Numbered Discourses 3.133

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1. Numbered Discourses 3.133
2. 14. A Warrior
3. A Warrior
4. “Mendicants, a warrior with three factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is reckoned as a factor of kingship.
5. What three?
6. He’s a long-distance shooter, a marksman, one who shatters large objects.
7. A warrior with these three factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is reckoned as a factor of kingship.
8. In the same way, a mendicant with three factors is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with joined palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.
9. What three?
10. They’re a long-distance shooter, a marksman, and one who shatters large objects.
11. And how is a mendicant a long-distance shooter?
12. It’s when a mendicant truly sees any kind of form at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> form—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
13. They truly see any kind of feeling at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> feeling—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
14. They truly see any kind of perception at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> perception—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
15. They truly see any kind of choices at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> choices—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
16. They truly see any kind of consciousness at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near, <em>all</em> consciousness—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
17. That’s how a mendicant is a long-distance shooter.
18. And how is a mendicant a marksman?
19. It’s when a mendicant truly understands: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.
20. That’s how a mendicant is a marksman.
21. And how does a mendicant shatter large objects?
22. It’s when a mendicant shatters the great mass of ignorance.
23. That’s how a mendicant shatters large objects.
24. A mendicant with these three qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with joined palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.”