{"id":35802,"date":"2022-08-22T00:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T17:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/sutta-26\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T02:08:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T19:08:35","slug":"kinh-trung-bo-eng-26-kinh-thanh-cau-ariyapariyesana-sutta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/trang-chu\/2022\/08\/22\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-26-kinh-thanh-cau-ariyapariyesana-sutta\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 ENG 26 Kinh Th\u00e1nh C\u1ea7u (Ariyapariyesan\u0101 sutta)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35802\" class=\"elementor elementor-35802\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07b0199 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-space-around elementor-section-height-default 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noopener\">26.Kinh Th\u00e1nh C\u1ea7u (Ariyapariyesan\u0101 sutta)<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-26-kinh-thanh-cau-ariyapariyesana-sutta\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 ENG 26 Kinh Th\u00e1nh C\u1ea7u (Ariyapariyesan\u0101 sutta)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/mn-26-ariya-pariyesana-sutta%e1%b9%83\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">MN 26: Ariya Pariyesan\u0101 Sutta\u1e43<\/a><\/li><li class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/09\/07\/kinh-trung-bo-ah026-ariyapariyesanasutta-kinh-thanh-cau-h-204la-ma-kinh\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 AH026: Ariyapariyesanasutta, Kinh Th\u00e1nh c\u1ea7u-H.204 La ma kinh<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2032\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2032\" 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elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d905d06\" data-id=\"d905d06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fd1db9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fd1db9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t [ad_1]\r\n<br><div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">Majjhima Nik\u0101ya<br\/>1. M\u016bla-Pa\u1e47\u1e47\u0101sa<br\/>3. Tatiya Vagga<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">The Middle Length Sayings<br\/>I. The First Fifty Discourses<br\/>3. The Third Division<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_1.htm#p26\">Sutta 26<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">Ariya Pariyesan\u0101 Sutta\u0271<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn1\" href=\"#n1\">1<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner, O.B.E., M.A.<br\/>Associate of Newham College, Cambridge<br\/>First Published in 1954<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f2 ctr\">Copyright <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palitext.com\">The Pali Text Society<\/a><br\/>Commercial Rights Reserved<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/resources\/images\/cc_by_nc.png\" width=\"88\" height=\"15\" alt=\"Creative Commons Licence\"\/><\/a><br\/>For details see <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/frontmatter\/004_copyright.htm\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<hr\/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a id=\"pg203\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[203]<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><span class=\"f3\">[<a id=\"p1\" href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.026.pali.bd.htm#p1\">1<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/bit\/bit-71.htm#p1\">bit<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/chlm\/mn\/mn.026.chlm.sbb.htm#p1\">chlm<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/ati\/mn\/mn.026.than.ati.htm#p1\">than<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/wp\/mn\/mn.026.ntbb.wp.htm#p1\">ntbb<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/mnl\/mn\/mn.026.upal.mnl.htm#p1\">upal<\/a>]<\/span> THUS have I heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">At one time<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn2\" href=\"#n2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> the Lord was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b<br\/>in the Jeta Grove in An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika&#8217;s monastery.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord, having dressed early,<br\/>taking his bowl and robe,<br\/>entered S\u0101vatth\u012b for almsfood.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then a number of monks approached the venerable \u0100nanda;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>they spoke thus to the venerable \u0100nanda:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is long since we, reverend \u0100nanda,<br\/>heard a talk on Dhamma<br\/>face-to-face with the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is good if we, reverend \u0100nanda,<br\/>got a chance of hearing a talk on Dhamma<br\/>face-to-face with the Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Well then, the venerable ones<br\/>should go to the hermitage of the brahman R\u0101maka,<br\/>and probably you would get a chance<br\/>of hearing a talk on Dhamma<br\/>face-to-face with the Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Yes, your reverence,&#8221;<br\/>these monks answered the venerable \u0100nanda in assent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord,<br\/>having walked for alms in S\u0101vatth\u012b,<br\/>returning from (the quest for) alms,<br\/>after the meal,<br\/>said to the venerable \u0100nanda:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;We will go along, \u0100nanda,<br\/>and approach the Eastern Park,<br\/>the palace of Mig\u0101ra&#8217;s mother,<br\/>for the day sojourn.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Very well, Lord,&#8221;<br\/>the venerable \u0100nanda answered the Lord in <a id=\"pg204\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[204]<\/b><\/span><\/a> assent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><b>[161]<\/b> Then the Lord<br\/>together with the venerable \u0100nanda<br\/>approached the Eastern Park,<br\/>the palace of Mig\u0101ra&#8217;s mother<br\/>for the day-sojourn.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord,<br\/>emerging from seclusion towards evening,<br\/>said to the venerable \u0100nanda:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;We will go along, \u0100nanda,<br\/>and approach the Eastern Porch<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn3\" href=\"#n3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>to bathe our limbs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Very well, Lord,&#8221;<br\/>the venerable \u0100nanda answered the Lord in assent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord,<br\/>together with the venerable \u0100nanda,<br\/>approached the Eastern Porch<br\/>to bathe their limbs.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he had bathed his limbs<br\/>at the Eastern Porch<br\/>and had come out (of the water),<br\/>he stood in a single robe<br\/>drying his limbs.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn4\" href=\"#n4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the venerable \u0100nanda<br\/>spoke thus to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Lord, this hermitage of the brahman R\u0101maka<br\/>is not far;<br\/>the hermitage of the brahman R\u0101maka is lovely, Lord;<br\/>the hermitage of the brahman R\u0101maka is beautiful, Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It were good, Lord,<br\/>if out of compassion<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn5\" href=\"#n5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>the Lord were to approach the hermitage<br\/>of the brahman R\u0101maka.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The Lord consented by becoming silent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord approached<br\/>the hermitage of the brahman R\u0101maka.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">At that time<br\/>a number of monks came to be sitting down<br\/>and talking dhamma<br\/>in the hermitage of the brahman R\u0101maka.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord stood outside the porch<br\/>waiting for the talk to finish.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord,<br\/>knowing that the talk had finished,<br\/>coughed<br\/>and knocked on the bar of the door;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn6\" href=\"#n6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>those monks opened the door to the Lord.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn7\" href=\"#n7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord,<br\/>having entered the hermitage <a id=\"pg205\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[205]<\/b><\/span><\/a> of the brahman R\u0101maka,<br\/>sat down on the appointed seat.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn8\" href=\"#n8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As he was sitting down,<br\/>the Lord said to the monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;As you were sitting down just now,<br\/>what was your talk about, monks?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What was your talk that was interrupted?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Lord, our talk that was interrupted<br\/>was about the Lord himself;<br\/>then he arrived.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It were good, monks,<br\/>that when young men of family such as you<br\/>who have gone forth from home<br\/>into homelessness out of faith<br\/>are gathered together<br\/>that you talk about Dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When you are gathered together, monks,<br\/>there are two things to be done:<br\/>either talk about Dhamma<br\/>or the Ariyan silence.