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Tevijjasutta 1.37

Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 1.37

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1.37

When he had thus spoken, the young Brahman Vāseṭṭha said to the Blessed One:
‘It has been told me, Gotama, that the Samaṇa Gotama knows the way to the state of union with Brahmā.’
‘What do you think, Vāseṭṭha, is not Manasākaṭa near to this spot, not distant from this spot?’
‘Just so, Gotama. Manasākaṭa is near to, is not far from here.’
‘Now what think you, Vāseṭṭha, suppose there were a man born in Manasākaṭa, and people should ask him, who never till that time had left Manasākaṭa, which was the way to Manasākaṭa. Would that man, born and brought up in Manasākaṭa, be in any doubt or difficulty?’
‘Certainly not, Gotama! And why? If the man had been born and brought up in Manasākaṭa, every road that leads to Manasākaṭa would be perfectly familiar to him.’

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