Dighanikaya 3.278_2

3.278_2

Tato ambaṭṭho – ‘‘yattha dāni mayaṃ laggissāmāti cintayimha, tato no samaṇo gotamo mahāvāte thusaṃ dhunanto viya dūrameva avakkhipi. Yattha pana mayaṃ na laggāma, tattha no niyojesi. Ayaṃ no vijjācaraṇasampadā ñātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti cintetvā puna vijjācaraṇasampadaṃ pucchi. Athassa bhagavā samudāgamato pabhuti vijjācaraṇaṃ dassetuṃ – ‘‘idha ambaṭṭha tathāgato’’tiādimāha.

Then Ambaṭṭha thought: ‘Where we thought we would take our stand, from there the ascetic Gotama has blown us far away, like winnowing chaff in a great wind. But where we do not take a stand, there he has directed us. It is proper for us to understand this consummation of knowledge and conduct.’ Having thought this, he again asked about the consummation of knowledge and conduct. Then, in order to show knowledge and conduct from its very origin, the Blessed One said ‘Here, Ambaṭṭha, a Tathāgata…’ and so on.