"Monks, suppose a cloth were stained and dirty, and a dyer dipped it
in some dye or other, whether blue or yellow or red or pink, it would
take the dye badly and be impure in color. And why is that? Because the
cloth was not clean. So too, monks, when the mind is defiled,[1] an unhappy destination [in a future existence] may be expected.
"Monks, suppose a cloth were clean and bright, and a dyer dipped it
in some dye or other, whether blue or yellow or red or pink, it would
take the dye well and be pure in color. And why is that? Because the
cloth was clean. So too, monks, when the mind is undefiled, a happy
destination [in a future existence] may be expected. (Nyanaponika trans.)
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mn 7 tags: Vatthupama [Vattha] : Simile of the Cloth audtip.org
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