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn9\" href=\"#n9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These, monks, are the two quests:<br\/>the Ariyan quest<br\/>and the un-Ariyan quest.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And what, monks, is the un-Ariyan quest?<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn10\" href=\"#n10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As to this, monks,<br\/>someone, liable to birth because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to birth;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to ageing because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to ageing;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to decay because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to decay;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to dying because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to dying;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to sorrow because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to sorrow;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to stain because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to stain.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And what, monks, would you say<br\/>is liable to birth?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Sons and wife, monks,<br\/>are liable to birth,<br\/>women-slaves and men-slaves<br\/>are liable to birth,<br\/>goats and sheep<br\/>are liable to birth,<br\/>cocks and swine<br\/>are liable to birth,<br\/>elephants, cows, horses and mares<br\/>are liable to birth,<br\/>gold and silver<br\/>are liable to birth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These attachments, monks,<br\/>are liable to birth;<br\/>yet this (man),<br\/>enslaved,<br\/>infatuated,<br\/>addicted,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn11\" href=\"#n11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>being liable to birth because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to birth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And what, monks, would you say<br\/>is liable to ageing?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Sons and wife, monks,<br\/>are liable to ageing,<br\/>women-slaves and men-slaves<br\/>are liable to ageing,<br\/><a id=\"pg206\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[206]<\/b><\/span><\/a> goats and sheep<br\/>are liable to ageing,<br\/>cocks and swine<br\/>are liable to ageing,<br\/>elephants, cows, horses and mares<br\/>are liable to ageing,<br\/>gold and silver<br\/>are liable to ageing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These attachments, monks,<br\/>are liable to ageing;<br\/>yet this (man),<br\/>enslaved,<br\/>infatuated,<br\/>addicted,<br\/>being liable to ageing because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to ageing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And what, monks, would you say<br\/>is liable to disease?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Sons and wife, monks,<br\/>are liable to disease,<br\/>women-slaves and men-slaves<br\/>are liable to disease,<br\/>goats and sheep<br\/>are liable to disease,<br\/>cocks and swine<br\/>are liable to disease,<br\/>elephants, cows, horses and mares<br\/>are liable to disease.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn12\" href=\"#n12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These attachments, monks,<br\/>are liable to disease;<br\/>yet this (man),<br\/>enslaved,<br\/>infatuated,<br\/>addicted,<br\/>being liable to disease because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to disease.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And, what, monks, would you say is liable to dying?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Sons and wife, monks,<br\/>are liable to dying,<br\/>women-slaves and men-slaves<br\/>are liable to dying,<br\/>goats and sheep<br\/>are liable to dying,<br\/>cocks and swine<br\/>are liable to dying,<br\/>elephants, cows, horses and mares<br\/>are liable to dying.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These attachments, monks,<br\/>are liable to dying;<br\/>yet this (man),<br\/>enslaved,<br\/>infatuated,<br\/>addicted,<br\/>being liable to dying because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to dying.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And what, monks, would you say is liable to sorrow?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Sons and wife, monks,<br\/>are liable to sorrow,<br\/>women-slaves and men-slaves<br\/>are liable to sorrow,<br\/>goats and sheep<br\/>are liable to sorrow,<br\/>cocks and swine<br\/>are liable to sorrow,<br\/>elephants, cows, horses and mares<br\/>are liable to sorrow.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These attachments, monks,<br\/>are liable to sorrow;<br\/>yet this (man),<br\/>enslaved,<br\/>infatuated,<br\/>addicted,<br\/>being liable to sorrow because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to sorrow.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And what, monks, do you say is liable to stain?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Sons and wife, monks,<br\/>are liable to stain,<br\/>women-slaves and men-slaves<br\/>are liable to stain,<br\/>goats and sheep<br\/>are liable to stain,<br\/>cocks and swine<br\/>are liable to stain,<br\/>elephants, cows, horses and mares<br\/>are liable to stain.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These attachments, monks,<br\/>are liable to stain;<br\/>yet this (man),<br\/>enslaved,<br\/>infatuated,<br\/>addicted,<br\/>being liable to stain because of self,<br\/>seeks what is likewise liable to stain.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This, monks, is the un-Ariyan quest.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And what, monks, is the Ariyan quest?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As to this, monks, someone,<br\/>being liable to birth because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to birth,<br\/>seeks the unborn,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to ageing because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to ageing,<br\/>seeks the unageing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to decay because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to decay,<br\/>seeks the undecaying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to dying because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to dying,<br\/>seeks the undying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014 <a id=\"pg207\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[207]<\/b><\/span><\/a><br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to sorrow because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to sorrow,<br\/>seeks the unsorrowing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to stain because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to stain,<br\/>seeks the stainless,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This, monks, is the Ariyan quest.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And I too, monks,<br\/>before awakening,<br\/>while I was still the bodhisatta,<br\/>not fully awakened,<br\/>being liable to birth because of self,<br\/>sought what was likewise liable to birth;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to ageing because of self,<br\/>sought what was likewise liable to ageing;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to disease because of self,<br\/>sought what was likewise liable to disease;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to dying because of self,<br\/>sought what was likewise liable to dying;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to sorrow because of self,<br\/>sought what was likewise liable to sorrow;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to stain because of self,<br\/>sought what was likewise liable to stain.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Why do I,<br\/>liable to birth because of self,<br\/>seek what is likewise liable to birth;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to ageing because of self,<br\/>seek what was likewise liable to ageing;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to disease because of self,<br\/>seek what was likewise liable to disease;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to dying because of self,<br\/>seek what was likewise liable to dying;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to sorrow because of self,<br\/>seek what was likewise liable to sorrow;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to stain because of self,<br\/>seek what was likewise liable to stain?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose that I,<br\/>(although) being liable to birth because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to birth,<br\/>should seek the unborn,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Being liable to ageing because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to ageing,<br\/>should seek the unageing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Being liable decay because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to decay,<br\/>should seek the undecaying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Being liable to dying because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to dying,<br\/>should seek the undying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Being liable to sorrow because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to sorrow,<br\/>should seek the unsorrowing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Being liable to stain because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is likewise liable to stain,<br\/>should seek the stainless,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then I, monks,<br\/>after a time,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn13\" href=\"#n13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>being young,<br\/>my hair coal-black,<br\/>possessed of radiant<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn14\" href=\"#n14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> youth,<br\/>in the prime of my life \u2014<br\/>although my unwilling parents wept and wailed \u2014<br\/>having cut off my hair and beard,<br\/>having put on yellow robes,<br\/>went forth from home<br\/>into homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I, being gone forth thus,<br\/>a quester for whatever is good,<br\/>searching for the incomparable,<br\/>matchless path to peace,<br\/>approached \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>I spoke thus to \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;I, reverend K\u0101l\u0101ma,<br\/>want to fare the Brahm\u0101-faring<br\/>in this dhamma and discipline.