{"id":35867,"date":"2022-08-22T06:34:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T23:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/sutta-91\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T19:01:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T12:01:52","slug":"kinh-trung-bo-eng-91-kinh-brahmayu-brahmayu-sutta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/trang-chu\/2022\/08\/22\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-91-kinh-brahmayu-brahmayu-sutta\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 ENG  91 Kinh Brahm\u0101yu (Brahm\u0101yu sutta)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35867\" class=\"elementor elementor-35867\">\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-f0cc906 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0cc906\" 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fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 91.Kinh Brahm\u0101yu (Brahm\u0101yu sutta)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1271\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1271\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2020\/10\/21\/kinh-brahmayu\/\">91.Kinh Brahm\u0101yu (Brahm\u0101yu sutta)<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-91-kinh-brahmayu-brahmayu-sutta\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 ENG 91 Kinh Brahm\u0101yu (Brahm\u0101yu sutta)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/mn-91-brahmayu-sutta%e1%b9%83\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">MN 91: Brahm\u0101yu Sutta\u1e43<\/a><\/li><li class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/09\/07\/kinh-trung-bo-ah091-brahmayusutta-kinh-brahmayu-h-161pham-ma-kinh\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 AH091 : Brahm\u00e0yusutta, Kinh Brahm\u00e0yu-H.161 Ph\u1ea1m 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-1272\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1272\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"elementor-toggle-title\">Ph\u1ea7n gi\u1ea3ng 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Majjhima-Pa\u1e47\u1e47\u0101sa<br\/>5. Br\u0101hma\u1e47a Vagga<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">The Middle Length Sayings<br\/>II. The Middle Fifty Discourses<br\/>5. The Division on Brahmans<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_2.htm#p91\">Sutta 91<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">Brahm\u0101yu Sutta\u0271<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"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=\"pg317\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[317]<\/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.091.pali.bd.htm#p1\">1<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/chlm\/mn\/mn.091.chlm.sbb.htm#p1\">chlm<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/mnl\/mn\/mn.091.upal.mnl.htm#p1\">upal<\/a>][<a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/ati\/mn\/mn.091.than.ati.htm#p1\">than<\/a>]<\/span> THUS have I heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">At one time the Lord was walking on tour in Videha<br\/>together with a large Order of monks,<br\/>with as many as five hundred monks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now at that time the brahman Brahm\u0101yu was living in Mithil\u0101.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He was worn,<br\/>old,<br\/>full of years,<br\/>he had lived his span<br\/>and was at the close of his life,<br\/>a hundred and twenty years of age;<br\/>he was master<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn1\" href=\"#n1\">1<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> of the three Vedas,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn2\" href=\"#n2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>versed in the vocabularies and rituals<br\/>together with the phonology and exegesis<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn3\" href=\"#n3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>and the legendary tradition as the fifth;<br\/>he was learned in idioms,<br\/>a grammarian,<br\/>proficient in popular philosophy<br\/>and the marks of a Great Man.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn4\" href=\"#n4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The brahman Brahm\u0101yu heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Verily the recluse Gotama,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn5\" href=\"#n5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>son of the Sakyans,<br\/>having gone forth from the Sakyan clan,<br\/>is walking on tour in Videha<br\/>together with a large Order of monks,<br\/>with as many as five hundred monks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The most lovely report has gone abroad thus<br\/>concerning this revered<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn6\" href=\"#n6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> Gotama:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;He is indeed Lord,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One,<br\/>endowed with knowledge and (right) conduct,<br\/>Well-farer,<br\/>knower of the worlds,<br\/>the matchless charioteer of men to be tamed,<br\/>teacher of devas and mankind,<br\/>the Awakened One,<br\/>the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having realized through his own super-knowledge,<br\/>he makes known this world<br\/>together with devas<br\/>including the M\u0101ras and the Brahm\u0101s;<br\/>creatures<br\/>together with recluses and brahmans,<br\/>with devas and mankind.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He teaches <a id=\"pg318\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[318]<\/b><\/span><\/a> <i>Dhamma<\/i><br\/>that is lovely at the beginning,<br\/>lovely in the middle<br\/>and lovely at the ending;<br\/>he explains with the spirit and the letter<br\/>the Brahma-faring<br\/>completely fulfilled<br\/>and wholly purified.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Good indeed is the sight<br\/>of perfected ones such as this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now at that time<br\/>the brahman Brahm\u0101yu had the brahman youth Uttara as pupil;<br\/>he was master of the three Vedas,<br\/>versed in the vocabularies and rituals<br\/>together with the phonology and exegesis<br\/>and the legendary tradition as the fifth;<br\/>he was learned in idioms,<br\/>a grammarian,<br\/>proficient in popular philosophy<br\/>and the marks of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the brahman Brahm\u0101yu<br\/>addressed the brahman youth Uttara,<br\/>saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Dear Uttara, this recluse Gotama,<br\/>son of the Sakyans,<br\/>having gone forth from the Sakyan clan,<br\/>is walking on tour in Videha<br\/>together with a large Order of monks,<br\/>with as many as five hundred monks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The most lovely report has gone abroad thus<br\/>concerning this revered Gotama:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;He is indeed Lord,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One,<br\/>endowed with knowledge and (right) conduct,<br\/>Well-farer,<br\/>knower of the worlds,<br\/>the matchless charioteer of men to be tamed,<br\/>teacher of devas and mankind,<br\/>the Awakened One,<br\/>the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having realized through his own super-knowledge,<br\/>he makes known this world<br\/>together with devas<br\/>including the M\u0101ras and the Brahm\u0101s;<br\/>creatures<br\/>together with recluses and brahmans,<br\/>with devas and mankind.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He teaches <i>Dhamma<\/i><br\/>that is lovely at the beginning,<br\/>lovely in the middle<br\/>and lovely at the ending;<br\/>he explains with the spirit and the letter<br\/>the Brahma-faring<br\/>completely fulfilled<br\/>and wholly purified.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Good indeed is the sight<br\/>of perfected ones such as this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Come you, dear Uttara,<br\/>approach the recluse Gotama;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>find out whether the recluse Gotama is in fact<br\/>that revered Gotama of whom the report has gone abroad<br\/>or whether he is not,<br\/>and whether the revered Gotama is such a one<br\/>or not such a one.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Through you<br\/>will we know that revered Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So will I,<br\/>in virtue of what you say,<br\/>find out whether that revered Gotama is in fact<br\/>the revered Gotama of whom the report has gone abroad<br\/>or whether he is not,<br\/>and whether the revered Gotama<br\/>is such a one<br\/>or not such a one.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Dear Uttara, in our <i>mantras<\/i><span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn7\" href=\"#n7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>the thirty-two marks of the Great Man are traditional.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn8\" href=\"#n8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">For a Great Man<br\/>possessed of these<br\/>only two courses<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn9\" href=\"#n9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> are open,<br\/>not another:<br\/>If he settles in the household state<br\/>he becomes a king<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn10\" href=\"#n10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> who is a wheel-turner,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn11\" href=\"#n11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>a <i>Dhamma<\/i>-man,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn12\" href=\"#n12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>a king under <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn13\" href=\"#n13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>the ruler of the whole world,<br\/>one who <a id=\"pg319\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[319]<\/b><\/span><\/a> brings stability to his realm;<br\/>and he is possessed of the seven Treasures.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These seven Treasures of his are<br\/>the wheel-treasure,<br\/>the elephant-treasure,<br\/>the horse-treasure,<br\/>the jewel-treasure,<br\/>the woman-treasure,<br\/>the householder-treasure,<br\/>the adviser-treasure as the seventh.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He will have more than a thousand sons,<br\/>valiant,<br\/>built on heroic lines,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn14\" href=\"#n14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>able to crush opposing armies.