Mil 3.6.6
6. Question on Tears Being a Medicine or Not
6. Assubhesajjābhesajjapañha
from: Mindfulness Chapter
6. Question on Tears Being a Medicine or Not
The king asked: “Venerable Nāgasena, those who weep on the death of a mother, and those who weep with affection for the Dhamma, for whom of these two weeping are the tears a medicine, and for whom are the tears not a medicine?” “The tears of one, your majesty, are hot and stained with lust, anger, and delusion, and the tears of the other are cool and unstained with rapture and joy. That which is cool, your majesty, is a medicine; that which is hot is not a medicine.”
“You are clever, Venerable Nāgasena!”
Question on Tears Being a Medicine or Not sixth
6. Assubhesajjābhesajjapañha
Rājā āha— “bhante nāgasena, yo ca mātari matāya rodati, yo ca dhammapemena rodati, ubhinnaṁ tesaṁ rodantānaṁ kassa assu bhesajjaṁ, kassa na bhesajjan”ti? “Ekassa kho, mahārāja, assu rāgadosamohehi samalaṁ uṇhaṁ, ekassa pītisomanassena vimalaṁ sītalaṁ. Yaṁ kho, mahārāja, sītalaṁ, taṁ bhesajjaṁ, yaṁ uṇhaṁ, taṁ na bhesajjan”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Assubhesajjābhesajjapañho chaṭṭho.