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This said, monks,<br\/>\u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma spoke thus to me:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Let the venerable one proceed;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn15\" href=\"#n15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>this dhamma is such<br\/>that an intelligent man,<br\/>having soon realized super- <a id=\"pg208\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[208]<\/b><\/span><\/a> knowledge for himself<br\/>(as learnt from) his own teacher,<br\/>may enter on and abide in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So I, monks, very soon,<br\/>very quickly,<br\/>mastered that dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I, monks,<br\/>as far as mere lip service,<br\/>mere repetition<br\/>were concerned,<br\/>spoke the doctrine of knowledge,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn16\" href=\"#n16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>and the doctrine of the elders,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn17\" href=\"#n17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>and I claimed \u2014<br\/>I as well as others \u2014<br\/>that &#8216;I know, I see.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;But \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma<br\/>does not merely proclaim this dhamma<br\/>simply out of faith:<br\/>Having realized super-knowledge for myself,<br\/>entering on it,<br\/>I am abiding therein.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For surely \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma proceeds knowing,<br\/>seeing this dhamma.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then did I, monks,<br\/>approach \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>I spoke thus to \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;To what extent do you, reverend K\u0101l\u0101ma,<br\/>having realized super-knowledge for yourself,<br\/>entering thereon,<br\/>proclaim this dhamma?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said, monks,<br\/>\u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma proclaimed the plane of no-thing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is not only \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma who has faith,<br\/>I too have faith.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is not only \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma who has energy,<br\/>I too have energy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is not only \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma who has mindfulness,<br\/>I too have mindfulness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is not only \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma who has concentration,<br\/>I too have concentration.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is not only \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma who has intuitive wisdom,<br\/>I too have intuitive wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose now that I should strive<br\/>for the realisation of that dhamma<br\/>which \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma proclaims:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Having realized super-knowledge for myself,<br\/>entering on it<br\/>I am abiding therein?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So I, monks, very soon,<br\/>very quickly,<br\/>having realized super-knowledge for myself,<br\/>entering on that dhamma,<br\/>abided therein.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then I, monks,<br\/>approached \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>I spoke thus to \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Is it to this extent<br\/>that you, reverend Kalama,<br\/>proclaim this dhamma,<br\/>entering on it,<br\/>having realized it by your own super-knowledge?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is to this extent<br\/>that I, your reverence,<br\/>proclaim this dhamma,<br\/>entering on it,<br\/>having realized it by my own super-knowledge.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;I too, your reverence,<br\/>having realized this dhamma<br\/>by my own super-knowledge,<br\/>entering on it<br\/>am abiding in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is profitable for us,<br\/>it is well gotten for us,<br\/>your reverence,<br\/>that we see a fellow Brahm\u0101-farer<br\/>such as the venerable one.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This dhamma that I,<br\/>entering on,<br\/>proclaim,<br\/>having realized it by my own super-knowledge,<br\/>is the dhamma that you,<br\/>entering on,<br\/>are abiding in,<br\/><a id=\"pg209\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[209]<\/b><\/span><\/a> having realized it by your own super-knowledge;<br\/>the dhamma that you,<br\/>entering on,<br\/>are abiding in,<br\/>having realized it by your own super-knowledge,<br\/>is the dhamma that I,<br\/>entering on,<br\/>proclaim,<br\/>having realized it by my own super-knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The dhamma that I know,<br\/>this is the dhamma that you know.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The dhamma that you know,<br\/>this is the dhamma that I know.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As I am,<br\/>so are you;<br\/>as you are,<br\/>so am I.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Come now, your reverence,<br\/>being just the two of us,<br\/>let us look after this group.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">In this way, monks,<br\/>did \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma,<br\/>being my teacher,<br\/>set me \u2014<br\/>the pupil \u2014<br\/>on the same level as himself<br\/>and honoured me with the highest honour.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;This dhamma does not conduce to disregard<br\/>nor to dispassion<br\/>nor to stopping<br\/>nor to tranquillity<br\/>nor to super-knowledge<br\/>nor to awakening<br\/>nor to Nibb\u0101na,<br\/>but only as far as reaching the plane of no-thing.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So I, monks,<br\/>not getting enough from this dhamma,<br\/>disregarded and turned away from this dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then I, monks,<br\/>a quester for whatever is good,<br\/>searching for the incomparable,<br\/>matchless path to peace,<br\/>approached Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>I spoke thus to Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;I, your reverence,<br\/>want to fare the Brahm\u0101-faring<br\/>in this dhamma and discipline.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This said, monks,<br\/>Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son, spoke thus to me:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Let the venerable one proceed;<br\/>this dhamma is such<br\/>that an intelligent man,<br\/>having soon realized super-knowledge for himself,<br\/>(as learnt from) his own teacher,<br\/>may enter on and abide in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So I, monks, very soon,<br\/>very quickly,<br\/>mastered that dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I, monks,<br\/>as far as mere lip service,<br\/>mere repetition were concerned,<br\/>spoke the doctrine of knowledge<br\/>and the doctrine of the elders,<br\/>and I claimed \u2014<br\/>I as well as others \u2014<br\/>that &#8216;I know, I see.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;But Uddahka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son,<br\/>does not merely proclaim this dhamma<br\/>simply out of faith:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Having realized super-knowledge for myself,<br\/>entering on it,<br\/>I am abiding in it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For surely Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son,<br\/>proceeds knowing and seeing this dhamma.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then did I, monks,<br\/>approach Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>I spoke thus to Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;To what extent do you, reverend R\u0101ma,<br\/>having realized super-knowledge for yourself,<br\/>entering thereon<br\/>proclaim this dhamma?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said, monks,<br\/>Uddahka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son,<br\/>proclaimed the plane of neither-perception-nor-non-perception.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is not only R\u0101ma who has faith,<br\/>I too have faith.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is not only R\u0101ma who has energy,<br\/>I too have energy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is not only R\u0101ma who has mindfulness,<br\/>I too have mindfulness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is not only R\u0101ma who has concentration,<br\/>I too have concentration.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is not <a id=\"pg210\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[210]<\/b><\/span><\/a> only R\u0101ma who has intuitive wisdom,<br\/>I too have intuitive wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose now that I should strive<br\/>for the realisation of that dhamma<br\/>which R\u0101ma proclaims:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Having realized super-knowledge for myself,<br\/>entering on it I am abiding in it?