Friends:
How is the Faith leading to the Going Forth?
Having heard the Buddha
speak, a householder or a householder's son or
one born in some other family, hears that Buddha-Dhamma. On hearing
this
sublime Dhamma, he acquires faith in the Tathagata. Possessing that
faith,
he considers thus: Household life is crowded, cramped, frustrating &
dusty!
The Life gone forth is out in the wide open... It is not easy, while
living in a
home, to live this Noble life utterly perfect and pure, as a polished
shell...
Suppose I shave off my hair and beard, put on the yellow robe, and go
forth
from the home life into homelessness. On a later occasion, leaving
behind any
small or large fortune, leaving behind a small or a large circle of
relatives,
he shaves off his hair and beard, puts on the ochre robe, & then goes
forth
from the home life into the free and open homelessness...
So is the faith of those, who after countless lives finally have
accumulated
and possesses the right and ripe conditions for attaining the
advantageous
state of a Bhikkhu under a Buddha! This is indeed the quickest step
towards
winning the Bliss of the deathless
Nibbāna!
For more Fabulously
Fine Faith (Saddhā)
please see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Buddha_on_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Outstanding_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Unwavering_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Analysis_of_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Power_of_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Highest_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Leaping_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Fruitful_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Mutual_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Dual_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Fine_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Rich_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Lay_Faith.htm
Source:
MN 27:
Culahatthipadopama Sutta. Short Simile on Elephant Footprint
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.027.than.html
