one of the hawk.
- And one of the dog.
- And three of the physician.
- And two of a woman with child.
- And one of the yak cow.
- And two of the hen.
- And three of the dove.
- And two of the one-eyed man.
- And three of the husbandman.
- And one of the female jackal.
- And two of the dyers’ straining-cloth.
- And one of a spoon.
- And one of the negociator of a loan.
- And one of a collector.
- And two of a charioteer.
- And two of a village headman.
- And one of a tailor.
- And one of a helmsman.
- And two of a bee.’
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