MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
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IV. In Rājagaha - 159<br />
Atha kocar a hi devamanussaloke,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n where in the world with its gods and men,<br />
Rato mano Kassapa brūhi metan.”-ti<br />
Does your mind take delight, Kassapa, speak about this.”<br />
“Disvā padaṁ santam-anūpadhīkaṁ,<br />
“Having seen the state of peace, free of attachments,<br />
Akiñcanaṁ kāmabhave asattaṁ,<br />
(That) nothingness, unattached to the sensual realm,<br />
Anaññathābhāvim-anaññaneyyaṁ,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Unchangeable, 195 unknown to others,<br />
Tasmā na yiṭṭhe na hutte arañjin.”-ti<br />
I therefore take no delight in offerings and sacrifices.” 196<br />
Atha kho āyasmā Uruvelakassapo uṭṭhāyāsanā,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the venerable Uruvelakassapa, after rising from his seat,<br />
ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā,<br />
arranging his outer robe on one shoulder,<br />
Bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā,<br />
and falling with his head at the feet 197 of the Gracious One,<br />
Bhagavantaṁ etad-avoca:<br />
said to the Gracious One: 198<br />
“Satthā me Bhante Bhagavā sāvakoham-asmi,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Gracious One is my Teacher, venerable Sir, I am his disciple,<br />
Satthā me Bhante Bhagavā sāvakoham-asmī.” ti<br />
the Gracious One is my Teacher, venerable Sir, I am his disciple.” 199<br />
195 Lit: that which does not become other.<br />
196 Mahāvastu has these verses (with some variations) and follows them with several more<br />
unrecorded in the Pāḷi, which appear to be late additions.<br />
197 Nidāna: pādapiṭṭhe, at the foot-stool.<br />
198 Nidāna: sattatālappamāṇaṁ sattakkhattuṁ vehāsaṁ abbhuggantvā; after having risen into<br />
the sky seven times the height of seven Palmyra trees.<br />
199 Nidāna says the Buddha took the opportunity to preach the Mahānāradakassapajātaka (Jā<br />
544) at this point, which describes how he converted Kassapa in a previous life.