{"id":35874,"date":"2022-08-22T07:09:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T00:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/2022\/08\/22\/sutta-98\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T20:21:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T13:21:53","slug":"kinh-trung-bo-eng-98-kinh-vasettha-vasettha-sutta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamhoc.org\/trang-chu\/2022\/08\/22\/kinh-trung-bo-eng-98-kinh-vasettha-vasettha-sutta\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinh Trung B\u1ed9 ENG  98 Kinh V\u0101settha (V\u0101settha sutta)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35874\" class=\"elementor elementor-35874\">\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-852273a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-space-around elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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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#p98\">Sutta 98<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"ctr\">V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha 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=\"ctr\">Translated from the Pali by I.B. 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href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/mnl\/mn\/mn.098.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 the Lord was staying near Icch\u0101na\u1e45kala in a forest glade near Icch\u0101na\u1e45kala.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Now at that time many wealthy and distinguished brahmans<br\/>were living in Icch\u0101na\u1e45kala,<br\/>such as the brahman Cank\u012b,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn2\" href=\"#n2\">2<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>the brahman T\u0101rukkha,<br\/>the brahman Pokkharas\u0101ti,<br\/>the brahman J\u0101\u1e47usso\u1e47i,<br\/>the brahman Todeyya,<br\/>and other wealthy and distinguished brahmans.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn3\" href=\"#n3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then as the brahman youths V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha and Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja were pacing up and down<br\/>and roaming about on foot,<br\/>this chance conversation arose:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;How is one a brahman?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The brahman youth Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja spoke thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;If one is of pure birth<br\/>on both the mother&#8217;s and the father&#8217;s side,<br\/><a id=\"pg380\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[380]<\/b><\/span><\/a> and is of pure descent<br\/>back through seven generations,<br\/>unchallenged and irreproachable in respect of birth,<br\/>then is one a brahman.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">The brahman youth V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha spoke thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;If one is of moral habit<br\/>and right practice,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn4\" href=\"#n4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>then is one a brahman.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">But neither was Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the brahman youth<br\/>able to convince V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha the brahman youth,<br\/>nor was V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha the brahman youth<br\/>able to convince Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the brahman youth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha the brahman youth<br\/>spoke thus to Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja the brahman youth:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja, this recluse Gotama,<br\/>the son of the Sakyans,<br\/>gone forth from a Sakyan clan,<br\/>is staying near Icch\u0101na\u1e45kala,<br\/>in a forest glade near Icch\u0101na\u1e45kala.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">And a lovely report has gone abroad about the recluse Gotama thus:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">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\">Let us go, good Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja;<br\/>we will approach the recluse Gotama,<br\/>and having approached<br\/>we will ask the recluse Gotama about this matter,<br\/>and as the recluse Gotama explains it to us,<br\/>so will we accept it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;Yes, sir,&#8221;<br\/>the brahman youth Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja answered<br\/>the brahman youth V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha in assent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Then the brahman youths V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha<br\/>and Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja<br\/>approached the Lord;<br\/>having approached,<br\/>they exchanged greetings with the Lord;<br\/>having conversed in a friendly and courteous way,<br\/>they 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\/>V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha the brahman youth<br\/>addressed the Lord in these verses:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8220;Both of us have been recognised as<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn5\" href=\"#n5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> and we claim to be three-Veda-(men),<br\/>I, of Pokkharas\u0101ti (a pupil), this brahman youth of T\u0101rukkha.