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Majjhima Nikāya 91

Brahmāyusutta

With Brahmāyu · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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“Ye te dvattiṁsāti sutā,
mahāpurisalakkhaṇā;
Sabbe te mama kāyasmiṁ,
mā te kaṅkhāhu brāhmaṇa.
Abhiññeyyaṁ abhiññātaṁ,
bhāvetabbañca bhāvitaṁ;
Pahātabbaṁ pahīnaṁ me,
tasmā buddhosmi brāhmaṇa.
Diṭṭhadhammahitatthāya,
samparāyasukhāya ca;
Katāvakāso pucchassu,
yaṁ kiñci abhipatthitan”ti.

Atha kho brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi:
“katāvakāso khomhi samaṇena gotamena.
Kiṁ nu kho ahaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ puccheyyaṁ:
‘diṭṭhadhammikaṁ vā atthaṁ samparāyikaṁ vā’”ti.
Atha kho brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi:
“kusalo kho ahaṁ diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ atthānaṁ.
Aññepi maṁ diṭṭhadhammikaṁ atthaṁ pucchanti.
Yannūnāhaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ samparāyikaṁyeva atthaṁ puccheyyan”ti.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:
“Kathaṁ kho brāhmaṇo hoti,
kathaṁ bhavati vedagū;
Tevijjo bho kathaṁ hoti,
sotthiyo kinti vuccati.
Arahaṁ bho kathaṁ hoti,
kathaṁ bhavati kevalī;
Muni ca bho kathaṁ hoti,
buddho kinti pavuccatī”ti.

Atha kho bhagavā brahmāyuṁ brāhmaṇaṁ gāthāhi paccabhāsi:
“Pubbenivāsaṁ yo vedi,
saggāpāyañca passati;
Atho jātikkhayaṁ patto,
abhiññā vosito muni.
Cittaṁ visuddhaṁ jānāti,
muttaṁ rāgehi sabbaso;
Pahīnajātimaraṇo,
brahmacariyassa kevalī;
Pāragū sabbadhammānaṁ,
buddho tādī pavuccatī”ti.

Evaṁ vutte, brahmāyu brāhmaṇo uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavato pādāni mukhena ca paricumbati, pāṇīhi ca parisambāhati, nāmañca sāveti:
“brahmāyu ahaṁ, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo;
brahmāyu ahaṁ, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo”ti.

Atha kho sā parisā acchariyabbhutacittajātā ahosi:
“acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho.
Yatra hi nāmāyaṁ brahmāyu brāhmaṇo ñāto yasassī evarūpaṁ paramanipaccakāraṁ karissatī”ti.
Atha kho bhagavā brahmāyuṁ brāhmaṇaṁ etadavoca:
“alaṁ, brāhmaṇa, uṭṭhaha nisīda tvaṁ sake āsane yato te mayi cittaṁ pasannan”ti.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo uṭṭhahitvā sake āsane nisīdi.

Atha kho bhagavā brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa anupubbiṁ kathaṁ kathesi, seyyathidaṁ—
dānakathaṁ, sīlakathaṁ, saggakathaṁ;
kāmānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ nekkhamme ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.
Yadā bhagavā aññāsi brahmāyuṁ brāhmaṇaṁ kallacittaṁ muducittaṁ vinīvaraṇacittaṁ udaggacittaṁ pasannacittaṁ, atha yā buddhānaṁ sāmukkaṁsikā dhammadesanā taṁ pakāsesi—
dukkhaṁ, samudayaṁ, nirodhaṁ, maggaṁ.
Seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṁ vatthaṁ apagatakāḷakaṁ sammadeva rajanaṁ paṭiggaṇheyya;
evameva brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa tasmiṁyeva āsane virajaṁ vītamalaṁ dhammacakkhuṁ udapādi:
“yaṁ kiñci samudayadhammaṁ sabbaṁ taṁ nirodhadhamman”ti.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo diṭṭhadhammo pattadhammo viditadhammo pariyogāḷhadhammo tiṇṇavicikiccho vigatakathaṅkatho vesārajjappatto aparappaccayo satthusāsane bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama.
Seyyathāpi, bho gotama, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṁ bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.
Esāhaṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.
Upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gataṁ.
Adhivāsetu ca me bhavaṁ gotamo svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.
Adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo bhagavato adhivāsanaṁ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.

Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo tassā rattiyā accayena sake nivesane paṇītaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ paṭiyādāpetvā bhagavato kālaṁ ārocāpesi:
“kālo, bho gotama, niṭṭhitaṁ bhattan”ti.
Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghena.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo sattāhaṁ buddhappamukhaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi.

Atha kho bhagavā tassa sattāhassa accayena videhesu cārikaṁ pakkāmi.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo acirapakkantassa bhagavato kālamakāsi.
Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:
“brahmāyu, bhante, brāhmaṇo kālaṅkato.
Tassa kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo”ti?
“Paṇḍito, bhikkhave, brahmāyu brāhmaṇo paccapādi dhammassānudhammaṁ, na ca maṁ dhammādhikaraṇaṁ vihesesi.
Brahmāyu, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇo pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā opapātiko hoti, tattha parinibbāyī, anāvattidhammo tasmā lokā”ti.
Idamavoca bhagavā.
Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.
Brahmāyusuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ paṭhamaṁ.

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