> "It is true, Kesi, that it's not proper for a Tathagata to take life.
> But if **a tamable person** doesn't submit either to a mild training or to
> a harsh training or to a mild & harsh training, then the Tathagata
> doesn't regard him as being worth speaking to or admonishing. His
> knowledgeable fellows in the holy life don't regard him as being worth
> speaking to or admonishing. This is what it means to be totally
> destroyed in the Doctrine & Discipline, when the Tathagata doesn't
> regard one as being worth speaking to or admonishing, and one's
> knowledgeable fellows in the holy life don't regard one as being worth
> speaking to or admonishing."
AN 4.111
Just so, is this subtle language? What then is an untamable person? Is it a being like an animal, who does not have access to Dhamma, or is it a being who has access to it, but disregards it out of hand, or something in between!?
Asked by Ilya Grushevskiy
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Apr 4, 2020, 08:39 PM
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