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Majjhima Nikāya 89

Dhammacetiyasutta

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furthermorePuna and moreovercaparāhaṁ, venerable sirbhante, I seepassāmi here someidhekacce astute aristocratskhattiyapaṇḍite subtlenipuṇe accomplished in the doctrines of otherskataparappavāde hair-splittersvālavedhirūpe. theyTe demolishingbhindantā I thinkmaññe they livecaranti with intellectpaññāgatena convictionsdiṭṭhigatāni.
theyTe they hearsuṇanti:
the ascetic‘samaṇo indeedkhalu, gentlemenbho, Gotamagotamo such-and-suchamukaṁ namednāma villagegāmaṁ orvā townnigamaṁ orvā will come downosarissatī’ti.
theyTe questionpañhaṁ they formulateabhisaṅkharonti:
this‘imaṁ wemayaṁ questionpañhaṁ asceticsamaṇaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ having approachedupasaṅkamitvā we will askpucchissāma.
if thusEvañce by usno askedpuṭṭho thusevaṁ he will answerbyākarissati, thus for himevamassa wemayaṁ argumentvādaṁ we will refuteāropessāma;
and if thusevañcepi by usno askedpuṭṭho thusevaṁ he will answerbyākarissati, thus for himevampissa wemayaṁ argumentvādaṁ we will refuteāropessāmā’ti.
theyTe they hearsuṇanti:
the ascetic‘samaṇo indeedkhalu, gentlemenbho, Gotamagotamo such-and-suchamukaṁ namednāma villagegāmaṁ orvā townnigamaṁ orvā has come downosaṭo’ti.
theyTe whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā there they approachtenupasaṅkamanti.
theyTe the Blessed Onebhagavā with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya educatessandasseti encouragessamādapeti fires upsamuttejeti inspiressampahaṁseti.
theyTe by the Blessed Onebhagavatā with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya educatedsandassitā encouragedsamādapitā fired upsamuttejitā inspiredsampahaṁsitā notna evenceva the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ questionpañhaṁ they askpucchanti, howkuto argumentvādaṁ will they refuteāropessanti?

invariablyAññadatthu of the Blessed Onebhagavato disciplessāvakā fully·becomesampajjanti.
this tooAyampi indeedkho to meme, sirbhante, about the Blessed Onebhagavati teaching + inferencedhammanvayo there ishoti:
fully·awakened‘sammāsambuddho the Blessed Onebhagavā, well·explainedsvākkhāto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā the teachingdhammo, well·practicingsuppaṭipanno of the Blessed Onebhagavato disciple·Saṅghasāvakasaṅgho’ti.

furthermorePuna and Icaparāhaṁ, venerable sirbhante, I seepassāmi some hereidhekacce brahmin·astutebrāhmaṇapaṇḍite … pe ……pe…

householder + astutegahapatipaṇḍite … pe ……pe…

ascetic·astutesamaṇapaṇḍite subtlenipuṇe accomplished·doctrines of otherskataparappavāde hair·splitting·appearingvālavedhirūpe. theyTe splitting apartbhindantā it seemsmaññe they wandercaranti wisdom·attainedpaññāgatena view·attaineddiṭṭhigatāni.
theyTe they hearsuṇanti:
the ascetic‘samaṇo indeedkhalu, sirbho, Gotamagotamo such and suchamukaṁ namednāma a villagegāmaṁ orvā a townnigamaṁ orvā he will enterosarissatī’ti.
theyTe a questionpañhaṁ towards·together·prepareabhisaṅkharonti:
this‘imaṁ wemayaṁ questionpañhaṁ the asceticsamaṇaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ near·together·goupasaṅkamitvā we will askpucchissāma.
and if thusEvañce by usno askedpuṭṭho thusevaṁ out·dobyākarissati, then for himevamassa wemayaṁ a doctrinevādaṁ up·raiseāropessāma;
thus + if + alsoevañcepi by usno askedpuṭṭho thusevaṁ out·dobyākarissati, then also for himevampissa wemayaṁ a doctrinevādaṁ up·raiseāropessāmā’ti.
theyTe they hearsuṇanti:
the ascetic‘samaṇo indeedkhalu, sirbho, Gotamagotamo such and suchamukaṁ namednāma a villagegāmaṁ orvā a townnigamaṁ orvā he has enteredosaṭo’ti.
theyTe whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā they approach himtenupasaṅkamanti.
theyTe the Blessed Onebhagavā with Dhammadhammiyā with talkkathāya fully·showsandasseti fully·to·urgesamādapeti fully·up·rousesamuttejeti fully·forth·gladdensampahaṁseti.
theyTe by the Blessed Onebhagavatā with Dhammadhammiyā with talkkathāya fully·shownsandassitā fully·urgedsamādapitā fully·rousedsamuttejitā fully·gladdenedsampahaṁsitā notna evenceva the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ a questionpañhaṁ they askpucchanti, howkuto a doctrinevādaṁ up·raiseāropessanti?
invariablyAññadatthu Blessed One + himselfbhagavantaṁyeva an opportunityokāsaṁ they requestyācanti from homeagārasmā to homelessnessanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāya.

