a reading I found: the monster of violence in the world

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The Suttanipāta

THE ATTADAŅDA SUTTA

Translated by Thānnisaro Bhikkhu

at https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/S ... p4_15.html#

See also p. 315. for Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation
for Wisdom Publications, 2017


The Chapter of the Octads

Chapter Four, Sutta 15

"One who has taken up the Rod"



“When embraced,

the rod of violence

breeds danger & fear:

Look at people in strife.

I will tell how

I experienced

terror:

Seeing people floundering

like fish in small puddles,

competing with one another—

as I saw this,

fear came into me.

The world was entirely

without substance.

All the directions

were knocked out of line.

Wanting a haven for myself,

I saw nothing that wasn’t laid claim to.

Seeing nothing in the end

but competition,

I felt discontent.

And then I saw

an arrow here,

so very hard to see,

embedded in the heart.



"arming oneself," conveys the image of a person taking up a stick, (danda)


Attadanda Sutta

The fifteenth sutta of the Atthakavagga of the Sutta Nipata (Sn.182f).

It was preached by the Buddha when he went to settle the quarrel between the Sākiyans and the Koliyans.

It was the last to be preached on that occasion. At the end of the discourse their quarrels ceased and five hundred Sākiyan and five hundred Koliyan youths entered the Order by way of ehibhikkhupabbajjā (SnA.566-9; J.v.413-4).

The sutta deals with various aspects of self-control and a description of one who might be called a muni.


A prayer for peace and safty for everyone.

Leo

[Eko Care]

a reading I found: the monster of violence in the world
....
The sutta deals with various aspects of self-control and a description of one who might be called a muni.

So the Monster is "Self"?