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He dwells conquering this sea-girt land<br\/>by <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn15\" href=\"#n15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>not by stick,<br\/>not by sword.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But, if he goes forth from home<br\/>into homelessness<br\/>he becomes a perfected one,<br\/>a fully Self-Awakened One,<br\/>a lifter of the world&#8217;s veil.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn16\" href=\"#n16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now I, dear Uttara,<br\/>am an imparter<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn17\" href=\"#n17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> of <i>mantras<\/i>,<br\/>you are a recipient<span class=\"f3\"><sup>[<a href=\"#n17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> of <i>mantras<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Very well, sir,&#8221;<br\/>and the brahman youth Uttara,<br\/>having answered the brahman Brahm\u0101yu in assent,<br\/>rising from his seat,<br\/>having greeted the brahman Brahm\u0101yu,<br\/>keeping his right side towards him,<br\/>set out on tour (to find) the Lord in Videha.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Walking on tour,<br\/>he gradually approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he exchanged greetings with the Lord;<br\/>having conversed in a friendly and courteous way,<br\/>he sat down at a respectful distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As he was sitting down at a respectful distance<br\/>the brahman youth Uttara<br\/>looked for the thirty-two marks of a Great Man<br\/>on the Lord&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And the brahman youth Uttara<br\/>saw all the thirty-two marks of a Great Man<br\/>on the Lord&#8217;s body<br\/>except two.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">About these two marks of a great man<br\/>he was in doubt,<br\/>perplexed,<br\/>uncertain,<br\/>not satisfied &#8211;<br\/>whether what was cloth-hid was sheath-cased<br\/>and whether the tongue was large.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;This brahman youth Uttara sees on me<br\/>all the thirty-two marks of a Great Man<br\/>except two.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">About these two marks of a Great Man<br\/>he is in doubt,<br\/>perplexed,<br\/>uncertain,<br\/>not satisfied:<br\/>whether what is cloth-hid is sheath-cased<br\/><a id=\"pg320\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[320]<\/b><\/span><\/a> and whether my tongue is large.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord contrived such a contrivance of psychic power<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn18\" href=\"#n18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>that the brahman youth Uttara saw<br\/>that that which the Lord had cloth-hid was sheath-cased.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord,<br\/>having put out his tongue,<br\/>stroked it backwards and forwards<br\/>over both his ears<br\/>and he stroked it backwards and forwards<br\/>over both his nostrils<br\/>and he covered the whole dome of his forehead<br\/>with his tongue.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn19\" href=\"#n19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to the brahman youth Uttara:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;The recluse Gotama is possessed of the thirty-two marks of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose I were to follow the recluse Gotama closely<br\/>so as to watch his conduct?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then for seven months the brahman youth Uttara,<br\/>like a constant shadow,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn20\" href=\"#n20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>followed the Lord closely.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">After the lapse of the seven months<br\/>the brahman youth Uttara set out on tour for Mithil\u0101 in Videha;<br\/>walking on tour<br\/>he gradually approached Mithil\u0101<br\/>and the brahman Brahm\u0101yu;<br\/>having approached<br\/>and having greeted the brahman Brahm\u0101yu,<br\/>he sat down at a respectful distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Brahm\u0101yu the brahman spoke thus to the brahman youth Uttara<br\/>as he was sitting down at a respectful distance:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I suppose, dear Uttara,<br\/>that the report spread abroad about the revered Gotama<br\/>was truly so<br\/>and not otherwise?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">I suppose that the revered Gotama<br\/>is such a one<br\/>and not of another kind?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Sir, the report spread abroad about the revered Gotama<br\/>was truly so<br\/>and not otherwise;<br\/>this revered Gotama is such a one<br\/>and not of another kind.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And this revered Gotama is possessed of the thirty-two marks of a Great Man:<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn21\" href=\"#n21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama<br\/>has feet with a level tread<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn22\" href=\"#n22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">On the soles of the good Gotama&#8217;s feet<br\/>wheels appear<br\/>with a thousand spokes,<br\/>with rims and hubs,<br\/>in every way complete &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><a id=\"pg321\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[321]<\/b><\/span><\/a> The revered Gotama has projecting heels &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has long fingers (and toes)<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn23\" href=\"#n23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has soft and tender hands and feet &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has (the fingers and toes) of his hands and feet evenly spaced<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn24\" href=\"#n24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has ankles that are midway in the leg<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn25\" href=\"#n25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has legs like (those of) antelopes<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn26\" href=\"#n26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama, while standing erect<br\/>and not bending,<br\/>can stroke and rub his knees<br\/>with the palms of both hands &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has sheath-cased<br\/>what is cloth-hid &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama is the colour of gold<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn27\" href=\"#n27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has a golden<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn28\" href=\"#n28\">28<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> coloured skin,<br\/>a smooth complexion &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Because of his smooth complexion<br\/>no dust or dirt adheres to his body &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has hairs that are separate &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The separate hairs grow (one) to each pore &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has hairs that grow upward &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The upward growing hairs are dark blue,<br\/>the colour of collyrium,<br\/>curling in rings,<br\/>curling to the right &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has a divinely straight body<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn29\" href=\"#n29\">29<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has the seven convex surfaces<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn30\" href=\"#n30\">30<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><a id=\"pg322\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[322]<\/b><\/span><\/a> The revered Gotama has a body<br\/>the front part of which is like a lion&#8217;s<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn31\" href=\"#n31\">31<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has no hollow between his shoulders<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn32\" href=\"#n32\">32<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has the symmetrical proportions of a banyan tree &#8211;<br\/>as is the height of his body<br\/>so is the length of his arms when stretched out;<br\/>as is the length of his arms when stretched out<br\/>so is the height of his body &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has a bust that is evenly rounded &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has an exquisite sense of taste &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has jaws like a lion&#8217;s &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has forty teeth.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn33\" href=\"#n33\">33<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has even teeth &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has teeth without spaces between them &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has very lustrous eye-teeth &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has a long tongue &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has a voice like Brahm\u0101&#8217;s;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn34\" href=\"#n34\">34<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>he speaks like a karamka bird<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn35\" href=\"#n35\">35<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has eyes of an intense blue &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has eyelashes like a cow&#8217;s &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The hair that the revered Gotama has growing between the eyebrows<br\/>is white and soft like cotton-down &#8211;<br\/>the good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has this mark of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama has a head shaped like a (royal) turban.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn36\" href=\"#n36\">36<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The good Gotama,<br\/>a Great Man,<br\/>has also this mark of a Great Man.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn37\" href=\"#n37\">37<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama is possessed of these thirty-two marks of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">If the revered Gotama is walking<br\/>he leads off with his right foot;<br\/>he does not put the foot too far (forward),<br\/>he does not place the foot too short;<br\/>he does not walk too quickly;<br\/>he does not walk too slowly;<br\/>he does not walk<br\/>knocking knee against knee<br\/>or ankle against ankle;<br\/><a id=\"pg323\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[323]<\/b><\/span><\/a> while he is walking<br\/>he does not bend his thighs up,<br\/>he does not bend his thighs down,<br\/>he does not bend his thighs in,<br\/>he does not bend his thighs out.