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| id | E-20260725-tierD-ladder-perturbations |
| status | frozen |
| created | 2026-07-25 |
| updated | 2026-07-25 |
| links | workshop/experiments/E-20260725-tierD-ladder/design.md |
Perturbation log — E-20260725-tierD-ladder (v2)
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| item | site | before | after |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-sham | 1 | The lotus flowers in bloom in the pond |
The lotus flowers blooming in the pond |
| A-sham | 2 | the leaves which covered the face of the water |
the leaves that covered the face of the water |
| A-sham | 3 | were distinctly visible through the crystal water |
could be distinctly seen through the crystal water |
| A-sham | 4 | creeping along beside the road |
creeping along by the road |
| A-sham | 5 | the Buddha remembered how this Kandata |
the Buddha recalled how this Kandata |
| A-sham | 6 | And in return for that good deed |
And in return for that good action |
| A-sham | 7 | he would like to deliver him out of Hell |
he would like to deliver him from Hell |
| A-sham | 8 | took up the spider's thread in his hand |
took the spider's thread up in his hand |
| B-sham | 1 | There was no one who called on her |
There was nobody who called on her |
| B-sham | 2 | so old-fashioned a man as scarcely exists any more |
so old-fashioned a man as hardly exists any more |
| B-sham | 3 | covered the garden until its floor could not be seen |
covered the garden till its floor could not be seen |
| B-sham | 4 | which was at least something to rely on |
which was at any rate something to rely on |
| B-sham | 5 | Not so much as a servant stayed on. |
Not so much as a servant remained. |
| B-sham | 6 | went past the house as a thing not worth their trouble |
passed the house by as a thing not worth their trouble |
| B-sham | 7 | with nobody to polish or sweep them |
with no one to polish or sweep them |
| B-sham | 8 | she passed her days and her nights |
she passed her days and nights |
| A-O1 | 1 | was sauntering alone |
was walking alone |
| A-O1 | 2 | on the brink of |
at the edge of |
| A-O1 | 3 | ineffable fragrance |
indescribable fragrance |
| A-O1 | 4 | suddenly beheld the scene below |
suddenly saw the scene below |
| A-O1 | 5 | who was squirming with the other sinners |
who was moving about with the other sinners |
| A-O1 | 6 | halcyon-colored lotus leaves |
blue-green lotus leaves |
| A-O1 | 7 | a beautiful silvery thread |
a beautiful shining thread |
| A-O1 | 8 | the pearly white lotus flowers |
the pure white lotus flowers |
| A-O2 | 1 | The lotus flowers in bloom in the pond were all as white as pearls, and the golden pistils and stamens in their centers ceaselessly filled all the air with ineffable fragrance. |
The lotus flowers that were blooming in the pond were all as white as pearls. In addition, the golden pistils and stamens at their centers filled all the air ceaselessly with an ineffable fragrance. |
| A-O2 | 2 | Presently the Buddha stood still on the brink of the pond, and through an opening among the leaves which covered the face of the water, suddenly beheld the scene below. |
Presently the Buddha stood still on the brink of the pond. There was an opening among the leaves which covered the face of the water. Through it he suddenly beheld the scene below. |
| A-O2 | 3 | Then his eye fell on a man named Kandata |
He then noticed a man named Kandata |
| A-O2 | 4 | This Kandata was a great robber who had done many evil things, murdering and setting fire to houses, but he had to his credit one good action. |
This Kandata was a great robber. He had committed many evil deeds, including murder and the burning of houses. However, he had one good action to his credit. |
| A-O2 | 5 | So quickly lifting his foot, he was about to trample it to death, when he suddenly thought, |
Therefore he quickly lifted his foot and was about to trample it to death. At that moment, however, he suddenly thought: |
| A-O2 | 6 | And in return for that good deed, he thought, if possible, he would like to deliver him out of Hell. |
In return for that good deed, he thought that he would like to deliver him out of Hell if that was possible. |
| A-O2 | 7 | Fortunately when he looked around, he saw a spider of Paradise spinning a beautiful silvery thread on the halcyon-colored lotus leaves. |
Fortunately, when he looked around, he saw a spider of Paradise. It was spinning a beautiful silvery thread on the halcyon-colored lotus leaves. |
| A-O2 | 8 | in his hand. And he let it straight down to the bottom of Hell far below through the opening |
in his hand, and then he let it down straight to the bottom of Hell far below, through the opening |
| A-O3 | 1 | the Sanzu-no-Kawa and Hari-no-Yama |
the River of Three Crossings and the Mountain of Needles |
| A-O3 | 2 | as through a sterioptiscope |
as through a viewing-glass |
| A-O3 | 3 | Then his eye fell on a man named Kandata |
Then he noticed a man named Kandata |
| A-O3 | 4 | but he had to his credit one good action |
but he had done one good deed |
| A-O3 | 5 | it would be rather a shame to recklessly kill it |
it would be a shame to kill it for no reason |
| A-O3 | 6 | spared the spider's life |
let the spider live |
| A-O3 | 7 | Once while on his way through a deep forest |
