Mil 3.1.7
7. Careful Attention Question
7. Yonisomanasikārapañha
from: Great Chapter
7. Careful Attention Question
The king asked: “Is it not, Venerable Nāgasena, that the one who does not reconnect does not do so because of careful attention?” “It is because of careful attention, your majesty, and because of wisdom and other wholesome mental states.” “Is careful attention, venerable sir, the same as wisdom?” “Certainly not, your majesty, careful attention is one thing, wisdom is another. Goats, rams, bulls, buffalos, camels, and donkeys also have careful attention, but they do not have wisdom.”
“You are clever, Venerable Nāgasena!”
Careful Attention Question seventh
7. Yonisomanasikārapañha
Rājā āha— “bhante nāgasena, yo na paṭisandahati, nanu so yoniso manasikārena na paṭisandahatī”ti? “Yoniso ca, mahārāja, manasikārena paññāya ca aññehi ca kusalehi dhammehī”ti. “Nanu, bhante, yoniso manasikāroyeva paññā”ti? “Na hi, mahārāja, añño manasikāro, aññā paññā, imesaṁ kho, mahārāja, ajeḷakagoṇamahiṁsaoṭṭhagadrabhānampi manasikāro atthi, paññā pana tesaṁ natthī”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Yonisomanasikārapañho sattamo.