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn38\" href=\"#n38\">38<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As the revered Gotama walks<br\/>he moves only with the lower part of his body<br\/>and does not walk with his (full) bodily strength.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn39\" href=\"#n39\">39<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"floatrpp wpx200 marl6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>knowledge and insight = <i>\u00f1\u0101\u1e47a-dassana\u0271<\/i> knowing and seeing. Not <i>vipassana<\/i>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/resources\/images\/king_of_ny_vrysm.gif\" width=\"38\" height=\"32\" alt=\"p.p. explains it all\"\/> <span class=\"f2\">\u2014 p.p.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he is looking around,<br\/>the revered Gotama looks round with his whole body,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn40\" href=\"#n40\">40<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>he does not look up,<br\/>he does not look down,<br\/>and he does not walk without observing,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn41\" href=\"#n41\">41<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>for he looks (ahead) a plough&#8217;s length;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn42\" href=\"#n42\">42<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>further than that<br\/>his knowledge and insight become unobstructed.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn43\" href=\"#n43\">43<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">On entering into a house<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn44\" href=\"#n44\">44<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>he does not bend his body up,<br\/>he does not bend his body down,<br\/>he does not bend his body in,<br\/>he does not bend his body out.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He turns round<br\/>not too far from hie seat,<br\/>not too near it,<br\/>and he does not sit down on the seat<br\/>clutching hold of it with his hand,<br\/>nor does he fling his body<br\/>(in a slovenly way<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn45\" href=\"#n45\">45<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span>)<br\/>on to the seat.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn46\" href=\"#n46\">46<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he is seated in a house<br\/>he does not fall into unseemly behaviour with his hands,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn47\" href=\"#n47\">47<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>he does not fall into unseemly <a id=\"pg324\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[324]<\/b><\/span><\/a> behaviour with his feet;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn48\" href=\"#n48\">48<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>he does not sit down<br\/>crossing knee over knee<br\/>or ankle over ankle,<br\/>nor does he sit down<br\/>holding his jaw in his hand.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he is seated in a house<br\/>he is not afraid,<br\/>does not tremble,<br\/>shake<br\/>or quiver &#8211;<br\/>and so is the revered Gotama<br\/>when he is sitting in a house<br\/>unafraid,<br\/>untrembling,<br\/>not shaking,<br\/>not quivering,<br\/>unruffled,<br\/>intent on aloofness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he is receiving water for the bowl<br\/>he does not turn the bowl up,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl down,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl inwards,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl outwards;<br\/>he receives neither too little<br\/>nor too much water for the bowl.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"floatrpp wpx200 marl6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If he doesn&#8217;t wash his hands until he puts down the bowl then his hands are not washed when his bowl is washed. &#8220;Not before he has washed his hands does he put down the bowl.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/resources\/images\/king_of_ny_vrysm.gif\" width=\"38\" height=\"32\" alt=\"p.p. explains it all\"\/> <span class=\"f2\">\u2014 p.p.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He washes the bowl<br\/>without making it clatter,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn49\" href=\"#n49\">49<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>he washes the bowl without twirling it round;<br\/>not until he has put the bowl down on the ground<br\/>does he wash his hands;<br\/>by the time the hands are washed<br\/>the bowl is washed;<br\/>by the time the bowl is washed<br\/>the hands are washed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He throws away the water for the bowl<br\/>not too far,<br\/>not too near,<br\/>and without scattering it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he is receiving boiled rice,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl up,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl down,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl inwards,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl outwards;<br\/>he receives neither too little<br\/>nor too much boiled rice.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama eats the proper proportion of curry (to rice<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn50\" href=\"#n50\">50<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span>)<br\/>and he does not neglect (the rice)<br\/>with each mouthful of curry.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama swallows each mouthful<br\/>only after having turned it round<br\/>two or three times in his mouth;<br\/>there is not a single grain of boiled rice<br\/>that enters his body<br\/>without having been broken up,<br\/>and not a single grain of boiled rice<br\/>remains in his mouth<br\/>before he proceeds to the (next) mouthful.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama eats food<br\/>experiencing its flavour<br\/>but not experiencing greed for the flavour.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama eats food<br\/>that is possessed of the eight characteristics<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn51\" href=\"#n51\">51<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>but not for fun<br\/>or indulgence<br\/>or personal charm<br\/>or beautification,<br\/>but just enough for the support of his body<br\/>and keeping it going,<br\/>for keeping it unharmed,<br\/>for furthering the Brahma-faring,<br\/>thinking:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Thus will I crush out an old feeling<br\/>and not allow a new feeling to arise,<br\/>and then there will be subsistence for me<br\/>and blamelessness<br\/>and abiding in comfort.&#8217;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn52\" href=\"#n52\">52<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span>|| ||<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he has eaten<br\/>and is accepting water for the bowl,<br\/>he does not <a id=\"pg325\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[325]<\/b><\/span><\/a> , turn the bowl up,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl down,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl inwards,<br\/>he does not turn the bowl outwards.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He receives neither too little<br\/>nor too much water for the bowl.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He washes the bowl<br\/>without making it clatter,<br\/>he washes the bowl without twirling it round;<br\/>not until he has put the bowl down on the ground<br\/>does he wash his hands;<br\/>by the time the hands are washed<br\/>the bowl is washed;<br\/>by the time the bowl is washed<br\/>the hands are washed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He throws away the water for the bowl<br\/>not too far,<br\/>not too near,<br\/>and without scattering it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he has eaten,<br\/>he places the bowl on the ground,<br\/>not too far,<br\/>not too near,<br\/>for he is not without concern for the bowl<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn53\" href=\"#n53\">53<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>yet he is not over-protective of the bowl.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he has eaten,<br\/>he sits silent for a moment,<br\/>but he does not let pass<br\/>the time for giving thanks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he has eaten,<br\/>he gives thanks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He does not decry that meal,<br\/>he does not hope for another meal;<br\/>on the contrary he delights,<br\/>rouses,<br\/>inspires,<br\/>gladdens that assembly<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he has delighted,<br\/>roused,<br\/>inspired,<br\/>gladdened that assembly<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>rising from his seat,<br\/>he departs.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He does not walk too quickly,<br\/>he does not walk too slowly,<br\/>he does not walk (as if) anxious<br\/>to get free (of that assembly).<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn54\" href=\"#n54\">54<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama&#8217;s robe<br\/>is not pulled up too high on his body,<br\/>it is not pulled down too low;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn55\" href=\"#n55\">55<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>and neither does it stick to his body,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn56\" href=\"#n56\">56<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>nor is it drawn away from his body,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn57\" href=\"#n57\">57<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>and neither does the wind<br\/>blow the revered Gotama&#8217;s robe about on his body,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn58\" href=\"#n58\">58<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>nor do dust and dirt<br\/>cling to the revered Gotama&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he has gone to a monastery<br\/>he sits down on an appointed seat<br\/>and while sitting down<br\/>he cleanses his feet<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn59\" href=\"#n59\">59<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211;<br\/>but the revered Gotama does not live<br\/>intent on the practice of beautifying his feet.