Once, when he was going through a deep forest |
| A-O3 | 8 | And he let it straight down to |
And he lowered it straight down to |
| A-O4 | 1 | was sauntering alone |
was sauntering with his disciples |
| A-O4 | 2 | all as white as pearls |
all as white as snow |
| A-O4 | 3 | It was morning in Paradise. |
It was evening in Paradise. |
| A-O4 | 4 | through the crystal water |
through the muddy water |
| A-O4 | 5 | murdering and setting fire to houses |
robbing travellers and cheating merchants |
| A-O4 | 6 | it, too, has a soul |
it has no soul |
| A-O4 | 7 | a beautiful silvery thread |
a beautiful golden thread |
| A-O4 | 8 | let it straight down to the bottom of Hell far below |
let it down as far as the middle of Hell |
| B-O1 | 1 | looked in when he came up to the capital |
visited when he came up to the capital |
| B-O1 | 2 | he was helpless in the world |
he was impractical |
| B-O1 | 3 | ran up in a race with the eaves |
grew up as high as the eaves |
| B-O1 | 4 | the sheer effrontery of the herd-boys |
the great rudeness of the herd-boys |
| B-O1 | 5 | the covered galleries went down flat |
the covered galleries collapsed |
| B-O1 | 6 | pitiful past speaking of |
very sad |
| B-O1 | 7 | those single-minded creatures called thieves |
those determined people called thieves |
| B-O1 | 8 | in that impeccable house |
in that well-ordered house |
| B-O2 | 1 | looked in when he came up to the capital, and he came rarely; and he was so old-fashioned a man as scarcely exists any more, |
looked in when he came up to the capital. He came rarely. He was so old-fashioned a man as scarcely exists any more, |
| B-O2 | 2 | and even among the people one calls monks he was helpless in the world, a holy man wholly detached from it, so that it never so much as occurred to him |
Moreover, even among the people one calls monks he was helpless in the world, being a holy man wholly detached from it. Consequently it never occurred to him |
| B-O2 | 3 | And so the thin grass covered the garden until its floor could not be seen |
As a result, the thin grass covered the garden, and its floor could not be seen |
| B-O2 | 4 | which was at least something to rely on; but the wall around the grounds was crumbling away, and horses and cattle had trodden it into a road, and when spring and summer came, |
which was at least something to rely on. However, the wall around the grounds was crumbling away, and horses and cattle had trodden it into a road. When spring and summer came, |
| B-O2 | 5 | blew hard, the covered galleries went down flat, and of the lesser buildings, |
blew hard, the covered galleries went down flat. As for the lesser buildings, |
| B-O2 | 6 | The smoke of the kitchen fires died out, and there was much then that was pitiful past speaking of. |
The smoke of the kitchen fires died out. There was, therefore, much that was pitiful past speaking of. |
| B-O2 | 7 | never came near — put off, it may be, by the bleakness of imagining it; so that, wilderness and thicket though the place had become, inside the main hall alone |
never came near. This was probably because of the bleakness of imagining it. Therefore, although the place had become a wilderness and a thicket, inside the main hall alone |
| B-O2 | 8 | The dust gathered. But nothing was ever out of its place, and in that impeccable house she passed her days and her nights. |
The dust gathered, but nothing was ever out of its place, and she passed her days and her nights in that impeccable house. |
| B-O3 | 1 | her elder brother, the meditation master |
her elder brother, the monk |
| B-O3 | 2 | the covered galleries went down flat |
the corridors went down flat |
| B-O3 | 3 | which had been flimsy board-roofed things |
which had been flimsy wooden-roofed buildings |
| B-O3 | 4 | inside the main hall alone |
inside the main house alone |
| B-O3 | 5 | the appointments stood as they had always stood |
the furnishings stood as they had always stood |
| B-O3 | 6 | the herd-boys who turned their animals loose there |
the cowherds who turned their animals loose there |
| B-O3 | 7 | there was much then that was pitiful past speaking of |
there was much then that was pitiful beyond words |
| B-O3 | 8 | those single-minded creatures called thieves |
the sort of people called thieves |
| B-O4 | 1 | that the deep grass and the mugwort might be cut back |
that the deep grass and the mugwort should be left to grow |
| B-O4 | 2 | and he came rarely; |
and he came often; |
| B-O4 | 3 | the thin grass covered the garden until its floor could not be seen |
the thin grass had been cleared from the garden so that its floor showed |
| B-O4 | 4 | The creepers had sealed the east and west gates shut |
The creepers had sealed the north and south gates shut |
| B-O4 | 5 | horses and cattle had trodden it into a road |
dogs and goats had trodden it into a road |
| B-O4 | 6 | In the eighth month of a year |
In the third month of a year |
| B-O4 | 7 | Not so much as a servant stayed on. |
A few servants stayed on. |
| B-O4 | 8 | went past the house as a thing not worth their trouble and never came near — put off, it may be, by the bleakness of imagining it |
came to the house often, treating it as easy pickings — drawn, it may be, by the richness of imagining it |