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Majjhima Nikāya 75

Māgaṇḍiyasutta

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thatTaṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
haveapi indeednu by youte seendiṭṭho orvā heardsuto orvā a kingrājā orvā a royal ministerrājamahāmatto orvā with fivepañcahi kinds of sensual stimulationkāmaguṇehi suppliedsamappito providedsamaṅgībhūto amusing themselvesparicārayamāno craving for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhaṁ without giving upappahāya passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhaṁ without dispellingappaṭivinodetvā rid of thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ mind settledvūpasantacitto livedvihāsi orvā livesviharati orvā will liveviharissati or?”vā”ti?
No“No indeedhidaṁ, worthybho Gotama.gotama”.
Good,“Sādhu, Māgaṇḍiya.māgaṇḍiya.
by me tooMayāpi indeedkho this,etaṁ, Māgaṇḍiya,māgaṇḍiya, neverneva seendiṭṭhaṁ notna heardsutaṁ a kingrājā orvā a royal ministerrājamahāmatto orvā with fivepañcahi kinds of sensual stimulationkāmaguṇehi suppliedsamappito providedsamaṅgībhūto amusing themselvesparicārayamāno craving for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhaṁ without giving upappahāya passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhaṁ without dispellingappaṭivinodetvā rid of thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ mind settledvūpasantacitto livedvihāsi orvā livesviharati orvā will liveviharissati or.vā.

thenAtha indeedkho, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, whoye forhi anykeci asceticssamaṇā orvā brahminsbrāhmaṇā orvā rid of thirstvigatapipāsā internallyajjhattaṁ with minds settledvūpasantacittā they livedvihāsuṁ orvā they liveviharanti orvā they will liveviharissanti orvā allsabbe thosete of sensual pleasures indeedkāmānaṁyeva the origin andsamudayañca the ending andatthaṅgamañca the gratification andassādañca the drawback andādīnavañca the escape andnissaraṇañca as it truly isyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā craving for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā rid of thirstvigatapipāsā internallyajjhattaṁ with minds settledvūpasantacittā they livedvihāsuṁ orvā they liveviharanti orvā they will liveviharissanti or" quotation markervā”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā at thattāyaṁ timevelāyaṁ thisimaṁ heartfelt sentimentudānaṁ expressedudānesi:
health is the ultimate blessing“Ārogyaparamā blessinglābhā,
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ ultimateparamaṁ happinesssukhaṁ;
eightfoldAṭṭhaṅgiko andca of pathsmaggānaṁ,
safekhemaṁ leads to freedom from deathamatagāminan”ti.
thusEvaṁ when saidvutte, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiyo wandererparibbājako to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
incredible“acchariyaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, amazingabbhutaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama.
howYāva well said was thissubhāsitañcidaṁ by the worthybhotā Gotamagotamena:
health is the ultimate blessing‘ārogyaparamā blessinglābhā, extinguishmentnibbānaṁ ultimateparamaṁ happinesssukhan’ti.
by me tooMayāpi indeedkho thisetaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, heardsutaṁ of the pastpubbakānaṁ of wanderersparibbājakānaṁ of tutors of tutorsācariyapācariyānaṁ speakingbhāsamānānaṁ:
health is the ultimate blessing‘ārogyaparamā blessinglābhā, extinguishmentnibbānaṁ ultimateparamaṁ happinesssukhan’ti;
and thattayidaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, agreessametī”ti.
which“Yaṁ butpana by youte thisetaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, heardsutaṁ of the pastpubbakānaṁ of wanderersparibbājakānaṁ of tutors of tutorsācariyapācariyānaṁ speakingbhāsamānānaṁ:
health is the ultimate blessing‘ārogyaparamā blessinglābhā, extinguishmentnibbānaṁ ultimateparamaṁ happinesssukhan’ti, whatkatamaṁ thattaṁ healthārogyaṁ, whatkatamaṁ thattaṁ extinguishmentnibbānan”ti?
thusEvaṁ when saidvutte, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiyo wandererparibbājako his ownsakāneva justsudaṁ limbsgattāni with his handspāṇinā strokedanomajjati:
this is that“idantaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, healthārogyaṁ, this is thatidantaṁ extinguishmentnibbānaṁ.

for IAhañhi, sirbho Gotamagotama, nowetarahi healthyarogo happysukhī, notna memaṁ anythingkiñci afflictsābādhatī”ti.