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When he has cleansed his feet<br\/>he sits down cross-legged,<br\/>holding the body erect<br\/>and arousing mindfulness in front of him.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He does not strive after hurt of self,<br\/>he does not strive after hurt of others,<br\/>he does not strive after hurt of both.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn60\" href=\"#n60\">60<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The revered Gotama sits down<br\/>striving only after weal of self,<br\/>weal of others,<br\/>weal of both,<br\/>weal of the whole world.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When, in a monastery, he is teaching <i>Dhamma<\/i> in an assembly,<br\/>he does not exalt that assembly,<br\/>he does not disparage that assembly;<br\/>on the contrary he delights,<br\/>rouses,<br\/>inspires, <a id=\"pg326\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[326]<\/b><\/span><\/a> gladdens that assembly<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The sound that issues from the revered Gotama&#8217;s mouth<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn61\" href=\"#n61\">61<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>is possessed of eight characteristics:<br\/>it is distinct<br\/>and intelligible<br\/>and sweet<br\/>and audible<br\/>and fluent<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn62\" href=\"#n62\">62<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>and clear<br\/>and deep<br\/>and resonant.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Wherefore when the revered Gotama<br\/>instructs an assembly by voice<br\/>the sound does not carry beyond that assembly.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">These, after being delighted,<br\/>roused,<br\/>inspired,<br\/>gladdened by the revered Gotama<br\/>with talk on <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>rising from their seats,<br\/>depart reluctantly,<br\/>keeping their gaze on him.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">We, sir, have seen that revered Gotama walking,<br\/>we have seen him standing still,<br\/>we have seen him sitting silent within a house,<br\/>we have seen him eating in a house,<br\/>we have seen him sitting silent after he has eaten,<br\/>we have seen him giving thanks after he has eaten,<br\/>we have seen him going to a monastery,<br\/>we have seen him sitting silent in a monastery,<br\/>we have seen him in a monastery<br\/>teaching <i>Dhamma<\/i> in an assembly.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">This revered Gotama is like this<br\/>and like that<br\/>and even more so.&#8221;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn63\" href=\"#n63\">63<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said, Brahm\u0101yu the brahman,<br\/>rising from his seat,<br\/>having arranged his upper robe over one shoulder,<br\/>having saluted the Lord with joined palms,<br\/>three times uttered this solemn utterance:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Praise to that Lord,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Praise to that Lord,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Praise to that Lord,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Perhaps somewhere,<br\/>sometime<br\/>we might meet this revered Gotama,<br\/>perhaps there might be some conversation between us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord, walking on tour in Videha,<br\/>in due course arrived at Mithil\u0101.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">While he was there<br\/>the Lord stayed near Mithil\u0101 in Makh\u0101deva&#8217;s Mango Grove.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Brahmans and householders of Mithil\u0101 heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Verily the recluse Gotama,<br\/>son of the Sakyans,<br\/>having gone forth from the Sakyan clan,<br\/>is walking on tour in Videha<br\/>together with a large Order of monks,<br\/>with as many as five hundred monks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The most lovely report has gone abroad thus<br\/>concerning the revered Gotama:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;He is indeed Lord,<br\/>perfected one,<br\/>fully Self-Awakened One,<br\/>endowed with knowledge and (right) conduct,<br\/>Well-farer,<br\/>knower of the worlds,<br\/>the matchless charioteer of men to be tamed,<br\/>teacher of devas and mankind,<br\/>the Awakened One,<br\/>the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having realized through his own super-knowledge,<br\/>he makes known this world<br\/>together with devas<br\/>including the M\u0101ras and the Brahm\u0101s;<br\/>creatures<br\/>together with recluses and brahmans,<br\/>with devas and mankind.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He teaches <i>Dhamma<\/i><br\/>that is lovely at the beginning,<br\/>lovely in the middle<br\/>and lovely at the ending;<br\/>he explains with the spirit and the letter<br\/>the Brahma-faring<br\/>completely fulfilled<br\/>and wholly purified.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Good indeed is the sight<br\/>of perfected ones such as this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the brahmans and householders of Mithil\u0101<br\/>approached the Lord:<br\/>some, having approached<br\/>and having greeted the Lord,<br\/>sat down at a respectful distance;<br\/>some, after they had exchanged greetings with the Lord<br\/>and had conversed in a friendly and courteous way,<br\/>sat down at a <a id=\"pg327\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[327]<\/b><\/span><\/a> respectful distance;<br\/>some, after saluting the Lord with joined palms,<br\/>sat down at a respectful distance;<br\/>some, having made known to the Lord the name of their clan,<br\/>sat down at a respectful distance;<br\/>some, becoming silent,<br\/>sat down at a respectful distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The brahman Brahm\u0101yu heard:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Verily the recluse Gotama,<br\/>son of the Sakyans,<br\/>gone forth from the Sakyan clan,<br\/>has arrived at Mithil\u0101<br\/>and is staying near Mithil\u0101<br\/>in Makhadeva&#8217;s Mango Grove.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Brahm\u0101yu the brahman<br\/>together with a number of brahman youths<br\/>approached Makh\u0101deva&#8217;s Mango Grove.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When Brahm\u0101yu the brahman was near the Mango Grove<br\/>it occurred to him:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is not suitable in me<br\/>that I should approach to see the recluse Gotama<br\/>without being announced first.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So Brahm\u0101yu the brahman addressed a certain brahman youth,<br\/>saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Come you, brahman youth,<br\/>approach the recluse Gotama;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>in my name ask the recluse Gotama whether he is well,<br\/>not indisposed,<br\/>of bodily vigour,<br\/>strong,<br\/>abiding in comfort,<br\/>saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8216;Good Gotama, Brahm\u0101yu the brahman<br\/>is asking whether the revered Gotama is well,<br\/>not indisposed,<br\/>of bodily vigour,<br\/>strong,<br\/>abiding in comfort&#8217;;<br\/>and then speak thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Good Gotama, Brahm\u0101yu the brahman is worn,<br\/>old,<br\/>full of years,<br\/>he has lived his span<br\/>and is at the close of his life,<br\/>a hundred and twenty years of age;<br\/>he was master of the three Vedas,<br\/>versed in the vocabularies and rituals<br\/>together with the phonology and exegesis<br\/>and the legendary tradition as the fifth;<br\/>he was learned in idioms,<br\/>a grammarian,<br\/>proficient in popular philosophy<br\/>and the marks of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Of all the brahmans and householders, sir,<br\/>who live in Mithil\u0101,<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the brahman is pointed to<br\/>as chief in respect of wealth,<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the brahman is pointed to<br\/>as chief in respect of <i>mantras<\/i>,<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the brahman is pointed to<br\/>as chief in respect of longevity<br\/>as well as of renown.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He is anxious to see the good Gotama.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Very well, sir,&#8221;<br\/>and the brahman youth, having answered the brahman Brahm\u0101yu in assent,<br\/>approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he exchanged greetings with the Lord,<br\/>and having conversed in a friendly and courteous way,<br\/>he Stood at a respectful distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As he was standing at a respectful distance,<br\/>the brahman youth spoke thus to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Good Gotama, the brahman Brahm\u0101yu is asking whether the revered Gotama is well,<br\/>not indisposed,<br\/>of bodily vigour,<br\/>strong,<br\/>abiding in comfort.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The brahman Brahm\u0101yu, good Gotama, is worn, old,<br\/>full of years,<br\/>he has lived his span<br\/>and is at the close of his life,<br\/>a hundred and twenty years of age;<br\/>he was master of the three Vedas,<br\/>versed in the vocabularies and rituals<br\/>together with the phonology and exegesis<br\/>and the legendary tradition as the fifth;<br\/>he was learned in idioms,<br\/>a grammarian,<br\/>proficient in popular philosophy<br\/>and the marks of a Great Man.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Of all the brahmans and householders, sir,<br\/>who live in Mithil\u0101,<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the <a id=\"pg328\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[328]<\/b><\/span><\/a> brahman is pointed to<br\/>as chief in respect of wealth,<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the brahman is pointed to<br\/>as chief in respect of <i>mantras<\/i>,<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the brahman is pointed to<br\/>as chief in respect of longevity<br\/>as well as of renown.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">He is anxious to see the good Gotama.