heTe the Blessed Onebhagavā causes to go forthpabbājeti.
theyTe thus·gone-forthtathāpabbajitā beingsamānā aloneekā withdrawnvūpakaṭṭhā diligentappamattā keenātāpino resolutepahitattā livingviharantā before long—for the sake of whichnacirasseva—yassatthāya clansmenkulaputtā rightlysammadeva from homeagārasmā into homelessnessanagāriyaṁ go forthpabbajanti, that supreme—the culmination of the spiritual lifetadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ in this very lifediṭṭheva in the teachingdhamme by themselvessayaṁ with insightabhiññā having realizedsacchikatvā having attainedupasampajja they liveviharanti.
theyTe thus spokeevamāhaṁsu:
we were almost‘manaṁ indeedvata, sirsbho, lostanassāma; we were almostmanaṁ indeedvata, sirsbho, perishedpanassāma’.
for weMayañhi previouslypubbe not asceticsassamaṇāva beingsamānā we are asceticssamaṇāmhāti we claimedpaṭijānimhā, not brahminsabrāhmaṇāva beingsamānā we are brahminsbrāhmaṇāmhāti we claimedpaṭijānimhā, not perfected onesanarahantova beingsamānā we are perfected onesarahantāmhāti we claimedpaṭijānimhā.
now‘Idāni we arekhomha asceticssamaṇā, nowidāni we arekhomha brahminsbrāhmaṇā, nowidāni we arekhomha perfected onesarahanto’ti.
this tooAyampi indeedkho for meme, venerable sirbhante, in the Blessed Onebhagavati inference from the teachingdhammanvayo there ishoti:
fully awakened‘sammāsambuddho the Blessed Onebhagavā, well explainedsvākkhāto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā the teachingdhammo, practicing wellsuppaṭipanno of the Blessed Onebhagavato the Saṅgha of disciplessāvakasaṅgho’ti.

againPuna and further Icaparāhaṁ, venerable sirbhante, theseime Isidatta + Purāṇaisidattapurāṇā chamberlainsthapatayo my + mealsmamabhattā my + carriagesmamayānā, Iahaṁ to themnesaṁ for a livelihoodjīvikāya a giverdātā, of renownyasassa a bringerāhattā;
thenatha andca yetpana notno sotathā toward memayi humble + actionnipaccakāraṁ they showkaronti asyathā toward the Buddhabhagavati.
once it happened that IBhūtapubbāhaṁ, venerable sirbhante, an armysenaṁ leading outabbhuyyāto beingsamāno theseime andca Isidatta and Purāṇaisidattapurāṇā chamberlainsthapatayo testingvīmaṁsamāno in a certainaññatarasmiṁ crampedsambādhe houseāvasathe residencevāsaṁ I took upupagacchiṁ.
thenAtha indeedkho, venerable sirbhante, theseime Isidatta and Purāṇaisidattapurāṇā chamberlainsthapatayo much + indeedbahudeva nightrattiṁ on the teachingdhammiyā with talkkathāya having spentvītināmetvā, whereyato wasahosi the Buddhabhagavā from theretato headssīsaṁ having madekatvā memaṁ at the feetpādato having madekaritvā they lay downnipajjiṁsu.
of thatTassa of memayhaṁ, venerable sirbhante, this occurredetadahosi:
how incredible‘acchariyaṁ indeedvata oh lordbho, how amazingabbhutaṁ indeedvata oh lordbho.
theseIme Isidatta and Purāṇaisidattapurāṇā chamberlainsthapatayo sharing my mealsmamabhattā sharing my carriagesmamayānā, Iahaṁ to themnesaṁ for a livelihoodjīvikāya a giverdātā, of renownyasassa a bringerāhattā;
thenatha andca yetpana notno sotathā toward memayi deferencenipaccakāraṁ they showkaronti asyathā toward the Buddhabhagavati.