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So I, monks, very soon,<br\/>very quickly,<br\/>having realized super-knowledge for myself,<br\/>entering on that dhamma,<br\/>abided therein.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then I, monks,<br\/>approached Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>I spoke thus to Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Is it to this extent<br\/>that you, reverend R\u0101ma,<br\/>proclaim this dhamma,<br\/>entering on it,<br\/>having realized it by your own super-knowledge?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is to this extent<br\/>that I, your reverence,<br\/>proclaim this dhamma,<br\/>entering on it,<br\/>having realized it by my own super-knowledge.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;I too, your reverence,<br\/>having realized this dhamma<br\/>by my own super-knowledge,<br\/>entering on it<br\/>am abiding in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;It is profitable for us,<br\/>it is well gotten by us,<br\/>your reverence,<br\/>that we see a fellow-Brahm\u0101-farer<br\/>such as the venerable one.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This dhamma that I,<br\/>entering on, proclaim,<br\/>having realized it by my own super-knowledge,<br\/>is the dhamma that you,<br\/>entering on,<br\/>are abiding in,<br\/>having realized it by your own super-knowledge;<br\/>the dhamma that you,<br\/>entering on,<br\/>are abiding in,<br\/>having realized it by your own super-knowledge,<br\/>is the dhamma that I,<br\/>entering on, proclaim,<br\/>having realized it by my own super-knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The dhamma that I know,<br\/>this is the dhamma that you know.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">That dhamma that you know,<br\/>this is the dhamma that I know.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As I am,<br\/>so are you;<br\/>as you are,<br\/>so am I.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Come now, your reverence,<br\/>being just the two of us,<br\/>let us look after this group.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">In this way, monks,<br\/>did Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son,<br\/>being my teacher,<br\/>set me \u2014<br\/>the pupil \u2014<br\/>on the same level as himself<br\/>and honoured me with the highest honour.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;This dhamma does not conduce to disregard<br\/>nor to dispassion<br\/>nor to stopping<br\/>nor to tranquillity<br\/>nor to super-knowledge<br\/>nor to awakening<br\/>nor to Nibb\u0101na,<br\/>but only as far as reaching<br\/>the plane of neither-perception-nor-non-perception.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So I, monks,<br\/>not getting enough from this dhamma,<br\/>disregarded and turned away from this dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then I, monks,<br\/>a quester for whatever is good,<br\/>searching for the incomparable,<br\/>matchless path to peace,<br\/>walking on tour through Magadha<br\/>in due course arrived at Uruvela,<br\/>the camp township.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">There I saw a delightful stretch of land<br\/>and a lovely woodland grove,<br\/>and a clear flowing river<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn18\" href=\"#n18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>with a delightful ford,<br\/>and a <a id=\"pg211\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[211]<\/b><\/span><\/a> village for support nearby.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Indeed it it is a delightful stretch of land,<br\/>and the woodland grove is lovely,<br\/>and the river flows clear<br\/>with a delightful ford,<br\/>and there is a village for support nearby.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Indeed this does well<br\/>for the striving of a young man<br\/>set on striving.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So I, monks, sat down just there,<br\/>thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Indeed this does well for striving.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I, monks,<br\/>being liable to birth because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to birth,<br\/>seeking the unborn,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the unborn,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to ageing because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to ageing,<br\/>seeking the unageing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the unageing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to decay because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to decay,<br\/>seeking the undecaying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the undecaying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to dying because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to dying,<br\/>seeking the undying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the undying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to sorrow because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to sorrow,<br\/>seeking the unsorrowing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the unsorrowing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to stain because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to stain,<br\/>seeking the stainless,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the stainless,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Knowledge and vision arose in me:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Unshakable is freedom for me,<br\/>this is the last birth,<br\/>there is not now again-becoming.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;This dhamma<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn19\" href=\"#n19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> won to by me,<br\/>is deep,<br\/>difficult to see,<br\/>difficult to understand,<br\/>tranquil,<br\/>excellent,<br\/>beyond dialectic,<br\/>subtle,<br\/>intelligible to the learned.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But this is a creation<br\/>delighting in sensual pleasure,<br\/>delighted by sensual pleasure,<br\/>rejoicing in sensual pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So that for a creation<br\/>delighting in sensual pleasure,<br\/>delighted by sensual pleasure,<br\/>rejoicing in sensual pleasure,<br\/>this were a matter difficult to see,<br\/>that is to say<br\/>causal uprising by way of condition.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This too were a matter difficult to see,<br\/>that is to say the tranquillising<br\/>of all the activities,<br\/>the renunciation<br\/>of all attachment,<br\/>the destruction of <a id=\"pg212\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[212]<\/b><\/span><\/a> craving,<br\/>dispassion,<br\/>stopping,<br\/>Nibb\u0101na.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But if I were to teach Dhamma<br\/>and others were not to understand me,<br\/>that would be a weariness to me,<br\/>that would be a vexation to me.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Moreover, monks, these verses<br\/>not heard before in the past<br\/>spontaneously occurred to me:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">This that through many toils I&#8217;ve won \u2014<br\/>Enough! why should I make it known?<br\/>By folk with lust and hate consumed<br\/>This dhamma is not understood.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">Leading on against the stream,<br\/>Deep, subtle, difficult to see, delicate,<br\/>Unseen &#8217;twill be by passion&#8217;s slaves<br\/>Cloaked in the murk of ignorance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">In such wise,<br\/>as I was pondering, monks,<br\/>my mind inclined<br\/>to little effort<br\/>and not teaching dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then, monks, it occurred to Brahm\u0101 Sahampati<br\/>who knew with his mind<br\/>the reasoning in my mind:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Alas, the world is lost,<br\/>alas, the world is destroyed,<br\/>inasmuch as the mind of the Tath\u0101gata,<br\/>the perfected one, the fully awakened one,<br\/>inclines to little effort<br\/>and not to teaching Dhamma.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then, monks, as a strong man<br\/>might stretch out his bent arm,<br\/>or might bend back his outstretched arm,<br\/>even so did Brahm\u0101 Sahampati,<br\/>vanishing from the Brahm\u0101-world,<br\/>become manifest before me.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then, monks, Brahm\u0101 Sahampati,<br\/>having arranged his upper robe over one shoulder,<br\/>having saluted me with joined palms,<br\/>spoke thus to me:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Lord, let the Lord teach Dhamma,<br\/>let the well-farer teach Dhamma;<br\/>there are beings with little dust in their eyes<br\/>who; not hearing Dhamma,<br\/>are decaying,<br\/>(but if) they are learners of Dhamma<br\/>they will grow.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Thus spoke Brahm\u0101 Sahampati to me, monks;<br\/>having said this,<br\/>he further spoke thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">&#8216;There has appeared in Magadha before thee<br\/>An unclean dhamma by (minds) with stains devised.<br\/>Open this door of deathlessness; let them hear<br\/>Dhamma awakened to by the stainless one.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">As on a crag on crest of mountain standing<br\/>A man might watch the people all around,<br\/>E&#8217;en so do thou, O Wisdom fair, ascending,<br\/>O Seer of all, the terraced heights of truth,<br\/>Look down, from grief released, upon the peoples<br\/>Sunken in grief, oppressed with birth and age.