“Mendicants, in a poorly explained teaching and training a lazy person lives happily. Why is that? Because the teaching is poorly explained.” 327 “Mendicants, in a well explained teaching and training an energetic person lives happily. Why is that? Because the teaching is well explained.” 328 “Just as, mendicants, even a little bit of fecal matter still stinks, so too I don’t approve of even a little bit of continued existence, not even as long as a finger-snap.” 329–332 “Just as even a little bit of urine, or spit, or pus, or blood still stinks, so too I don’t approve of even a little bit of continued existence, not even as long as a finger-snap.”
Numbered Discourses 1.333–377 Chapter Four
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“Just as, mendicants, in the Black Plum Tree Land the delightful parks, woods, meadows, and lotus ponds are few, while the hilly terrain, inaccessible riverlands, stumps and thorns, and rugged mountains are many; so too the sentient beings born on land are few, while those born in water are many. 334 … so too the sentient beings reborn as humans are few, while those not reborn as humans are many. 335