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Brahm\u0101yu the brahman must now do<br\/>that for which he deems it the right time,<br\/>brahman youth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then that brahman youth<br\/>approached Brahm\u0101yu the brahman;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he spoke thus to Brahm\u0101yu the brahman:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Permission has been given<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn64\" href=\"#n64\">64<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> revered sir,<br\/>by the recluse Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Revered sir, you may now do<br\/>that for which you deem it the right time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Brahm\u0101yu the brahman approached the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">His assembly saw the brahman Brahm\u0101yu coming in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Having seen him,<br\/>they, standing each at his own side,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn65\" href=\"#n65\">65<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>made room for him<br\/>because he was well known and renowned.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Brahm\u0101yu the brahman spoke thus to that assembly:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;No, good sirs,<br\/>you sit down each on your own seat,<br\/>I will sit here<br\/>near the recluse Gotama.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Brahm\u0101yu the brahman approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he exchanged greetings with the Lord;<br\/>having conversed in a friendly and courteous way,<br\/>he sat down at a respectful distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As he was sitting down at a respectful distance,<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the brahman looked for<br\/>the thirty-two marks of a Great Man<br\/>on the Lord&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And Brahm\u0101yu the brahman saw<br\/>all the thirty-two marks of a Great Man<br\/>on the Lord&#8217;s body<br\/>except two.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">About these two marks of a Great Man<br\/>he was in doubt,<br\/>perplexed,<br\/>uncertain,<br\/>not satisfied &#8211;<br\/>whether what was cloth-hid was sheath-cased<br\/>and whether the tongue was large.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Brahm\u0101yu the brahman addressed the Lord in verses:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8220;Of these thirty-two marks of a Great Man of which I have heard<br\/>There are two that I do not see on your body, Gotama.<br\/>I wonder whether what is cloth-hid is sheath-cased, Supreme of men?<br\/>Or is it female? I wonder whether the tongue is not short?<br\/>I wonder whether you have a long tongue. So that I might know this,<br\/>Put forth this tongue, dispel our doubt, Seer.<br\/>For welfare here and now, and for bliss in a future state<br\/>We ask for permission (to see) that which we long (to know).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\"><a id=\"pg329\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[329]<\/b><\/span><\/a> Then it occurred to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;This brahman Brahm\u0101yu sees on me<br\/>all the thirty-two marks of a Great Man except two.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">About these two marks of a Great Man<br\/>he is in doubt,<br\/>perplexed,<br\/>uncertain,<br\/>not satisfied &#8211;<br\/>whether what is cloth-hid is sheath-cased<br\/>and whether my tongue is large.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord contrived such a contrivance of psychic power<br\/>that the brahman Brahm\u0101yu saw<br\/>that that which the Lord had cloth-hid was sheath-cased.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord, having put out his tongue,<br\/>stroked it backwards and forwards<br\/>over both his ears<br\/>and he stroked it backwards and forwards<br\/>over both his nostrils<br\/>and he covered the whole dome of his forehead<br\/>with his tongue.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord responded in verses<br\/>to the brahman Brahm\u0101yu:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8220;Those thirty-two marks of a Great Man of which you have heard<br\/>Are all on my body. Do not you doubt them, brahman.<br\/>What<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn66\" href=\"#n66\">66<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> is to be known is known by me, and to be developed is developed,<br\/>What is to be got rid of has been got rid of &#8211; therefore, brahman, am I Awake.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn67\" href=\"#n67\">67<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>For welfare here and now and for bliss in a future state<br\/>Do ask for permission (to see) that which you long (to know).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then it occurred to the brahman Brahm\u0101yu:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Permission has been given me by the recluse Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose I were to ask the recluse Gotama<br\/>about the goal either of the here and now<br\/>or of a future state?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But then it occurred to the brahman Brahm\u0101yu:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I myself am skilled in the goals of the here and now,<br\/>and others ask me about the goal of the here and now.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Suppose I were to ask the recluse Gotama<br\/>simply about the goal of a future state?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Brahm\u0101yu the brahman addressed the Lord in verses:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8220;How is one a brahman? How does one become master of knowledge?<br\/>How is one a threefold knowledge-man? Who is called learned?<br\/>How is one perfected? How does one become whole?<br\/>And how is one a sage? Who is called Awake?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord responded in verses<br\/>to the brahman Brahm\u0101yu:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\"><a id=\"pg330\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[330]<\/b><\/span><\/a> &#8220;Who knows his former habitations and sees heaven and the sorrowful ways,<br\/>Who has attained destruction of births,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn68\" href=\"#n68\">68<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> accomplished by super-knowledge, a Sage is he.<br\/>Who knows his mind is quite pure, freed from every attachment,<br\/>Who has got rid of birth and dying, in the Brahma-faring Whole is he.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn69\" href=\"#n69\">69<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>Who is master of all states of mind,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn70\" href=\"#n70\">70<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> such a one Awake is called.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said,<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the brahman,<br\/>rising from his seat,<br\/>arranging his upper robe over one shoulder,<br\/>having inclined his head to the Lord&#8217;s feet,<br\/>kissed the Lord&#8217;s feet on all sides<br\/>with his mouth<br\/>and stroked them on all sides<br\/>with his hands,<br\/>and he made known his (own) name:<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn71\" href=\"#n71\">71<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;I, good Gotama, am Brahm\u0101yu, the brahman.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then that company was filled with wonder and marvel,<br\/>and said:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Indeed it is wonderful,<br\/>indeed it is marvellous<br\/>how great is the psychic power<br\/>and the majesty<br\/>of the recluse<br\/>in virtue of which<br\/>this Brahm\u0101yu the brahman,<br\/>well known and renowned,<br\/>pays such deep respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord spoke thus<br\/>to Brahm\u0101yu the brahman:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Enough, brahman, rise up;<br\/>do sit down on your own seat<br\/>since your mind was pleased with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the brahman Brahm\u0101yu,<br\/>having risen up,<br\/>sat down on his own seat.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord gave a talk to Brahm\u0101yu the brahman<br\/>on various topics:<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn72\" href=\"#n72\">72<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>talk on giving,<br\/>talk on moral habit,<br\/>talk on heaven;<br\/>he explained the peril,<br\/>the vanity,<br\/>the depravity of the pleasures of the senses,<br\/>the advantage in renouncing them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When the Lord knew<br\/>that the mind of Brahm\u0101yu the brahman was ready,<br\/>malleable,<br\/>devoid of the hindrances,<br\/>uplifted,<br\/>pleased,<br\/>then he explained to him<br\/>that teaching on <i>Dhamma<\/i><br\/>that the Awakened Ones have themselves discovered:<br\/>anguish,<br\/>uprising,<br\/>stopping,<br\/>the Way.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And as a clean cloth<br\/>without black specks<br\/>will easily take dye,<br\/>even so as Brahm\u0101yu the brahman was (sitting) on that very seat<br\/>did <i>Dhamma<\/i>-vision,<br\/>dustless and stainless,<br\/>arise in him:<br\/>that<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;whatever is liable to origination<br\/>all that is liable to stopping.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then Brahm\u0101yu the brahman,<br\/>having seen <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>attained <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>known <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>plunged into <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<br\/>having crossed over doubt,<br\/><a id=\"pg331\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[331]<\/b><\/span><\/a> put away uncertainty<br\/>and attained without another&#8217;s help<br\/>to full confidence in the Teacher&#8217;s instruction,<br\/>spoke thus to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is excellent, good Gotama;<br\/>it is excellent, good Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Even, good Gotama,<br\/>as one might set upright<br\/>what had been upset,<br\/>or disclose what was covered,<br\/>or show the way<br\/>to one who had gone astray,<br\/>or bring an oil-lamp into the darkness<br\/>thinking that those with vision might see material shapes,<br\/>even so is <i>Dhamma<\/i> made clear<br\/>in many a figure<br\/>by the good Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">So I am going to the revered Gotama (for refuge)<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn73\" href=\"#n73\">73<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>and to <i>Dhamma<\/i><br\/>and to the Order of monks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">May the revered Gotama accept me<br\/>as a lay-disiple<br\/>going for refuge<br\/>from this day forth<br\/>for as long as life lasts.