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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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 84<br />
Esāhaṁ Bhante Bhagavantaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi,<br />
I go, venerable Sir, to the Gracious One for refuge,<br />
Dhammañ-ca Bhikkhusaṅghañ-ca.<br />
and to the Dhamma, and to the Community of monks. 141<br />
Upāsakaṁ maṁ Bhagavā dhāretu<br />
Please bear it in mind, Gracious One, that I am a lay follower<br />
ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan,”-ti<br />
who has gone for refuge from today forward for as long as I have the breath of life,”<br />
so va loke paṭhamaṁ upāsako ahosi tevāciko.<br />
and he became the first lay disciple in the world with the three(-refuge) formula.<br />
Atha kho Yasassa kulaputtassa pituno Dhamme desiyamāne<br />
<strong>The</strong>n while Dhamma was being taught to the young man Yasa’s father<br />
yathādiṭṭhaṁ yathāviditaṁ bhūmiṁ paccavekkhantassa,<br />
as (Yasa) was reflecting on the stage (he had reached), just as it was seen, as it was<br />
understood,<br />
anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimucci.<br />
his mind was liberated from the pollutants without attachment.<br />
Atha kho Bhagavato etad-ahosi:<br />
<strong>The</strong>n this occurred to the Gracious One:<br />
“Yasassa kho kulaputtassa pituno Dhamme desiyamāne<br />
“While Dhamma was being taught to the young man Yasa’s father<br />
yathādiṭṭhaṁ yathāviditaṁ bhūmiṁ paccavekkhantassa<br />
as (Yasa) was reflecting on the stage (he had reached), just as it was seen, as it was<br />
understood,<br />
anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimuttaṁ.<br />
his mind was liberated from the pollutants without attachment.<br />
Abhabbo kho Yaso kulaputto hīnāyāvattitvā kāme paribhuñjituṁ<br />
It is impossible that the young man Yasa could go back to enjoying the low life of<br />
sensual pleasures<br />
141 At this point there was no bhikkhunī saṅgha, but it seems this formula was still in use even<br />
after that saṅgha was formed, which is traditionally placed by <strong>The</strong>ravāda tradition in the<br />
6th year after the Awakening.