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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 88<br />

Atha kho āyasmato Yasassa Mātā ca purāṇadutiyikā ca<br />

<strong>The</strong>n the venerable Yasa’s Mother 144 and his former wife 145<br />

yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu,<br />

approached the Gracious One,<br />

upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā, ekam-antaṁ nisīdiṁsu.<br />

and after approaching and worshipping the Gracious One, they sat down on one side.<br />

Tāsaṁ Bhagavā anupubbikathaṁ kathesi,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Gracious One spoke about the gradual teaching to them,<br />

seyyathīdaṁ: dānakathaṁ sīlakathaṁ saggakathaṁ,<br />

that is to say: talk about giving, talk about virtue, talk about heaven,<br />

kāmānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ,<br />

the danger, degradation, and defilement of sensual desires,<br />

nekkhamme ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.<br />

and the advantages of renunciation, (these) he explained.<br />

Yadā tā Bhagavā aññāsi kallacittā muducittā,<br />

When the Gracious One knew that they had ready minds, pliable minds,<br />

vinīvaraṇacittā udaggacittā pasannacittā,<br />

open minds, uplifted minds, confident minds,<br />

atha yā Buddhānaṁ sāmukkaṁsikā Dhammadesanā taṁ pakāsesi:<br />

he explained to him the Dhamma teaching the Awakened Ones have discovered<br />

themselves:<br />

Dukkhaṁ Samudayaṁ Nirodhaṁ Maggaṁ.<br />

Suffering, Origination, Cessation, Path.<br />

Seyyathā pi nāma suddhaṁ vatthaṁ apagatakāḷakaṁ<br />

Just as it is known that a clean cloth without a stain<br />

sammad-eva rajanaṁ paṭiggaṇheyya,<br />

will take the dye well,<br />

evam-eva tāsaṁ tasmiṁ yeva āsane<br />

just so to them on that very seat,<br />

144 <strong>The</strong> Aṅguttaranikāya commentary (AA 14.7, Sujātavatthu) says this was Sujāta, who had<br />

offered milk-rice to the Bodhisatta just before his Awakening, and that she was named the<br />

foremost of the female lay followers (upāsikā) to take refuge.<br />

145 Lit: former second.

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