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn6\" href=\"#n6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>In what is pointed out of the three Vedas &#8211; in that we are whole:<br\/>We are versed in the <i>pada-p\u0101\u1e6dha,<\/i><span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn7\" href=\"#n7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> grammarians, in speaking we are like teachers.<br\/><a id=\"pg381\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[381]<\/b><\/span><\/a>There is contention between us, Gotama, in respect of birth:<br\/>&#8216;By birth one is a brahman&#8217; &#8211; so speaks Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja;<br\/>But I say, &#8216;By doing&#8217;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn8\" href=\"#n8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> &#8211; let the Visioned One know it thus.<br\/>As we are each unable to convince the other,<br\/>We come to ask the revered Self-Awakened One, widely famed.<br\/>As people salute the moon when it has come to the full,<br\/>So, in the world, honouring him, do they thus praise Gotama.<br\/>We are asking Gotama, the Eye risen in the world:<br\/>Is one by birth a brahman or does one (so) become by doing?<br\/>Tell us this who know not, that a brahman we may know.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">Gotama:<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn9\" href=\"#n9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t      <p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8220;V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha, I will expound<br\/>To you in gradual and very truth<br\/>Division in the kinds<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn10\" href=\"#n10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> of living things;<br\/>For kinds divide.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn11\" href=\"#n11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>Behold the grass and trees!<br\/>They reason not, yet they possess the mark<br\/>After their kind, for kinds indeed divide.<br\/>Consider then the beetles, moths and ants:<br\/>They after their kind too possess the mark<br\/>After their kind, for kinds indeed divide.<br\/>And so four-footed creatures, great and small<br\/>They after their kind too possess the mark<br\/>After their kind, for kinds indeed divide.<br\/>The reptiles, snakes, the long-backed animals<br\/>They after their kind too possess the mark<br\/>After their kind, for kinds indeed divide.<br\/><a id=\"pg382\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[382]<\/b><\/span><\/a> Fish and pond-feeders, water-denizens<br\/>They after their kind too possess the mark<br\/>After their kind, for kinds indeed divide.<br\/>Birds and the winged creatures, fowls o&#8217; the air,<br\/>They after their kind all possess the mark<br\/>For kinds indeed divide. Each after his kind bears<br\/>His mark; in man there is not manifold.<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn12\" href=\"#n12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>Not in the hair or head or ears or eyes,<br\/>Not in the mouth or nose or lips or brows,<br\/>Not in the throat, hips, belly or the back,<br\/>Not in the rump, sex-organs or the breast,<br\/>Not in the hands or feet, fingers or nails,<br\/>Not in the legs or thighs, colour or voice,<br\/>Is mark that forms his kind as in all else.<br\/>Nothing unique<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn13\" href=\"#n13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> is in men&#8217;s bodies found:<br\/>The difference in men is nominal.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">The man forsooth who earns his livelihood<br\/>By minding cows and fields, know, V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha,<br\/>He is a farmer, not a brahmana!<br\/>Who works at diverse crafts, know him to be<br\/>An artisan and not a brahmana!<br\/>Who plies a trade for livelihood, know him<br\/>To be a trader, not a brahmana!<br\/>Who toils in service for another man,<br\/>Know as a servant, not a brahmana!<br\/>Who lives by taking things not giv&#8217;n, know him<br\/>To be a thief and not a brahmana!<br\/>Who lives indeed by archery, know him<br\/>To be a soldier, not a brahmana!<br\/>Who lives by priestly craft, know him to be<br\/>A celebrant and not a brahmana!<br\/>And he who owns the village, countryside,<br\/>Know him as a rajah and no brahmana!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">I call none &#8216;brahman&#8217; from mere parentage,<br\/>Tho&#8217; he be &#8216;Sir&#8217;-ed and wealthy too: the man<br\/>Of naught, who grasps not, brahman him I call!