English
Just as, monks, an inscription on earth is quickly erased by wind or by water, it does not endure for a long time; even so, monks, a certain person here often gets angry. And that anger of his does not persist for a long time. This, monks, is called a person like an inscription on earth. And what, monks, is a person like an inscription on water? Here, monks, a certain person, even when spoken to harshly, even when spoken to roughly, even when spoken to disagreeably, still reconciles, still comes together, still rejoices. Just as, monks, an inscription on water quickly disappears, it does not endure for a long time; even so, monks, a certain person here, even when spoken to harshly, even when spoken to roughly, even when spoken to disagreeably, still reconciles, still comes together, still rejoices. Even when spoken to harshly, Even when spoken to disagreeably, He is reconciled, He is united, He is pleased. This is called, monks, A person like a writing on water. These, indeed, monks, Are the three persons Existing, being found In the world. Tenth. The Kusinara Chapter, thirteenth. Its summary – Kusinara and Quarrel, Gotama, Bharaṇḍu, Hattha; Kaṭuviya, two Anuruddhas, Paṭicchanna, by Lekha, these are ten.