clearlyAddhā theseime venerablesāyasmanto of thattassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato in the teachingsāsane a higheruḷāraṁ than beforepubbenāparaṁ distinctionvisesaṁ they knowjānantī’ti.
this tooAyampi indeedkho to meme, venerable sirbhante, in the Blessed Onebhagavati inference from the teachingdhammanvayo ishoti:
a fully awakened one‘sammāsambuddho the Blessed Onebhagavā, well expoundedsvākkhāto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā teachingdhammo, practicing wellsuppaṭipanno of the Blessed Onebhagavato the community of disciplessāvakasaṅgho’ti.

furthermorePuna and·furthercaparaṁ, venerable sirbhante, Blessed One·toobhagavāpi an aristocratkhattiyo, I·tooahampi an aristocratkhattiyo;
Blessed One·toobhagavāpi Kosalankosalo, I·tooahampi Kosalankosalo;
Blessed One·toobhagavāpi eighty years oldāsītiko, I·tooahampi eighty years oldāsītiko.
which·tooYampi, venerable sirbhante, Blessed One·toobhagavāpi an aristocratkhattiyo I·tooahampi an aristocratkhattiyo, Blessed One·toobhagavāpi Kosalankosalo I·tooahampi Kosalankosalo, Blessed One·toobhagavāpi eighty years oldāsītiko I·tooahampi eighty years oldāsītiko;
by this very ground Iimināvārahāmevāhaṁ, venerable sirbhante, toward the Buddhabhagavati utmost·deferenceparamanipaccakāraṁ to actkātuṁ, love + manifestmittūpahāraṁ to conveyupadaṁsetuṁ.

well nowHanda andca nowdāni wemayaṁ, sirbhante, we gogacchāma;
having many dutiesbahukiccā wemayaṁ having much to dobahukaraṇīyā”ti.
please; if now“Yassadāni youtvaṁ, great kingmahārāja, timekālaṁ you thinkmaññasī”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā the Buddhabhagavantaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā respectful circumambulationpadakkhiṇaṁ having donekatvā he leftpakkāmi.

thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā recent·departedacirapakkantassa of the kingrañño Pasenadipasenadissa of Kosalakosalassa the mendicantsbhikkhū he addressed:āmantesi:
“this,“eso, mendicants,bhikkhave, kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo teaching·shrinesdhammacetiyāni having spokenbhāsitvā rise·seatuṭṭhāyāsanā departed.pakkanto.
learnUggaṇhatha, mendicants,bhikkhave, teaching·shrinesdhammacetiyāni;
memorizepariyāpuṇātha, mendicants,bhikkhave, teaching·shrinesdhammacetiyāni;
rememberdhāretha, mendicants,bhikkhave, teaching·shrinesdhammacetiyāni.
beneficial,Atthasaṁhitāni, mendicants,bhikkhave, teaching·shrinesdhammacetiyāni fundamentals·spiritual-lifeādibrahmacariyakānī”ti.
this·spokeIdamavoca the Blessed One.bhagavā.
satisfied,Attamanā thosete mendicantsbhikkhū of the Blessed Onebhagavato what was saidbhāsitaṁ they approved.abhinandunti.
teaching·shrines·discourseDhammacetiyasuttaṁ is finished,niṭṭhitaṁ the ninth.navamaṁ.

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