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\"><a id=\"pg213\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[213]<\/b><\/span><\/a> Arise, thou hero! Conqueror in the battle!<br\/>Thou leader of the caravan, without a debt!<br\/>Walk in the world. Let the Blessed One<br\/>Teach dhamma; they who learn will grow.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And then I, monks,<br\/>having understood Brahm\u0101&#8217;s entreaty,<br\/>out of compassion<br\/>surveyed the world<br\/>with the eye of an Awakened One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As I, monks,<br\/>was surveying the world<br\/>with the eye of an Awakened One,<br\/>I saw beings with little dust in their eyes,<br\/>with much dust in their eyes,<br\/>with acute faculties<br\/>with dull faculties,<br\/>of good dispositions,<br\/>of bad dispositions,<br\/>docile,<br\/>indocile,<br\/>few seeing from fear<br\/>sins<br\/>and the world beyond.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Even as in a pond of blue lotuses<br\/>or in a pond of red lotuses<br\/>or in a pond of white lotuses,<br\/>a few red and blue and white lotuses<br\/>are born in the water,<br\/>grow in the water,<br\/>do not rise above the water<br\/>but thrive while altogether immersed;<br\/>a few blue or red or white lotuses<br\/>are born in the water,<br\/>grow in the water<br\/>and reach the surface of the water;<br\/>a few blue or reel or white lotuses<br\/>are born in the water,<br\/>grow in the water<br\/>and stand rising out of the water,<br\/>undefiled by the water;<br\/>even so did I, monks,<br\/>surveying the world<br\/>with the eye of an Awakened One,<br\/>see beings with little dust in their eyes,<br\/>with much dust in their eyes,<br\/>with acute faculties,<br\/>with dull faculties,<br\/>of good dispositions,<br\/>of bad dispositions,<br\/>docile,<br\/>indocile,<br\/>few seeing from fear<br\/>sins<br\/>and the world beyond.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then I, monks,<br\/>addressed Brahm\u0101 Sahampati in verses:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">Opened for those who hear are the doors of the Deathless, Brahm\u0101,<br\/>Let them give forth their faith;<br\/>Thinking of useless fatigue, Brahm\u0101, I have not preached dhamma<br\/>Sublime and excellent for men.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then, monks, Brahm\u0101 Sahampati, thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;The opportunity was made by me<br\/>for the Lord to teach dhamma,&#8217;<br\/>having greeted me,<br\/>keeping his right side towards me,<br\/>vanshed then and there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Now, to whom should I first teach this dhamma?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Who will understand this dhamma quickly?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Indeed this \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma<br\/>is learned,<br\/>experienced,<br\/>wise,<br\/>and for a long time<br\/>has had little dust in his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose that I were to teach Dhamma<br\/>first to \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma<br\/>he will understand this Dhamma quickly.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then devat\u0101s having approached me,<br\/>spoke thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Lord, \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma passed away seven days ago.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So knowledge and vision arose in me<br\/>that \u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma<br\/>had passed away seven days ago.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><a id=\"pg214\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[214]<\/b><\/span><\/a> Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;\u0100\u1e37\u0101ra the K\u0101l\u0101ma has suffered a great loss.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn20\" href=\"#n20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For if he had heard this Dhamma,<br\/>he would have understood it quickly.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Now, to whom could I first teach this Dhamma?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Who will understand this Dhamma quickly?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;This Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son,<br\/>is learned,<br\/>experienced,<br\/>wise,<br\/>and for a long time<br\/>has had little dust in his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose that I were to teach Dhamma<br\/>first to Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He will understand this Dhamma quickly,&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then, monks, devatas, having approached me,<br\/>spoke thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Lord, Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son, passed away last night,&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So knowledge and vision arose in me<br\/>that Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son,<br\/>had passed away last night.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Uddaka, R\u0101ma&#8217;s son, has suffered a great loss.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For if he had heard this Dhamma,<br\/>he would have understood it quickly.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Now to whom could I first teach this Dhamma?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Who will understand this dhamma quickly?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;This group of five monks<br\/>who waited on me when I was self-resolute in striving,<br\/>were very helpful.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose that I were to teach Dhamma<br\/>first to this group of five monks?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to me, monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;But where is the group of five monks<br\/>staying at present?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then, monks I saw<br\/>with deva-vision,<br\/>purified and surpassing that of men,<br\/>the group of five monks<br\/>staying near Benares<br\/>at Isipatana<br\/>in the deer-park.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then I, monks,<br\/>having stayed at Uruvel\u0101<br\/>for as long as I found suiting,<br\/>set out on tour for Benares.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then, monks, <a id=\"upaka\" href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/backmatter\/appendixes\/personalities\/upaka.htm\">Upaka,<\/a> the Naked Ascetic,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn21\" href=\"#n21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>saw me as I was going along the high road<br\/>between Gay\u0101 and the (Tree of) Awakening;<br\/>having seen me,<br\/>he spoke thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Your reverence,<br\/>your faculties are quite pure,<br\/>your complexion is very bright,<br\/>very clear.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">On account of whom<br\/>have you, your reverence,<br\/>gone forth,<br\/>or who is your teacher,<br\/>or whose Dhamma do you profess?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said,<br\/>I, monks, addressed Upaka, the Naked Ascetic,<br\/>in verses:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">&#8216;Victorious over all, omniscient am I,<br\/>Among all things undefiled,<br\/>Leaving all, through death of craving freed,<br\/>By knowing for myself, whom should I point to?<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn22\" href=\"#n22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\"><a id=\"pg215\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[215]<\/b><\/span><\/a> For me there is no teacher,<br\/>One like me does not exist,<br\/>In the world with its devas<br\/>No one equals me.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">For I am perfected in the world,<br\/>A teacher supreme am I,<br\/>I alone am all-awakened,<br\/>Become cool am I, Nibb\u0101na-attained.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">To turn the dhamma-wheel<br\/>I go to Kasi&#8217;s city,<br\/>Beating the drum of deathlessness<br\/>In a world that&#8217;s blind become.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;According to what you claim, your reverence,<br\/>you ought to be victor of the unending.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">&#8216;Like me, they are victors indeed<br\/>Who have won destruction of the cankers;<br\/>Vanquished by me are evil things,<br\/>Therefore am I, Upaka, a victor.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said, monks,<br\/>Upaka the Naked Ascetic, having said:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;May it be (so), your reverence,&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">having shaken his head,<br\/>went off having taken a different road.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then I, monks,<br\/>walking on tour,<br\/>in due course arrived at Benares,<br\/>Isipatana,<br\/>the deer-park<br\/>and the group of five monks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, the group of five monks<br\/>saw me coming in the distance,<br\/>and seeing me they agreed among themselves,<br\/>saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Your reverences,<br\/>this recluse Gotama is coming,<br\/>he lives in abundance,<br\/>he is wavering in his striving,<br\/>he has reverted to a life of abundance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He should be neither greeted,<br\/>nor stood up for,<br\/>nor should his bowl and robe be received;<br\/>all the same<br\/>a seat may be put out,<br\/>he can sit down if he wants to.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But as I, monks,<br\/>gradually approached this group of five monks,<br\/>so this group of five monks<br\/>were not able to adhere to their own agreement;<br\/>having approached me<br\/>some received my bowl and robe,<br\/>some made a seat ready,<br\/>some brought water for washing the feet,<br\/>and they addressed me by my name<br\/>and with the epithet<br\/>&#8216;your reverence.