| Questions asked by Buddha | Punna Bhikkhu’s Answers |
| The people of Sunāparanta are fierce and rough. If they abuse and threaten you, what will you think then? | If the people threaten me, then I shall think: “These people are kind, truly kind as they did not give me a blow with the fist” |
| “But, Punna, if the people of Sunāparanta do give you a blow with the fist, what will you think then?” | If the people do give me a blow with the fist, then I shall think: “These people are kind as they did not give me a blow with a clod” |
| “But, Punna, if the people of Sunāparanta do give you a blow with a clod, what will you think then?” | If the people do give me a blow with a clod, then I shall think: “These people are kind they did not give me a blow with a stick” |
| “But, Punna, if the people of Sunāparanta do give you a blow with a stick, what will you think then?” | If the people do give me a blow with a stick, then I shall think: “These people are kind as they did not give me a blow with a knife” |
| “But, Punna, if the people of Sunāparanta do give you a blow with a knife, what will you think then?” | If the people do give me a blow with a knife, then I shall think: These people are kind as truly kind as they have not taken my life with a sharp knife” |
| “But, Punna, if the people of Sunāparanta do take your life with a sharp knife, what will you think then?” | If the people do take my life with a sharp knife, then I shall think thus: There have been disciples of the Blessed One who, being humiliated and disgusted by the body and by life, sought to have their lives deprived by the knife. But I have had my life deprived by the knife without seeking for it |