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who cuts all fetters, thirsting not, fears not,<br\/>Fetter-free, boundless, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who cuts thong, halter, strap, and cord, throws off<br\/><a id=\"pg383\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[383]<\/b><\/span><\/a> The bar,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn14\" href=\"#n14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> has woken, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who, blameless, bears blows, bonds, abuse, well armed<br\/>With strength of patience, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Him wrathless, spotless, moral, free of pride,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn15\" href=\"#n15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>Last body bearing, tamed, I brahman call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">As water on a leaf, as seed on awl,<br\/>Who to lust clings not, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who knows here now that ill for self is quenched,<br\/>Burden-dropped,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn16\" href=\"#n16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> boundless, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Him of deep wisdom, sage, skilled in all ways,<br\/>Won to the goal supreme, I brahman call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who not with homeless nor with householder sorts,<br\/>Frugal, resort-less, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who rod lays by &#8216;gainst weak and strong, slays not,<br\/>To slay incites none, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Him cool<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn17\" href=\"#n17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> mid violence, mid foes no foe,<br\/>Mid grasping grasping not, I brahman call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">From whom hate, passion, pride, and guile have fall&#8217;n,<br\/>As seed from needle, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who teaches gently, utters words of truth,<br\/>And none offendeth, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who here takes naught, long, short, small, large, good, bad,<br\/>Nothing not given, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">In whom no hopes are found for here or yon,<br\/>Fetter-free, hope-free, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">In whom no grooves are found, gone doubt, who knows,<br\/>Won to depths deathless,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn18\" href=\"#n18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who here has passed bond of both good and ill<br\/>Griefless, cleansed, dustless, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\"><a id=\"pg384\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[384]<\/b><\/span><\/a> Him spotless, cleansed, unclouded, clear as moon,<br\/>With &#8216;life&#8217;<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn19\" href=\"#n19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> and pleasure quenched, I brahman call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who hath this bog, false, painful round, passed o&#8217;er,<br\/>Crossed and yon-fared, a muser, doubt gone, still,<br\/>Cool<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn20\" href=\"#n20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> in detachment, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who pleasures here forsakes and homeless fares,<br\/>Lust and &#8216;life&#8217;<span class=\"f3\"><sup>[<a href=\"#n19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> ended, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who craving here forsakes and homeless fares,<br\/>Craving, &#8216;life&#8217;<span class=\"f3\"><sup>[<a href=\"#n19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> ended, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\"><a id=\"snp.iii.9.48\">Him<\/a> rid of human yoke, passed deva-yoke,<br\/>Fetterless, free of yokes, I brahman call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Him rid of likes and dislikes, cool,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn21\" href=\"#n21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> detached,<br\/>Vigorous, world-conqueror, I brahman call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who knows of all men the rise and fall, uncaught,<br\/>Awake, well-faring, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Whose lot men, devas, gandharvas know not,<br\/>Cankerless, worthy,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn22\" href=\"#n22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Him for whom present, future, past, holds naught,<br\/>Who grasps not, man-of-naught, I brahman call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">The bull, elect, the hero, victor, sage,<br\/>Awake, still, washen, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\"><a id=\"v647\"><span class=\"f2 c\"><b>[647]<\/b><\/span><\/a> Who knows his former life, sees heaven and hell,<br\/>Won to birth&#8217;s ending, brahman him I call.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">What the world holds as &#8216;name&#8217; and &#8216;lineage&#8217;<br\/>Is indeed nominal, terms risen here<br\/>And there by popular opinion,<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Adhered to long, views of the ignorant!