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And may the revered Gotama<br\/>consent to a meal with me<br\/>on the morrow<br\/>together with the Order of monks.&#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 Brahm\u0101yu the brahman,<br\/>having understood the Lord&#8217;s consent,<br\/>rising up from his seat,<br\/>having greeted the Lord,<br\/>departed keeping his right side towards him.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the brahman Brahm\u0101yu<br\/>having had sumptuous foods,<br\/>solid and soft,<br\/>prepared in his own dwelling<br\/>towards the end of that night,<br\/>had the time announced to the Lord,<br\/>saying:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is time, good Gotama,<br\/>the meal is ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the Lord,<br\/>having dressed in the morning,<br\/>taking his bowl and robe,<br\/>approached the dwelling of Brahm\u0101yu the brahman;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>he sat down on the appointed seat<br\/>together with the Order of monks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then did Brahm\u0101yu the brahman<br\/>for seven days<br\/>with his own hand<br\/>serve and satisfy the Order of monks<br\/>with the Awakened One at its head<br\/>with sumptuous foods,<br\/>solid and soft.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then at the end of the seven days<br\/>the Lord set out on tour in Videha.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Not long after the Lord had set out<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the brahman passed away.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then a number of monks approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>having greeted the Lord,<br\/>they sat down at a respectful distance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">As they were sitting down at a respectful distance,<br\/>these monks spoke thus to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Revered sir,<br\/>Brahm\u0101yu the brahman has passed away.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">What is his bourn,<br\/>what his future state?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Clever,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn74\" href=\"#n74\">74<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> monks,<br\/>was the brahman Brahm\u0101yu;<br\/>he followed after <i>Dhamma<\/i><br\/>according to various parts of <i>Dhamma<\/i>,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn75\" href=\"#n75\">75<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>and he did not <a id=\"pg332\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[332]<\/b><\/span><\/a> annoy me<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn76\" href=\"#n76\">76<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>with questionings about <i>Dhamma<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Monks, Brahm\u0101yu the brahman,<br\/>by the complete destruction of the five fetters<br\/>binding to this lower (shore),<br\/>is of spontaneous uprising,<br\/>one who attains nibb\u0101na there,<br\/>not liable to return from that world.&#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 with Brahm\u0101yu<\/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> This is a stock description of a learned brahman. &#8220;Master,&#8221; <i>p\u0101rag\u016b,<\/i> is a goer to the beyond in, and so one who has come to finality or culmination. <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.100.pali.bd.htm#pg210\"><i>M.<\/i> ii. 210;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.03.pali.bd.htm#pg88\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 88;<\/a> <i>A.<\/i> i. <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/an\/idx_03_tikanipata.htm#p58\">163,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/an\/idx_03_tikanipata.htm#p59\">166;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v1019\"><i>Sn.<\/i> p. 105, ver. 1019 <i>f.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n2\" href=\"#fn2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 362, <i>DA.<\/i> 247, <i>AA.<\/i> ii. 261 and <i>SnA.<\/i> 447 all give Iru, Yaju and S\u0101ma Vedas (Rig, Yajur and S\u0101man Vedas).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n3\" href=\"#fn3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup> See <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.03.rhyt.pts.htm#n18\"><i>Dial.<\/i> i. 109, <i>n.<\/i> 2,<\/a> where it is said: &#8220;It is quite unnecessary to suppose a silent reference to it (the <i>Atharva Veda<\/i>) here,&#8221; as <i>DA.<\/i> 247 = MA, iii. 362 = <i>AA.<\/i> ii. 261 = <i>SnA.<\/i> 447 suggest.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n4\" href=\"#fn4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup> See <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/dn\/idx_digha_nikaya.htm#p3\"><i>Amba\u1e6d\u1e6dha Suttanta<\/i><\/a> (<i>D.<\/i> i. 87, and see <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.03.rhyt.pts.htm#n20\"><i>Dial.<\/i> i. 110, <i>n.<\/i> 2<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.03.rhyt.pts.htm#fn66\">131, <i>n.<\/i> 2<\/a>). Also the <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/dn\/idx_digha_nikaya.htm#p30\"><i>Lakkha\u1e47a Suttanta<\/i><\/a> (<i>D.<\/i> iii. 142), <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/dn\/idx_digha_nikaya.htm#p14\"><i>Mah\u0101pad\u0101na Sta.<\/i><\/a> (<i>D.<\/i> ii. 1 <i>ff.<\/i>), <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/sn\/05_mv\/idx_47_satipatthanasamyutta.htm#p11\"><i>Mah\u0101purisa Sta.<\/i><\/a> (<i>S.<\/i> v. 158) and <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/an\/idx_04_catukkanipata.htm#p35\"><i>Vassak\u0101ra Sta.<\/i><\/a> (<i>A.<\/i> ii. 35f.). The last two give the Buddhist, as against the pre-Buddhist interpretation of the Great Man. See also <i>Mhvu. Transln.<\/i> i. 180 <i>f.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n5\" href=\"#fn5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup> This too is a stock clause.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n6\" href=\"#fn6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>bhavanta\u0271.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n7\" href=\"#fn7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>manta.<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 364 explains by <i>veda.<\/i> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v1000\"><i>Sn.<\/i> 1000 <i>ff.<\/i><\/a> On the word <i>mantra,<\/i> as &#8220;prayer&#8221; (for the classes of poets, priests and warriors) and as &#8220;magical formula or incantation&#8221; (for the masses), see R.N. Dandekar, &#8220;Cultural Background of the Veda,&#8221; <i>Univ. of Ceylon Review,<\/i> vol. XI, Nos. 3 and 4, 1953, p. 141 <i>ff.<\/i> Whatever a <i>mantra<\/i> is it is not necessarily a <i>Rig-Vedic<\/i> hymn as such. There are 1,028 of these while, according to Dandekar, there are &#8220;about 10,660 <i>(Rig-Vedic)<\/i> <i>mantras<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n8\" href=\"#fn8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>\u0101gat\u0101ni,<\/i> have come down, been handed down.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n9\" href=\"#fn9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>gati,<\/i> bourn, going, procedure. <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 364 explains by <i>ni\u1e6d\u1e6dh\u0101,<\/i> goal or conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n10\" href=\"#fn10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 365, he is a king delighting the world with the four wonderful aspects of protection (given at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.33.04.pali.bd.htm#pg232\"><i>D.<\/i> iii. 232,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/an\/idx_04_catukkanipata.htm#p31\"><i>A.<\/i> ii. 32).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n11\" href=\"#fn11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 365, he tolls on the wheel-treasure; if he govern with the four wheels of prosperity, <i>sampatti<\/i> (<i>cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/an\/idx_04_catukkanipata.htm#p31\"><i>A.<\/i> ii. 32<\/a>), and if he govern others with these, he is doing his duty, <i>vatta,<\/i> for the good of others.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n12\" href=\"#fn12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>dhammika,<\/i> he walks by <i>Dhamma<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n13\" href=\"#fn13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>dhamma-r\u0101j\u0101.<\/i> Having succeeded to the throne through <i>Dhamma<\/i> (<i>i.e.<\/i> legitimately, rightly), he is the &#8216;natural,&#8217; <i>j\u0101ta,<\/i> king. Or, he is <i>dhammika<\/i> because of his &#8216;rightness,&#8217; <i>Dhamma,<\/i> in regard to the good of others, just as he is <i>dhamma-r\u0101j\u0101<\/i> because of his &#8216;rightness&#8217; in regard to his own good, <i>attahita.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n14\" href=\"#fn14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 360: their bodies are like <i>devas;<\/i> they are called &#8216;heroes&#8217; because of their uttermost valour, as though their bodies were made of energy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n15\" href=\"#fn15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 367 identifies <i>Dhamma<\/i> with <i>s\u012bia<\/i> here, the moral conduct of keeping the five precepts.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n16\" href=\"#fn16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 367 shows that these three attainments follow one from another. <i>Vivattaccchadda,<\/i> the lifter of the veil, refers to removing the seven darknesses of the defilements: attachment, hatred, confusion, pride, false views, ignorance and wrong-doing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n17\" href=\"#fn17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>d\u0101t\u0101 &#8230; pa\u1e6diggahet\u0101,<\/i> as at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.03.pali.bd.htm#pg89\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 89.<\/a> For the following note I am in debted to Mr. P. Mehta: &#8220;The guru conveys or imparts a new <i>mantra<\/i> when he sees the pupil is ready for it. When the pupil sounds (pronounces) it correctly then the guru teaches him the meaning. Correct sounding influences the mental receptivity of the pupil and induces a state of consciousness which is most appropriate for learning the meaning. The <i>&#8216;mantra&#8217;<\/i> as sound is imparted or conveyed; the <i>&#8216;mantra&#8217;<\/i> as meaning or significance is taught.