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.
“Those who have previously answered me,” said Venerable Hemaka, “before Gotama’s teaching, said ‘thus it was’ or ‘so it shall be’. All that was just the testament of hearsay; all that just fostered speculation: I found no delight in that.
and youTvañca
to meme
explain the teachingdhammamakkhāhi,
destroying cravingtaṇhānigghātanaṁ
sagemuni;
whichYaṁ
having understoodviditvā
mindfulsato
livingcaraṁ,
may cross overtare
in the worldloke
clingingvisattikaṁ”.
But you, sage, explain to me the teaching that destroys craving. Having understood it, one who lives mindfully may cross over clinging in the world.”
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.
“The removal of desire and lust, Hemaka, for pleasant things seen, heard, thought, or cognized here is extinguishment, the state that does not pass.
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.
Those who have fully understood this, mindful, are quenched in this very life. Always at peace, they’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”
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