Sense Seclusion produces
Peace!
Since sensual
pleasures, variegated, sweet and delightful, agitate the mind
with their varied forms, thus seeing danger in the streams of sense
pleasure,
one should wander alone, solitary as a rhinoceros horn...
This for me is a calamity, a tumour, a setback, a dis-ease, a barb,
and danger:
Seeing the vulnerability in the pitfall of these 5 strands of sensual
pleasure,
one should wander mentally secluded and reclusive as a rhinoceros horn...
Cold, heat, hunger, thirst, wind, scorching sun, gadflies and snakes, having
endured all these adversities patiently, one should wander alone, withdrawn,
and as imperturbable as a rhinoceros horn! (The Indian Rhinoceros Unicornis
has only one solitary horn!)
Sn 50-52
The
solitary Rhinoceros teaches how to be comfortable within
yourself!
Whoever is addicted to society and worldly bustle, he will not
partake of the
Happiness of quiet withdrawal, detached aloofness, peace or
enlightenment!
AN VII 86
On the secluded (Viveka)
rhinoceros:
Rhinoceros_Horn,
The Rhinocero's Horns 1,
The Rhinocero's Horns 2,
The Rhinocero's Horns
3,
The Rhinocero's
Horns 4,
The Rhinocero's
Horns 5,
The Rhinocero's Horns
6,
The Rhinocero's
Horns 7,
Viveka,
Viveka_Sukha