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said,<br\/>I, monks, spoke thus to the group of five monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Do not, monks, address a Tath\u0101gata<br\/>by his name<br\/>or by the epithet &#8216;your reverence.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, the Tath\u0101gata is one perfected,<br\/>a fully Self-awakened One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Give ear, monks,<br\/>the deathless is found,<br\/>I instruct, I teach Dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Going along <a id=\"pg216\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[216]<\/b><\/span><\/a> in accordance with what is enjoined,<br\/>having soon realized here and now<br\/>by your own super-knowledge<br\/>that supreme goal of the Brahm\u0101-faring<br\/>for the sake of which young men of family<br\/>rightly go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness,<br\/>you will abide in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said, monks,<br\/>the group of five monks addressed me thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;But you, reverend Gotama,<br\/>did not come to a state of further-men,<br\/>to knowledge and vision befitting the Ariyans<br\/>by this conduct,<br\/>by this course,<br\/>by this practice of austerities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So how can you now come to a state of further-men,<br\/>to knowledge and vision befitting the Ariyans<br\/>when you live in abundance and,<br\/>wavering in your striving,<br\/>revert to a life of abundance?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said, monks,<br\/>I spoke to the group of five monks thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;A Tath\u0101gata, monks,<br\/>does not live in abundance<br\/>nor, wavering in striving,<br\/>does he revert to a life of abundance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The Tath\u0101gata, monks,<br\/>is one perfected,<br\/>a fully Self-awakened One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Give ear, monks,<br\/>the deathless is found,<br\/>I instruct,<br\/>I teach dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Going along in accordance with what is enjoined,<br\/>having soon realized here and now<br\/>by your own super-knowledge<br\/>that supreme goal of the Brahm\u0101-faring<br\/>for the sake of which young men of family<br\/>rightly go forth from home into homelessness,<br\/>you will abide in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And a second time, monks,<br\/>the group of five monks spoke to me thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;But you, reverend Gotama,<br\/>did not come to a state of further-men,<br\/>to knowledge and vision befitting the Ariyans<br\/>by this conduct,<br\/>by this course,<br\/>by this practice of austerities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So how can you now come to a state of further-men,<br\/>to knowledge and vision befitting the Ariyans<br\/>when you live in abundance and,<br\/>wavering in your striving,<br\/>revert to a life of abundance?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For a second time, monks, when this had been said<br\/>I spoke to the group of five monks thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;A Tath\u0101gata, monks,<br\/>does not live in abundance<br\/>nor, wavering in striving,<br\/>does he revert to a life of abundance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The Tath\u0101gata, monks,<br\/>is one perfected,<br\/>a fully Self-awakened One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Give ear, monks,<br\/>the deathless is found,<br\/>I instruct,<br\/>I teach dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Going along in accordance with what is enjoined,<br\/>having soon realized here and now<br\/>by your own super-knowledge<br\/>that supreme goal of the Brahm\u0101-faring<br\/>for the sake of which young men of family<br\/>rightly go forth from home into homelessness,<br\/>you will abide in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And a third time, monks,<br\/>the group of five monks spoke to me thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;But you, reverend Gotama,<br\/>did not come to a state of further-men,<br\/>to knowledge and vision befitting the Ariyans<br\/>by this conduct,<br\/>by this course,<br\/>by this practice of austerities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So how can you now come to a state of further-men,<br\/>to knowledge and vision befitting the Ariyans<br\/>when you live in abundance and,<br\/>wavering in your striving,<br\/>revert to a life of abundance?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said,<br\/>I, monks, spoke thus to the group of five monks:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Do you allow, monks,<br\/>that I have ever spoken<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn23\" href=\"#n23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> to you<br\/>like this before?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;You have not, Lord.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;A Tath\u0101gata, a monks,<br\/>is a perfected one,<br\/>a fully Self-awakened One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Give ear, monks,<br\/>the deathless is found,<br\/>I instruct, I teach Dhamma.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Going along in accordance with what is enjoined,<br\/>having soon realized here and now<br\/>by your own super-knowledge<br\/>that supreme goal of the Brahm\u0101-faring<br\/>for the sake of which young men of family<br\/>rightly go forth from home<br\/>into homelessness,<br\/>you will abide in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And I, monks,<br\/>was able to convince the group of five monks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, I now exhorted two monks;<br\/>three monks walked for almsfood.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn24\" href=\"#n24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Whatever the three monks<br\/>who had walked for alms- <a id=\"pg217\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[217]<\/b><\/span><\/a> food brought back,<br\/>that the group of six<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn25\" href=\"#n25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> lived on.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And then, monks,<br\/>I exhorted three monks;<br\/>two monks walked for almsfood.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Whatever the two monks<br\/>who had walked for almsfood brought back,<br\/>that the group of six lived on.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then, monks, the group of five monks,<br\/>being thus exhorted,<br\/>thus instructed by me,<br\/>being liable to birth because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to birth,<br\/>seeking the unborn,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the unborn,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to ageing because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to ageing,<br\/>seeking the unageing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the unageing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to decay because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to decay,<br\/>seeking the undecaying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the undecaying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to dying because or self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to dying,<br\/>seeking the undying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the undying,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to sorrow because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to sorrow,<br\/>seeking the unsorrowing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the unsorrowing,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">being liable to stain because of self,<br\/>having known the peril<br\/>in what is liable to stain,<br\/>seeking the stainless,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na \u2014<br\/>won the stainless,<br\/>the uttermost security from the bonds \u2014<br\/>Nibb\u0101na.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Knowledge and vision arose in them:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Unshakable is freedom for us,<br\/>this is the last birth,<br\/>there is not now again-becoming.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, there are these five strands of sense-pleasures.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn26\" href=\"#n26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What are the five?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Material shapes cognisable by the eye,<br\/>alluring,<br\/>agreeable,<br\/>pleasant,<br\/>liked,<br\/>connected with sense-pleasures,<br\/>enticing;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">sounds cognisable by the ear,<br\/>alluring,<br\/>agreeable,<br\/>pleasant,<br\/>liked,<br\/>connected with sense-pleasures,<br\/>enticing;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">smells cognisable by the nose,<br\/>alluring,<br\/>agreeable,<br\/>pleasant,<br\/>liked,<br\/>connected with sense-pleasures,<br\/>enticing;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">tastes cognisable by the tongue,<br\/>alluring,<br\/>agreeable,<br\/>pleasant,<br\/>liked,<br\/>connected with sense-pleasures,<br\/>enticing;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">touchables cognisable by the body,<br\/>alluring,<br\/>agreeable,<br\/>pleasant,<br\/>liked,<br\/>connected with sense-pleasures,<br\/>enticing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These, monks, are the five strands of sense-pleasures.