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Mahakhandhako, The Great Chapter sections 1-4

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 50<br />

na cirasseva, yassatthāya kulaputtā sammad-eva<br />

after no long time (you will attain) that good for which young men of good family<br />

agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti,<br />

rightly go forth from the home to the homeless life,<br />

tad-anuttaraṁ brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ,<br />

that unsurpassed conclusion to the spiritual life,<br />

diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissathā.” ti<br />

and will dwell having known, experienced, and attained it yourselves in this very<br />

life.”<br />

Dutiyam-pi kho pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū Bhagavantaṁ etad-avocuṁ:<br />

For a second time the group-of-five monks said this to the Gracious One:<br />

“Tāya pi kho tvaṁ āvuso Gotama cariyāya,<br />

“But you, friend Gotama, by that (ascetic) lifestyle,<br />

tāya paṭipadāya tāya dukkarakārikāya,<br />

that practice, that difficult way of living,<br />

nevajjhagā uttarimanussadhammaṁ alam-ariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ.<br />

did not arrive at a state beyond (ordinary) human beings, a distinction of what is<br />

truly noble knowledge and insight.<br />

Kiṁ pana tvaṁ etarahi bāhuliko,<br />

So how can you now, given to luxury,<br />

padhānavibbhanto, āvatto bāhullāya, adhigamissasi<br />

forsaking the striving, gone back to luxury, attain<br />

uttarimanussadhammaṁ alam-ariyañāṇadassanavisesan?”-ti<br />

a state beyond (ordinary) human beings, a distinction of what is truly noble<br />

knowledge and insight?”<br />

Dutiyam-pi kho Bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū etad-avoca:<br />

For a second time, the Gracious One said this to the group-of-five monks:<br />

“Na bhikkhave Tathāgato bāhuliko,<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Realised One, monks, is not given to luxury,<br />

na padhānavibbhanto, na āvatto bāhullāya.<br />

is not forsaking the striving, and has not gone back to luxury.<br />

Arahaṁ bhikkhave Tathāgato Sammāsambuddho,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Realised One is a Worthy One, a Perfect Sambuddha,

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