Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Minor Collection (Khuddaka)

Snp, part 63

The Questions of Hemaka · Hemakamāṇavapucchā

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“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.

“Ye me pubbe viyākaṁsu, (iccāyasmā hemako) Huraṁ gotamasāsanā; Iccāsi iti bhavissati, Sabbaṁ taṁ itihītihaṁ; Sabbaṁ taṁ takkavaḍḍhanaṁ, Nāhaṁ tattha abhiramiṁ.

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.”

Tvañca me dhammamakkhāhi, taṇhānigghātanaṁ muni; Yaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ, tare loke visattikaṁ”.

“The removal of desire and lust, Hemaka, for pleasant things seen, heard, thought, or cognized here is extinguishment, the state that does not pass.

“Idha diṭṭhasutamutaviññātesu, Piyarūpesu hemaka; Chandarāgavinodanaṁ, Nibbānapadamaccutaṁ.

Those who have fully understood this, mindful, are quenched in this very life. Always at peace, they’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”

Etadaññāya ye satā, Diṭṭhadhammābhinibbutā; Upasantā ca te sadā, Tiṇṇā loke visattikan”ti. Hemakamāṇavapucchā aṭṭhamā.

Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Minor Collection (Khuddaka)

Snp, part 63

The Questions of Hemaka · Hemakamāṇavapucchā

EnglishEnglish

PāliPali

“Ye me pubbe viyākaṁsu, (iccāyasmā hemako) Huraṁ gotamasāsanā; Iccāsi iti bhavissati, Sabbaṁ taṁ itihītihaṁ; Sabbaṁ taṁ takkavaḍḍhanaṁ, Nāhaṁ tattha abhiramiṁ.

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.”

Tvañca me dhammamakkhāhi, taṇhānigghātanaṁ muni; Yaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ, tare loke visattikaṁ”.

“The removal of desire and lust, Hemaka, for pleasant things seen, heard, thought, or cognized here is extinguishment, the state that does not pass.

“Idha diṭṭhasutamutaviññātesu, Piyarūpesu hemaka; Chandarāgavinodanaṁ, Nibbānapadamaccutaṁ.

Those who have fully understood this, mindful, are quenched in this very life. Always at peace, they’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”

Etadaññāya ye satā, Diṭṭhadhammābhinibbutā; Upasantā ca te sadā, Tiṇṇā loke visattikan”ti. Hemakamāṇavapucchā aṭṭhamā.

Snp, part 63The Questions of Hemaka · Hemakamāṇavapucchā

Snp, part 63

Snp, part 63The Questions of Hemaka · Hemakamāṇavapucchā

Snp, part 63