<br\/>The ignorant declare: &#8216;A brahman is<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\"><a id=\"v650\"><span class=\"f2 c\"><b>[650]<\/b><\/span><\/a> By birth.&#8217; None is by birth a brahman; none<br\/>By birth no brahmana; by deeds is one<br\/>A brahmana, by deeds no brahmana!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\"><a id=\"pg385\"><span class=\"f2 g\"><b>[385]<\/b><\/span><\/a> By deeds one is a farmer and by deeds<br\/>An artisan, by deeds a trader too;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">By deeds one is a servant and a thief,<br\/>By deeds a soldier and a celebrant,<br\/>And even so a rajah is by deeds.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">&#8216;Tis thus in truth the wise perceive the deed,<br\/>Seers of origin by way of cause,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn23\" href=\"#n23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><br\/>Men expert in result of deeds. The world<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Revolves by deeds, mankind revolves by deeds;<br\/>As pin holds fast the rolling chariot&#8217;s wheel,<br\/>So beings are in bondage held by deeds.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">A brahman one becomes by Brahma-faring,<br\/>By temperance, austerity, restraint:<br\/>This is indeed supreme for brahmanhood.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 in2\">Who by three Vedas is accomplished,<br\/>With no more coming here, and man-of-calm,<br\/>Know thou, V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha, even thus of him:<br\/>He is of knowers Sakka<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn24\" href=\"#n24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span> and Brahm\u0101!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">When this had been said, the brahman youths V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha and Bh\u0101radv\u0101ja spoke thus to the Lord:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">&#8220;It is wonderful, good Gotama,<br\/>wonderful, good Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">It is as if, good Gotama,<br\/>one might set upright what had been upset,<br\/>or might disclose what was covered,<br\/>or point out the way<br\/>to one who had gone astray,<br\/>or might bring an oil-lamp into the darkness<br\/>so that those with vision might see material shapes &#8211;<br\/>even so is <i>Dhamma<\/i> made clear<br\/>in many a figure by the good Gotama.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4\">We are going to the revered Gotama for refuge,<span class=\"f1\"><sup>[<a id=\"fn25\" href=\"#n25\">25<\/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 good Gotama accept us<br\/>as lay-disciples,<br\/>going for refuge from today forth<br\/>for as long as life lasts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"f4 ctr\">Discourse to V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha<\/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> The text of this Discourse is not given in <i>M.<\/i> ii. It is the same as the <i>V\u0101se\u1e6d\u1e6dha Sutta<\/i> at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.pali.bd.htm#III.9\"><i>Sn.<\/i> p. 115 <i>ff.<\/i><\/a> The <i>Comys<\/i> (<i>SnA<\/i> 462 <i>ff.<\/i> and <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 431 <i>ff.<\/i>) show several interesting variations. <i>Cf.<\/i> also <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/dn\/dn.19.pali.bd.htm#pg235\"><i>D.<\/i> i. 235 <i>ff.<\/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. 431 says that Cank\u012b and the four others were priests of King Pasenadi.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n3\" href=\"#fn3\">3<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 431: &#8220;every six months they gather together in two places: if they want to purify (their) birth <i>(j\u0101ti\u0271 sodhetuk\u0101m\u0101),<\/i> then for this purpose they gather together at Ukka\u1e6d\u1e6dh\u0101 under Pokkharas\u0101ti. If they want to purify the <i>mantras,<\/i> then they gather together at Icch\u0101na\u1e45kala. At this time they gathered together there for purifying the <i>mantras.<\/i>&#8221; <i>SnA<\/i> 462 says that they were there for meditating upon and thoroughly examining the Vedas.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n4\" href=\"#fn4\">4<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>MA.<\/i> iii. 432 = <i>SnA.<\/i> 463, in explanation of <i>kamman\u0101<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v696\">(<i>Sn.<\/i> 696)<\/a> say: &#8220;to say one &#8216;is of moral habit&#8217; <i>(s\u012blava)<\/i> refers to the sevenfold ways of skilled <i>kamma<\/i> in gesture and speech; referring to the threefold <i>kamma<\/i> of mind, one says &#8216;endowed with right practice&#8217; <i>(vat(t)a-sampanna)&#8221;.<\/i>  See <i>M.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/backmatter\/indexes\/sutta\/mn\/idx_majjhima_nikaya_1.htm#p41\">Sta. 41<\/a> for this tenfold way of skilled action.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n5\" href=\"#fn5\">5<\/a>]<\/sup> By their teachers.