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, those recluses or brahmans<br\/>who enjoy these five strands of sense-pleasures<br\/>enslaved and infatuated by them,<br\/>addicted to them,<br\/>not seeing the peril in them,<br\/>not aware of the escape from them \u2014<br\/>these should be told:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;You have come to calamity,<br\/>you have come to misfortune<br\/>and are ones to be done to by the Evil One<br\/>as he wills.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, it is like a deer<br\/>living in a forest<br\/>who might be lying caught<br\/>on a heap of snares \u2014<br\/>this may be said of it:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It has come to calamity,<br\/>it has come to misfortune,<br\/>it is one to be done to<br\/>by the trapper<br\/>as he wills,<br\/>for when the trapper comes<br\/>it will not be able<br\/>to go away as it wishes.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Even so, monks,<br\/>those recluses or brahmans<br\/>who enjoy these five strands of sense-pleasures<br\/>enslaved and infatuated by them,<br\/>addicted to them,<br\/>not seeing the peril in them,<br\/>not aware of the escape from them \u2014<br\/>these should be told:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;You have come to calamity,<br\/>you have come to misfortune<br\/>and are ones to be done to by the Evil One<br\/>as he wills.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, those recluses or brahmans<br\/>who enjoy these five strands of sense-pleasures,<br\/>not enslaved,<br\/>not infatuated by them,<br\/>not <a id=\"pg218\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[218]<\/b><\/span><\/a> addicted to them,<br\/>seeing the peril in them,<br\/>aware of the escape from them<br\/>\u2014 these should be told:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;You have not come to calamity,<br\/>you have not come to misfortune,<br\/>you are not ones to be done to by the Evil One<br\/>as he wills.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, it is like a deer living in a forest<br\/>who might lie down on a heap of snares<br\/>but is not caught by it \u2014<br\/>this may be said of it:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It has not come to calamity,<br\/>it has not come to misfortune,<br\/>it is not one to be done to by the trapper<br\/>as he wills,<br\/>for when the trapper comes<br\/>it will be able to go away as it wishes.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Even so, monks,<br\/>those recluses or brahmans<br\/>who enjoy these five strands of sense-pleasures,<br\/>not enslaved,<br\/>not infatuated by them,<br\/>not addicted to them,<br\/>seeing the peril in them,<br\/>aware of the escape from them<br\/>\u2014 these should be told:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;You have not come to calamity,<br\/>you have not come to misfortune,<br\/>you are not ones to be done to by the Evil One<br\/>as he wills.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, it is like a deer living in a forest,<br\/>roaming the forest slopes,<br\/>who walks confidently,<br\/>stands confidently,<br\/>sits down confidently,<br\/>goes to sleep confidently.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What is the reason for this?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, it is out of the trapper&#8217;s reach.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Even so, monks, a monk,<br\/>aloof from pleasures of the senses,<br\/>aloof from unskilled states of mind,<br\/>enters on and abides in the first meditation<br\/>which is accompanied by initial thought and discursive thought,<br\/>is born of aloofness,<br\/>and is rapturous and joyful.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, this monk is called<br\/>one<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn27\" href=\"#n27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> who has put a darkness round Mara,<br\/>and having blotted out Mara&#8217;s vision<br\/>so that it has no range,<br\/>goes unseen by the Evil One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, monks, a monk,<br\/>by allaying initial and discursive thought,<br\/>his mind subjectively tranquillised and fixed on one point,<br\/>enters on and abides in the second meditation<br\/>which is devoid of initial and discursive thought,<br\/>is born of concentration<br\/>and is rapturous and joyful.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, this monk is called one<br\/>one who has put a darkness round Mara,<br\/>and having blotted out Mara&#8217;s vision<br\/>so that it has no range,<br\/>goes unseen by the Evil One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, monks, a monk,<br\/>by the fading out of rapture,<br\/>dwells with equanimity,<br\/>attentive and clearly conscious,<br\/>and experiences in his person<br\/>that joy of which the Ariyans say:<br\/>&#8216;Joyful lives he who has equanimity and is mindful&#8217;;<br\/>and he enters on and abides in the third meditation.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, this monk is called one<br\/>one who has put a darkness round Mara,<br\/>and having blotted out Mara&#8217;s vision<br\/>so that it has no range,<br\/>goes unseen by the Evil One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, monks, a monk,<br\/>by getting rid of joy,<br\/>by getting rid of anguish,<br\/>by the going down of his former pleasures and sorrows,<br\/>enters on and abides in the fourth meditation<br\/>which has neither anguish nor joy,<br\/>and which is entirely purified by equanimity and mindfulness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, this monk is called one<br\/>one who has put a darkness round Mara,<br\/>and having blotted out Mara&#8217;s vision<br\/>so that it has no range,<br\/>goes unseen by the Evil One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, monks, a monk,<br\/>by passing quite beyond perception <a id=\"pg219\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[219]<\/b><\/span><\/a> of material shapes,<br\/>by the going down of perception of sensory reactions,<br\/>by not attending to perceptions of variety,<br\/>thinking:<br\/>&#8216;Ether is unending,&#8217;<br\/>enters on and abides in the plane of infinite ether.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, this monk is called one<br\/>one who has put a darkness round Mara,<br\/>and having blotted out Mara&#8217;s vision<br\/>so that it has no range,<br\/>goes unseen by the Evil One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, monks, a monk,<br\/>by passing quite beyond the plane of infinite ether,<br\/>thinking:<br\/>&#8216;Consciousness is unending,&#8217;<br\/>enters on and abides in the plane of infinite consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, this monk is called one<br\/>one who has put a darkness round Mara,<br\/>and having blotted out Mara&#8217;s vision<br\/>so that it has no range,<br\/>goes unseen by the Evil One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, monks, a monk,<br\/>by passing quite beyond the plane of infinite consciousness,<br\/>thinking:<br\/>&#8216;There is not anything,&#8217;<br\/>enters on and abides in the plane of no-thing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, this monk is called one<br\/>one who has put a darkness round Mara,<br\/>and having blotted out Mara&#8217;s vision<br\/>so that it has no range,<br\/>goes unseen by the Evil One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, monks, a monk,<br\/>by passing quite beyond the plane of no-thing,<br\/>enters on and abides in the plane of neither-perception-nor-non-perception.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, this monk is called one<br\/>one who has put a darkness round Mara,<br\/>and having blotted out Mara&#8217;s vision<br\/>so that it has no range,<br\/>goes unseen by the Evil One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And again, monks, a monk,<br\/>by passing quite beyond the plane of neither-perception-nor-non-perception,<br\/>enters on and abides in the stopping of perception and feeling;<br\/>and having seen by intuitive wisdom,<br\/>his cankers are utterly destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, this monk is called<br\/>one who has put a darkness round M\u0101ra, and who,<br\/>having blotted out M\u0101ra&#8217;s vision<br\/>so that it has no range,<br\/>goes unseen by the Evil One;<br\/>he has crossed over the entanglement in the world.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He walks confidently,<br\/>stands confidently,<br\/>sits down confidently,<br\/>goes to sleep confidently.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What is the reason for this?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, he is out of reach of the Evil One.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Thus spoke the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Delighted, these monks rejoiced in what the Lord had said.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">Discourse on the Ariyan Quest<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<hr\/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ctr\">More<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/backmatter\/indexes\/idx_first_sutta_resources.htm\">First Sutta Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"demi\"\/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n1\" href=\"#fn1\">1<\/a>]<\/sup> Called <i>P\u0101sar\u0101si Sutta<\/i> in the <i>Comy.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n2\" href=\"#fn2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/06_sixes\/an06.043.pali.bd.htm\"><i>A.<\/i> iii. 344.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n3\" href=\"#fn3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 166: When Kassapa was the Buddha there was a gate to the East, now known as the Eastern Porch, the river Aciravat\u012b surrounded the town and made a great tank at the Eastern Porch. There were different fords (or bathing places): one for the king, one for the townspeople, one for the Order of monks, one for the Buddhas. Pubbako\u1e6d\u1e6dhaka mentioned also at <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/05_mv\/sn05.48.044.pali.bd.htm\"><i>S.