The Questions of the Student Hemaka · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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who“Ye
to meme
previouslypubbe
answeredviyākaṁsu,
said venerable(iccāyasmā
Hemakahemako)
beforeHuraṁ
Gotama's teachinggotamasāsanā;
thus it wasIccāsi
thusiti
so it shall bebhavissati,
allSabbaṁ
thattaṁ
the testament of hearsayitihītihaṁ;
allSabbaṁ
thattaṁ
fostered speculationtakkavaḍḍhanaṁ,
I did notNāhaṁ
theretattha
I found delightabhiramiṁ.
and youTvañca
to meme
explain the teachingdhammamakkhāhi,
destroying cravingtaṇhānigghātanaṁ
sagemuni;
whichYaṁ
having understoodviditvā
mindfulsato
livingcaraṁ,
may cross overtare
in the worldloke
clingingvisattikaṁ”.
here“Idha
in things seen, heard, thought, and cognizeddiṭṭhasutamutaviññātesu,
in pleasant thingsPiyarūpesu
Hemakahemaka;
removal of desire and lustChandarāgavinodanaṁ,
extinguishment, the state that does not passNibbānapadamaccutaṁ.
having fully understood thisEtadaññāya
whoye
mindfulsatā,
quenched in this very lifeDiṭṭhadhammābhinibbutā;
at peaceUpasantā
andca
theyte
alwayssadā,
crossed overTiṇṇā
in the worldloke
clingingvisattikan”ti.
the Questions of the Student HemakaHemakamāṇavapucchā
eighthaṭṭhamā.
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