206. In the southern districts, they have an ablution ceremony. At that time, there is much food and drink, both hard and soft food, syrups and drinks, much singing, dancing and music. This ceremony may be a washing, but it is not a washing away. It is low, common, vulgar and ignoble. It does not conduce to good, to turning away, to fading, to calming, to higher knowledge or to Nirvana. So, I will teach you a washing that does conduce to these things, a washing that frees beings liable to rebirth, decay, death, sorrow, suffering, lamentation, woe, and dejection from such things.
And what is that washing? For one who has Perfect Understanding, Perfect Thought, Perfect Speech, Perfect Action, Perfect Livelihood, Perfect Effort, Perfect Mindfulness, Perfect Concentration and Perfect Knowledge and Freedom, for the person who practices these things wrong understanding, wrong thought, wrong speech and so on are washed away. And those evil unskilled states that arise due to them are also washed away. Those good and skillful states that arise due to Perfect Understanding, Perfect Thought, Perfect Speech, Perfect Action, Perfect Livelihood, Perfect Effort, Perfect Mindfulness and Perfect Concentration, those states come to maturity.
A.V,216 (AN 10.107)
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