Dighanikaya 29.164_3

29.164_3

Atha naṃ eko antevāsiko upasaṅkamitvā āha – ‘‘bhante tumhe dubbalā, mayhampi imasmiṃ dhamme sāraṃ ācikkhatha, ācariyappamāṇa’’nti. ‘‘Āvuso, tvaṃ mamaccayena sassatanti gaṇheyyāsī’’ti. Aparopi upasaṅkami, taṃ ucchedaṃ gaṇhāpesi. Evaṃ dvepi jane ekaladdhike akatvā bahū nānānīhārena uggaṇhāpetvā kālamakāsi. Te tassa sarīrakiccaṃ katvā sannipatitvā aññamaññaṃ pucchiṃsu – ‘‘kassāvuso, ācariyo sāraṃ ācikkhī’’ti? Eko uṭṭhahitvā mayhanti āha. Kiṃ ācikkhīti? Sassatanti. Aparo taṃ paṭibāhitvā ‘‘mayhaṃ sāraṃ ācikkhī’’ti āha. Evaṃ sabbe ‘‘mayhaṃ sāraṃ ācikkhi, ahaṃ jeṭṭhako’’ti aññamaññaṃ vivādaṃ vaḍḍhetvā akkose ceva paribhāse ca hatthapādappahārādīni ca pavattetvā ekamaggena dve agacchantā nānādisāsu pakkamiṃsu.

Then a certain disciple approached him and said: "Venerable sir, you are weak. Explain to me too the essence in this doctrine; the teacher is the authority." "Friend, after my passing you should uphold eternalism." Another also approached; him he made uphold annihilationism. Thus, without making any two people have the same view, having taught many in various ways, he died. Having performed his funeral rites, they gathered and asked one another: "Friend, to whom did the teacher explain the essence?" One rose up and said: "To me." "What did he explain?" "Eternalism." Another contradicted him, saying: "He explained the essence to me." Thus everyone, having enlarged their dispute with one another, saying: "He explained the essence to me; I am the senior," and carrying on insults, abuse, blows with hands and feet, and so forth, departed in various directions without even two walking together along one path.