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n6\" href=\"#fn6\">6<\/a>]<\/sup> For passages parallel to these verses see the Concordance in <i>Wov. Cads.,<\/i> p. 199 <i>f.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n7\" href=\"#fn7\">7<\/a>]<\/sup> An educated brahman who can pronounce each word in a <i>mantra<\/i> separately &#8220;without coalescence or <i>sa\u0271dhi<\/i> and with its own specific accent&#8221; is a <i>padaka,<\/i> <i>i.e.<\/i> versed in Vedic lines and words. See R. N. Dandekar, <i>Cultural Background of the Vedas,<\/i> UCR. vol. XI, Nos. 3 and 4, July-October, 1953, p. 139.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n8\" href=\"#fn8\">8<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>kamman\u0101,<\/i> see <a href=\"#n4\">above, p. 380, <i>n.<\/i> 1.<\/a> It therefore appears to mean by accomplished training, that is in <i>s\u012bla<\/i> and mind development; and thus has no pronounced reference to past <i>kamma<\/i> working in the present. <i>P.E.D.<\/i> gives &#8220;by character.&#8221; In the following verses, <i>e.g.<\/i> <a href=\"#v650\">650 <i>ff.<\/i>,<\/a> I follow E. M. Hare in translating as &#8220;deeds.&#8221; <i>Cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/sbe\/kd\/snp\/kd.snp.faus.sbe.htm#v136\"><i>Sn.<\/i> 136:<\/a> <i>kamman\u0101 vasalo hoti kamman\u0101 hoti br\u0101hmano,<\/i> which <i>SnA.<\/i> 183 explains as: &#8220;he is an outcaste from thriving on impure <i>kamma,<\/i> a brahman from driving out what is impure by means of pure <i>kamma<\/i> &#8220;(or, &#8220;doing,&#8221; <i>kammun\u0101,<\/i> where <i>kammun\u0101,<\/i> is but a variant of the instrumental <i>kamman\u0101<\/i>).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n9\" href=\"#fn9\">9<\/a>]<\/sup> From here to the end of the verses I give E. M. Hare&#8217;s translation in <i>Woven Cadences.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n10\" href=\"#fn10\">10<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>j\u0101ti,<\/i> kind or birth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n11\" href=\"#fn11\">11<\/a>]<\/sup> There is a diversity of kind.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n12\" href=\"#fn12\">12<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>I.e.<\/i> no variety of native marks.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n13\" href=\"#fn13\">13<\/a>]<\/sup> Or specific.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n14\" href=\"#fn14\">14<\/a>]<\/sup> Or, lifts the barrier, <i>ukkhittapaligha,<\/i> as at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.022.pali.bd.htm#pg139\"><i>M.<\/i> i. 139.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n15\" href=\"#fn15\">15<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>anussada\u0271.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n16\" href=\"#fn16\">16<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>pannabh\u0101ra,<\/i> as at <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pali\/mn\/mn.022.pali.bd.htm#pg139\"><i>M.<\/i> i. 139.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n17\" href=\"#fn17\">17<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>nibbuta.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n18\" href=\"#fn18\">18<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>amatogadha,<\/i> the plunge into deathlessness.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n19\" href=\"#fn19\">19<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>bhava.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n20\" href=\"#fn20\">20<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>nibbuta.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n21\" href=\"#fn21\">21<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>s\u012btibh\u016bta,<\/i> cooled, become cool.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n22\" href=\"#fn22\">22<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>arahania\u0271.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n23\" href=\"#fn23\">23<\/a>]<\/sup> <i>pa\u1e6dicca-samupp\u0101da-das\u0101.<\/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>T\u012bhi vijj\u0101hi.<\/i> The three knowledges of the arahant: knowledge of past lives; knowledge of the outcome of deeds; knowledge that the corrupting influences (lust, existence, blindness) have been destroyed.<\/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=\"n24\" href=\"#fn24\">24<\/a>]<\/sup> Note at <i>Woo. Gads.<\/i> p. 97 reads; &#8220;<i>Sn.<\/i> Index suggests word-play; so perhaps &#8216;best possible of knowers.&#8217; <i>T\u012bhi vijj\u0101hi<\/i> may refer to the &#8216;triple lore&#8217; given in verse <a href=\"#v647\">647 above,<\/a> see <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/sn\/01_sagv\/sn01.07.008.rhyc.pts.htm#pg208\"><i>K.S.<\/i> i. 208<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/obo.genaud.net\/..\/..\/dhamma-vinaya\/pts\/an\/03_threes\/an03.058.wood.pts.htm#pg149\"><i>G.S.<\/i> i. 149.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lgqt\"><sup>[<a id=\"n25\" href=\"#fn25\">25<\/a>]<\/sup> According to <i>DA.<\/i> 406 this was their first time of going for refuge. 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