The Moon, Etc.

Linked Discourses 45.146–148

11. Abbreviated Texts on Diligence

The Moon, Etc.

“The radiance of all the stars is not worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s radiance, so the moon’s radiance is said to be the best of them all. …”

“In the autumn, the heavens are sunny and cloudless. And as the sun is rising to the firmament, having dispelled all the darkness of space, it shines and glows and dazzles. …”

“Mendicants, cloth from Kāsi is said to be the best kind of woven cloth. …”

(Tell these in full as in the section on the Realized One.)