suppose“Seyyathāpi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, blind from birthjaccandho personpuriso;
heso notna would seepasseyya dark or brightkaṇhasukkāni sightsrūpāni, notna would seepasseyya bluenīlakāni sightsrūpāni, notna would seepasseyya yellowpītakāni sightsrūpāni, notna would seepasseyya redlohitakāni sightsrūpāni, notna would seepasseyya magentamañjiṭṭhakāni sightsrūpāni, notna would seepasseyya even and uneven groundsamavisamaṁ, notna would seepasseyya starstārakarūpāni, notna would seepasseyya moon and suncandimasūriye.
heSo might hearsuṇeyya sightedcakkhumato sayingbhāsamānassa:
nice‘chekaṁ reallyvata, sirbho, whiteodātaṁ clothvatthaṁ attractiveabhirūpaṁ stainlessnimmalaṁ cleansucī’ti.
heSo search for whiteodātapariyesanaṁ would gocareyya.
but someoneTamenaṁ someaññataro personpuriso dirty, soiledtelamalikatena garmentsāhuḷicīrena would cheatvañceyya:
this‘idaṁ for youte, my manambho manpurisa, whiteodātaṁ clothvatthaṁ attractiveabhirūpaṁ stainlessnimmalaṁ cleansucī’ti.
heSo ittaṁ would takepaṭiggaṇheyya, having takenpaṭiggahetvā would put onpārupeyya, having put onpārupetvā glad-heartedattamano glad utteranceattamanavācaṁ would utternicchāreyya:
nice‘chekaṁ reallyvata, sirbho, whiteodātaṁ clothvatthaṁ attractiveabhirūpaṁ stainlessnimmalaṁ cleansucī’ti.
thatTaṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,

surelyapi nownu thatso born blindjaccandho personpuriso knowingjānanto seeingpassanto thatamuṁ smeared with oiltelamalikataṁ hempen ragsāhuḷicīraṁ would acceptpaṭiggaṇheyya, having acceptedpaṭiggahetvā would wearpārupeyya, having wornpārupetvā delightedattamano delighted utteranceattamanavācaṁ would utternicchāreyya:
beautiful‘chekaṁ indeedvata, sirbho, whiteodātaṁ clothvatthaṁ lovelyabhirūpaṁ spotlessnimmalaṁ cleansucī’ti orudāhu sighted one'scakkhumato faithsaddhāyā”ti?
not knowing“Ajānanto indeedhi, sirbho Gotamagotama, not seeingapassanto thatso born blindjaccandho personpuriso thatamuṁ smeared with oiltelamalikataṁ hempen ragsāhuḷicīraṁ would acceptpaṭiggaṇheyya, having acceptedpaṭiggahetvā would wearpārupeyya, having wornpārupetvā delightedattamano delighted utteranceattamanavācaṁ would utternicchāreyya:
beautiful‘chekaṁ indeedvata, sirbho, whiteodātaṁ clothvatthaṁ lovelyabhirūpaṁ spotlessnimmalaṁ cleansucī’ti, sighted one'scakkhumato faithsaddhāyā”ti.

just so“Evameva indeedkho, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, of other sectsaññatitthiyā wanderersparibbājakā blindandhā sightlessacakkhukā not knowingajānantā healthārogyaṁ, not seeingapassantā extinguishmentnibbānaṁ, thenatha andca but thispanimaṁ versegāthaṁ they recitebhāsanti:
health-ultimate‘ārogyaparamā blessingslābhā, extinguishmentnibbānaṁ ultimateparamaṁ happinesssukhan’ti.
by pastPubbakehesā, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, by perfected onesarahantehi by fully awakened Buddhassammāsambuddhehi versegāthā recitedbhāsitā:
health-ultimate‘Ārogyaparamā blessingslābhā,
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ ultimateparamaṁ happinesssukhaṁ;
eightfoldAṭṭhaṅgiko andca of pathsmaggānaṁ,
safekhemaṁ leading to freedom from deathamatagāminan’ti.
thisSā nowetarahi graduallyanupubbena a verse of ordinary peopleputhujjanagāthā.
thisAyaṁ indeedkho butpana, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, bodykāyo become a diseaserogabhūto become a boilgaṇḍabhūto become a dartsallabhūto become a gloomaghabhūto become an afflictionābādhabhūto, thisso youtvaṁ thisimaṁ bodykāyaṁ become a diseaserogabhūtaṁ become a boilgaṇḍabhūtaṁ become a dartsallabhūtaṁ become a gloomaghabhūtaṁ become an afflictionābādhabhūtaṁ:
this indeed‘idantaṁ, sirbho Gotamagotama, healthārogyaṁ, this indeedidantaṁ extinguishmentnibbānan’ti you sayvadesi.
thatTañhi yourte, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, nobleariyaṁ visioncakkhuṁ there is notnatthi by whichyena youtvaṁ nobleariyena with visioncakkhunā healthārogyaṁ you might knowjāneyyāsi, extinguishmentnibbānaṁ you might seepasseyyāsī”ti.

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