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n18\" href=\"#fn18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>Miln.<\/i>. 167-169.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n19\" href=\"#fn19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v1022\"><i>Sn.<\/i> 1022.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n20\" href=\"#fn20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/dhp\/kd.dhp.mulr.sbe.htm#v2\"><i>Dhp.<\/i> 2,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/kd\/thag\/thag.260.rhyc.pts.htm#v1041\"><i>Thag.<\/i> 1041-1043,<\/a> etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n21\" href=\"#fn21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup> For more notes on the thirty-two marks or signs, see <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.14.rhyt.pts.htm#pg13\"><i>Dial.<\/i> ii. 13 <i>ff.<\/i><\/a> and <i>Mhvu. Translation,<\/i> i. 180 <i>ff.,<\/i> where the order in which the marks are given differs now and again from the <i>M.<\/i> version. See also Lamotte, Mpp\u015b i. 285-288, notes, where it is said that these 32 marks ornament the bodies both of Buddhas and of wheel-turning kings, and again, either all or some of the marks adorn the bodies of some other persons besides. Some of these men and women are known to the Pali Canon, for example the brahman B\u0101varin, who had three of the marks <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v1022\">(<i>Sn.<\/i> 1022).<\/a> Like Brahm\u0101yu he was 120 years old <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v1019\">(<i>Sn.<\/i> 1019).<\/a> <i>Cf.<\/i> also <i>Kvu.<\/i> 283 where the point of controversy is whether a <i>bodhisatta<\/i> is fully or partially possessed of the 32 marks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n22\" href=\"#fn22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup> He puts the whole foot down on the ground with a single movement \u2014 neither the big toe first nor the heel.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n23\" href=\"#fn23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>d\u012bgha\u1e45guli. A\u1e45guli<\/i> usually mean only the fingers. <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 376 includes the toes as well, and says that the <i>a\u1e45guli<\/i> are thick at the roots and taper off gradually to slender points.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n24\" href=\"#fn24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>j\u0101lahatthap\u0101do.<\/i> See &#8220;The Webbed Finger of the Buddha,&#8221; by A.K. Coomaraswamy, IHQ. VII, 1931, p. 20. It is better to take this as does Buddhaghosa at <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 376, etc., as: &#8220;the four fingers of the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s hands and the five toes of his feet are of an equal measure&#8221; &#8211; spaced as evenly apart (with no swellings) as is the &#8220;netting&#8221; or network, <i>j\u0101la,<\/i> of a particular kind of latticed window when made by a skilled carpenter. A person whose fingers are &#8220;webbed&#8221; (<i>i.e.<\/i> grown together) like a snake&#8217;s hood is not even fit to go forth (<i>Vin.<\/i> i. 71, quoted <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 376). So how could a &#8220;webbed finger&#8221; be a mark of a Great Man? &#8220;With hands and feet like a net&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/dn\/dn.14.rhyt.pts.htm#pg14\">(<i>Dial.<\/i> ii. 14)<\/a> explains nothing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n25\" href=\"#fn25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup> Not towards the heels as in other people, <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 377. The Pali word is <i>ussa\u1e45khap\u0101do.<\/i> <i>Cf.<\/i> also <i>BHSD.<\/i> <i>s.v.<\/i> <i>uccha\u1e45kha.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n26\" href=\"#fn26\">26<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>I.e.<\/i> with flesh all round, not in a lump at one side. The notion is &#8220;straight-limbed.&#8221; <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v165\"><i>Sn.<\/i> 165;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/sn\/01_sagv\/idx_01_devatasamyutta.htm#p31\"><i>S.<\/i> i. 16.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n27\" href=\"#fn27\">27<\/a>]<\/sup> The traditional colour-symbol for immortality; <i>suva\u1e47\u1e47a.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n28\" href=\"#fn28\">28<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>ka\u00f1cana<\/i> here; bright, shining.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n29\" href=\"#fn29\">29<\/a>]<\/sup> A straight tall body, like Brahm\u0101&#8217;s. Most creatures bend at the shoulders, hips and knees; but the Tath\u0101gata, rising up tall, is like a high golden gateway in a city of the <i>devas,<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 378.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n30\" href=\"#fn30\">30<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>sattussada,<\/i> omitted in Chalmers&#8217; text, but referred to in this textual position at <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 378 as meaning that on the four limbs, on both shoulders and on the back there is a protuberance of flesh.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n31\" href=\"#fn31\">31<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>I.e.<\/i> curving, <i>paripu\u1e47\u1e47a.<\/i> Although the back portion of a lion&#8217;s body does not curve, the whole of the Tath\u0101gata&#8217;s body curves, <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 379.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n32\" href=\"#fn32\">32<\/a>]<\/sup> From the small of the back up to the shoulders, the fleshy covering is like a smooth golden slab.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n33\" href=\"#fn33\">33<\/a>]<\/sup> twenty in each jaw, <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 381.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n34\" href=\"#fn34\">34<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>brahmassara,<\/i> a sublime voice. It is like a Great Brahma&#8217;s, <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 382. See  <i>Kvu.<\/i> 467.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n35\" href=\"#fn35\">35<\/a>]<\/sup> Famed for its sweet note, the Indian cuckoo.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n36\" href=\"#fn36\">36<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>I.e.,<\/i> absolutely symmetrical.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n37\" href=\"#fn37\">37<\/a>]<\/sup> No doubt this refrain should occur after the naming of each mark; while omitted in our text it occurs in <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.14.pali.bd.htm#pg17\"><i>D.<\/i> ii. 17-19.<\/a> [Ed.: included in this edition.]<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n38\" href=\"#fn38\">38<\/a>]<\/sup> These words for &#8220;bending up, down, in, out,&#8221; <i>unn\u0101meti, on\u0101meti, sann\u0101meti, vin\u0101meti,<\/i> occur several times later in this Discourse. <i>Cf.<\/i> also <i>Miln.<\/i>. 117.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n39\" href=\"#fn39\">39<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 388, sweat pours from the body if one keeps on flinging out one&#8217;s arms.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n40\" href=\"#fn40\">40<\/a>]<\/sup> This is called the &#8220;elephant look,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.050.pali.bd.htm#pg337\"><i>M.<\/i> i. 337.<\/a> See <i>MA.<\/i> ii. 420, iii 133 (the latter referred to at <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 388).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n41\" href=\"#fn41\">41<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>na ca vipekkham\u0101no gacchati.<\/i> The passage is somewhat corrupt. <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 388: he walks without looking from this side to that as though not seeing the elephants, horses, etc. So this phrase may mean: &#8220;he walks without staring (about),&#8221; On the other hand, the next phrase: <i>yugamatta\u00f1 ca pekkhati,<\/i> seems to develop the idea of &#8220;not without observing.&#8221; In walking as in the other &#8220;postures,&#8221; there is to be not only mindfulness but also clear consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n42\" href=\"#fn42\">42<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v410\"><i>Sn.<\/i> 410.<\/a> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 388 says he fixes his eyes as little as nine <i>vidatthi<\/i> (ahead) when he is walking.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n43\" href=\"#fn43\">43<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>an\u0101va\u1e6da\u0271,<\/i> as at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v62\"><i>S.<\/i> I. 62.<\/a> &#8220;Irresistible&#8221; at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/sn\/01_sagv\/sn01.02.011-020.rhyc.pts.htm#pg76\"><i>K.S.<\/i> i, 76<\/a>. <i>MA.<\/i> iii, 388: &#8220;It could not be said that he does not see beyond a plough&#8217;s length, since no wall or door or bush or creeper is able to obstruct him. Thus because of his unobstructed (all-pervading, <i>an\u0101vara\u1e47a<\/i>) knowledge, various thousands of groups of world-systems are reckoned as one,&#8221; <i>i.e.<\/i> he can see and know them all together and all at once, with &#8216;open,&#8217; unhindered, <i>an\u0101va\u1e6da,<\/i> insights.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n44\" href=\"#fn44\">44<\/a>]<\/sup> Here, according to <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 388 <i>antaraghara<\/i> means from the threshould, <i>umm\u0101ra,<\/i> of a house, in distinction to the <i>indakhila<\/i> which, at <i>Vin.<\/i> iv. 160, is identified with the <i>umm\u0101ra,<\/i>. The <i>indakhila<\/i> is a (village) post.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n45\" href=\"#fn45\">45<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>pakkhipati.<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 389, he does not first settle either his lower or upper limbs, but sits down <i>sa\u1e47ika\u0271,<\/i> slowly, gently or gradually.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n46\" href=\"#fn46\">46<\/a>]<\/sup> See the Sekhiyas on walking and sitting &#8220;amid houses,&#8221;<i>Vin.<\/i> iv. 186 <i>ff.,<\/i> 199.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"floatrpp wpx200 marl6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Twiddle his thumbs, clean his fingernails, chew his fingernails, drum his fingers, crack his nuckles, clean his ear with his little finger, pick his nose &#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/resources\/images\/king_of_ny_vrysm.gif\" width=\"38\" height=\"32\" alt=\"p.p. explains it all\"\/> <span class=\"f2\">\u2014 p.p.