<\/i> v. 220;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/06_sixes\/an06.043.pali.bd.htm#pg345\"><i>A.<\/i> iii. 345.<\/a> See notes at <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/sn\/05_mv\/sn05.48.044.wood.pts.htm\"><i>K.S.<\/i> v. 195.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/an\/06_sixes\/an06.043.hare.pts.htm\"><i>G.S.<\/i> iii. 243.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n4\" href=\"#fn4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup> Besides <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/06_sixes\/an06.043.pali.bd.htm#pg345\"><i>A.<\/i> iii. 345,<\/a> <i>cf.<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/06_sixes\/an06.062.pali.bd.htm\"><i>A.<\/i> iii. 402,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/01_sagv\/sn01.01.011-020.pali.bd.htm#sn.1.1.19\"><i>S.<\/i> i. 8.<\/a> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 167 says the Lord went into the water in a bathing cloth, and when he came out the Elder handed him a dyed double cloth, which he put on, fastening it with his waistband; and having folded his large robe (<i>mah\u0101 c\u012bvara;<\/i> perhaps a reference to the <i>sugata-c\u012bvara<\/i> of <i>Vin.<\/i> iv. 173) end to end, making it like the heart of a lotus, he stood holding it at the comers. For if one puts on a robe while the limbs are still wet, the comers of the robe turn up, and the requisite is spoiled.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n5\" href=\"#fn5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 168, for the five hundred monks who wished to hear the Lord, and who had gone to the hermitage.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n6\" href=\"#fn6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <i>Vin.<\/i> i. 248; <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/09_nines\/an09.004.pali.bd.htm\"><i>A.<\/i> iv. 358 f.<\/a> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 168 says that <i>agga&#8217;am \u0101ko\u1e6desi<\/i> means: with the tip of his nail he gave a sign on the door.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n7\" href=\"#fn7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup> The moment they heard the sound, <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 168.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n8\" href=\"#fn8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 168 says that in the time of a Buddha, everywhere where even one monk is staying a Buddha-seat comes to be appointed. For the Buddha may know that the monk is not thinking in the right way; and the monks think he will come and stand near them, showing himself. It is difficult to look about for a seat that moment, so the monks keep one ready. If there is a chair they appoint that. If not, they use a couch or a board of some wood or a stone on a heap of sand. Failing all this, having collected some dry leaves, they arrange a seat having spread rags from a dust-heap over them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n9\" href=\"#fn9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/kd\/ud\/idx_ud.htm#IV-1\"><i>Ud.<\/i> 31;<\/a> also <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.pali.bd.htm#v722\"><i>Sn.<\/i> 722.<\/a> Here the Ariyan silence is the second <i>jh\u0101na,<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 169.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n10\" href=\"#fn10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 169 says the Lord spoke about this first path as a man skilled in the way, when showing the way to go, would first exclude one path and say: Leaving the left-hand one alone, take the right-hand one (as at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/03_kv\/sn03.22.084.pali.bd.htm#pg108\"><i>S.<\/i> iii. 108<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n11\" href=\"#fn11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup> Stock, as at <i>D.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.13.pali.bd.htm#pg245\">i. 245,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.25.pali.bd.htm#pg43\">iii. 43;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/02_nv\/sn02.20.010.pali.bd.htm\"><i>S.<\/i> ii. 270;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/10_tens\/an10.091.pali.bd.htm#pg178\"><i>A.<\/i> v. 178,<\/a> etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n12\" href=\"#fn12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 170 points out that gold and silver are not liable to dying or sorrow; but iron. etc. becomes stained with stains, and ages because it takes up dust and dirt.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n13\" href=\"#fn13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup> &#8220;The following passage occurs at <i>M.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.036.pali.bd.htm#pg240\">i. 240,<\/a> ii. <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.085.pali.bd.htm#pg93\">93,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.100.pali.bd.htm#pg212\">212.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n14\" href=\"#fn14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>bhadra. Bhaddaka<\/i> at <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/08_eights\/an08.043.pali.bd.htm\"><i>A.<\/i> iv. 255<\/a> is one of the ingredients of the moon and sun.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n15\" href=\"#fn15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>viharatu.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n16\" href=\"#fn16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>\u00f1\u0101\u1e47avada<\/i>; <i>cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/10_tens\/an10.024.pali.bd.htm#pg42\"><i>A.<\/i> v. 42 ff.;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.24.pali.bd.htm#pg13\"><i>D.<\/i> iii. 13.<\/a> <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 171, <i>j\u0101n\u0101m\u012b ti v\u0101da\u0271<\/i> the doctrine (or theory) that &#8220;I know.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n17\" href=\"#fn17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup> therav\u0101da. <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 171 says, <i>thirabh\u0101vav\u0101da\u0271; thero aham atth\u0101 ti eta\u0271 vacana\u0271,<\/i> a profession of strength.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n18\" href=\"#fn18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup> The Nera\u00f1jar\u0101.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n19\" href=\"#fn19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <i>Vin.<\/i> i.4 ff. See <i>B.D.<\/i> iv. 6 ff. for notes, etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n20\" href=\"#fn20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>mah\u0101j\u0101niyo.<\/i> I am indebted to the Ven. A. P. Buddhadatta for this interpretation of <i>j\u0101ni = h\u0101ri,<\/i> loss.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n21\" href=\"#fn21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>\u0101j\u012bvika<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n22\" href=\"#fn22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>I.e.<\/i> as my teacher.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n23\" href=\"#fn23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>vabbh\u0101cita\u0271.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n24\" href=\"#fn24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <i>Vin.<\/i> i. 13.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n25\" href=\"#fn25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>I.e.<\/i> Gotama and the group of five monks<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n26\" href=\"#fn26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup> According to <i>M.A.<\/i> ii. 193 this is part of the un-Ariyan quest.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n27\" href=\"#fn27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.025.pali.bd.htm#pg159\"><i>M.<\/i> i. 159,<\/a> where, in the <i>Niv\u0101pa sutta,<\/i> the four herds of deer may be compared with the four deer above.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n<br>[ad_2]\r\n<br>Ngu\u1ed3n : <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/mn.026.horn.pts.htm\">Source link  <\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b9ef98 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-space-between elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b9ef98\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0db832b\" data-id=\"0db832b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0fca3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0fca3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"29369\" class=\"elementor elementor-29369\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-263b597c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"263b597c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-134cd20d\" data-id=\"134cd20d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcd0b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bcd0b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>T\u00ecm hi\u1ec3u Kinh t\u1ea1ng Nikaya &#8211; T\u00e2m h\u1ecdc l\u00e0 cu\u1ed1n s\u00e1ch Online gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u v\u1ec1 b\u1ed9 kinh Nikaya , c\u00e1c b\u1ea3n d\u1ecbch v\u00e0 ch\u00fa gi\u1ea3i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c T\u00e2m H\u1ecdc so\u1ea1n t\u1eeb c\u00e1c ngu\u1ed3n \u0111\u00e1ng t\u00edn c\u1eady tr\u00ean m\u1ea1ng internet.<\/p><p>Tuy nhi\u00ean \u0111\u00e2y v\u1eabn l\u00e0 s\u00e1ch ch\u1ec9 c\u00f3 gi\u00e1 tr\u1ecb tham kh\u1ea3o , mang t\u00ednh ch\u1ee7 quan c\u1ee7a t\u00e1c gi\u1ea3&nbsp; T\u00e2m h\u1ecdc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Ph\u1ea7n I\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Ph\u1ea7n II\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Ph\u1ea7n III [ad_1] Majjhima Nik\u0101ya1. 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