The Questions of the Student Mogharāja · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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“Dvāhaṁ sakkaṁ apucchissaṁ, (iccāyasmā mogharājā) Na me byākāsi cakkhumā; Yāvatatiyañca devīsi, Byākarotīti me sutaṁ.
“Twice I have asked the Sakyan,” said Venerable Mogharāja, “but you haven’t answered me, O Clear-eyed One. I have heard that the divine seer answers when questioned a third time.
Ayaṁ loko paro loko, brahmaloko sadevako; Diṭṭhiṁ te nābhijānāti, gotamassa yasassino.
Regarding this world, the other world, and the realm of divinity with its gods, I’m not familiar with the view of the renowned Gotama.
Evaṁ abhikkantadassāviṁ, atthi pañhena āgamaṁ; Kathaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ, maccurājā na passati”.
So I have come seeking with a question for the one of excellent vision. How to look upon the world so the King of Death won’t see you?”
“Suññato lokaṁ avekkhassu, Mogharāja sadā sato; Attānudiṭṭhiṁ ūhacca, Evaṁ maccutaro siyā; Evaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ, Maccurājā na passatī”ti. Mogharājamāṇavapucchā pannarasamā.
“Look upon the world as empty, Mogharāja, ever mindful. Having uprooted the theory of self, you may thus cross over death. That’s how to look upon the world so the King of Death won’t see you.”
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