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n47\" href=\"#fn47\">47<\/a>]<\/sup> He does not twirl round his bowl or throw out a drop of water or split the leaf cover of a fly-whisk or fan.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n48\" href=\"#fn48\">48<\/a>]<\/sup> He does not grind them on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n49\" href=\"#fn49\">49<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>na khulukhuluk\u0101raka,<\/i> not commented upon in <i>MA.<\/i> Chalmers translates: &#8220;he does not swish the water about&#8221; Neumann: &#8220;ohne zu pl\u0101tschen.&#8221; See <i>P.E.D.<\/i> <i>s.v.<\/i> <i>gala,<\/i> and <i>cf.<\/i> <i>BHSD.<\/i> <i>s.v.<\/i> <i>khurukhuru-.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n50\" href=\"#fn50\">50<\/a>]<\/sup> Three portions of rice to one of curry.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n51\" href=\"#fn51\">51<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 392 refers to <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_1.htm#p2\"><i>M.<\/i> Sta. 2<\/a> and Vism. 31.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n52\" href=\"#fn52\">52<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <i>M.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.053.pali.bd.htm#pg355\">i. 355,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.077.pali.bd.htm#pg10\">ii. 10,<\/a> and also at <i>e.g.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/04_salv\/sn04.35.120.pali.bd.htm#pg104\"><i>S.<\/i> iv. 104,<\/a> <i>A.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/06_sixes\/an06.058.pali.bd.htm#pg388\">iii. 388,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/08_eights\/an08.009.pali.bd.htm#pg167\">iv. 167;<\/a> and see <i>Vism.<\/i> 31.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n53\" href=\"#fn53\">53<\/a>]<\/sup> Not indifferent to it and taking care of it &#8211; not like someone who once he has put his bowl on a stand (for bowls) does not pour water into it but watches indifferently while dust falls into it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n54\" href=\"#fn54\">54<\/a>]<\/sup> He does not hurry away, <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 393.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n55\" href=\"#fn55\">55<\/a>]<\/sup> Not as high as his jaw or as low as his ankles, <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 393.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n56\" href=\"#fn56\">56<\/a>]<\/sup> Because he does not sweat as other people do.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n57\" href=\"#fn57\">57<\/a>]<\/sup> It does not stand free like a <i>khali<\/i> cloak.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n58\" href=\"#fn58\">58<\/a>]<\/sup> Reading <i>k\u0101yasmi\u0271<\/i> with Siamese instead of text&#8217;s <i>k\u0101yamh\u0101.<\/i> The wind cannot make his robe stir, <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 393.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n59\" href=\"#fn59\">59<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <i>Vin.<\/i> i. 9.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n60\" href=\"#fn60\">60<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>M.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_2.htm#p61\">i. 414,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.110.pali.bd.htm#pg23\">iii. 23;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/an\/idx_03_tikanipata.htm#p54\"><i>A.<\/i> i. 157;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/04_salv\/sn04.42.012.pali.bd.htm#pg339\"><i>S.<\/i> iv. 339.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n61\" href=\"#fn61\">61<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>D.<\/i> ii. <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.18.pali.bd.htm#pg211\">211,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.19.pali.bd.htm#pg227\">227<\/a> of Brahm\u0101 Sana\u0271kum\u0101ra&#8217;a voice.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n62\" href=\"#fn62\">62<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>bindu.<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 394 gives <i>sampi\u1e47\u1e0dita,<\/i> brought together, connected.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n63\" href=\"#fn63\">63<\/a>]<\/sup> &#8220;His excellent virtues that I have not spoken of are more than those I have spoken of &#8211; like the great earth, the great ocean, unending, boundless, wide as the sky,&#8221; <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 395.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n64\" href=\"#fn64\">64<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>kat\u0101mk\u0101sa.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"floatrpp wpx200 marl6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>? <i>oramati<\/i> &#8220;to leave off ease&#8221;. If this is indeed the word, it would seem to mean here &#8216;rose up from their seats.&#8217;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/resources\/images\/king_of_ny_vrysm.gif\" width=\"38\" height=\"32\" alt=\"p.p. explains it all\"\/> <span class=\"f2\">\u2014 p.p.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n65\" href=\"#fn65\">65<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>oram atha<\/i> or <i>oram attha.<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 396 says: &#8220;getting up quickly, having divided into two, they made room for him.&#8221; See <a href=\"https:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/resources\/pdf\/jpts\/jpts_1887_ii.pdf\"><i>JPTS.,<\/i> 1887, p. 154 <i>ff.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n66\" href=\"#fn66\">66<\/a>]<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v558\"><i>Sn.<\/i> 558;<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/mn.092.horn.pts.htm#pg337\">below, p. 337.<\/a> This and the next line are quoted at <i>VinA.<\/i> i. 115; <i>ItA.<\/i> 149; <i>UdA.<\/i> 84; <i>P\u1e6dsA.<\/i> i. 215; <i>Vism.<\/i> 201.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n67\" href=\"#fn67\">67<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>tasm\u0101 buddho&#8217;ami;<\/i> also <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/mn\/mn.092.horn.pts.htm#pg337\">below, p. 337<\/a> = <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v558\"><i>Sn.<\/i> 558,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/an\/idx_04_catukkanipata.htm#p37\"><i>A.<\/i> ii. 39;<\/a> <i>cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.026.pali.bd.htm#pg171\"><i>M.<\/i> i. 171,<\/a> <i>Vin.<\/i> i. 8.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n68\" href=\"#fn68\">68<\/a>]<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/kd\/iti\/iti.pali.bd.htm#pg100\"><i>Iti.<\/i> p. 100;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/an\/03_threes\/an03.058.pali.bd.htm#pg165\"><i>A.<\/i> i. 165;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/sn\/01_sagv\/idx_07_brahmanasamyutta.htm#p9\"><i>S.<\/i> i. 167;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/kd\/thig\/thig.pali.bd.htm#v63\"><i>Thig.<\/i> 63 f.<\/a> <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/dhp\/kd.dhp.mulr.sbe.htm#v423\"><i>Dhp.<\/i> 423;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v647\"><i>Sn.<\/i> 647,<\/a> of a brahman.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n69\" href=\"#fn69\">69<\/a>]<\/sup> This line also occurs at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/an\/idx_04_catukkanipata.htm#p23\"><i>A.<\/i> ii. 23.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n70\" href=\"#fn70\">70<\/a>]<\/sup> See also <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/an\/idx_04_catukkanipata.htm#p23\"><i>A.<\/i> ii. 23.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n71\" href=\"#fn71\">71<\/a>]<\/sup> As at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.089.pali.bd.htm#pg120\"><i>M.<\/i> ii. 120.<\/a> <i>cf.<\/i> <i>S.<\/i> i. <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/sn\/01_sagv\/sn01.07.001-022.pali.bd.htm#pg178\">178,<\/a> 193. See Intr. p. xxv. above.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n72\" href=\"#fn72\">72<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>Cf.<\/i> <i>Vin.<\/i> i. 15, ii. 155 <i>ff.<\/i>; <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.03.pali.bd.htm#pg110\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 110;<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.056.pali.bd.htm#pg379\"><i>M.<\/i> i 379,<\/a> etc.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n73\" href=\"#fn73\">73<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>sara\u1e47a\u0271<\/i> not in Chalmers&#8217; text; probably omitted by an oversight.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n74\" href=\"#fn74\">74<\/a>]<\/sup> For this paragraph <i>cf.<\/i> <i>M.<\/i> iii. <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.140.pali.bd.htm#pg247\">247,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_3.htm#p146\">270;<\/a> <i>S.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/sn\/04_salv\/idx_35_salayatanasamyutta.htm#p89\">iv. 63,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/sn\/05_mv\/idx_55_sotapattisamyutta.htm#p4\">v. 346;<\/a> <i>Ud.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/kd\/ud\/idx_ud.htm#p8\">8,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/kd\/ud\/idx_ud.htm#p50\">50.<\/a> In all these passages other men are concerned, and other bourns.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n75\" href=\"#fn75\">75<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>paccap\u0101di dhammass\u0101nudhammam.<\/i> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 398 says: &#8220;In this Discourse <i>Dhamma<\/i> means the Way of perfection <i>(arahattamagga)<\/i>; <i>anudhamma<\/i> means the three lower Ways and the fruits of recluseship. The meaning is that he acquired these in successive order.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n76\" href=\"#fn76\">76<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>M.<\/i> text reads <i>navama\u0271 vihesesi,<\/i> instead of <i>na ca ma\u0271,<\/i> as in two variant readings of the text, in the parallel contexts, and at <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 398. This <i>navama\u0271<\/i> has misled Chalmers, although it might be argued that his &#8220;difficulty with the ninth stage&#8221; (of meditation?) is borne out to some extent by the fact that Brahmayu is not said to have achieved arahantship, being spoken of in words descriptive only of a non-returner. 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