Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 4.27
Mahāparinibbānasutta 4.27
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- Pāli
4.27.1
Bhūtapubbaṃ, bhante, āḷāro kālāmo addhānamaggappaṭipanno maggā okkamma avidūre aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṃ nisīdi.
Once it so happened that Āḷāra Kālāma, while traveling along a road, left the road and sat at the root of a nearby tree for the day’s meditation.
4.27.2
Atha kho, bhante, pañcamattāni sakaṭasatāni āḷāraṃ kālāmaṃ nissāya nissāya atikkamiṃsu.
Then around five hundred carts passed by right beside Āḷāra Kālāma.
4.27.3
Atha kho, bhante, aññataro puriso tassa sakaṭasatthassa piṭṭhito piṭṭhito āgacchanto yena āḷāro kālāmo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āḷāraṃ kālāmaṃ etadavoca:
Then a certain person coming behind those carts went up to Āḷāra Kālāma and said to him:
4.27.4
‘api, bhante, pañcamattāni sakaṭasatāni atikkantāni addasā’ti?
‘Sir, didn’t you see the five hundred carts pass by?’
4.27.5
‘Na kho ahaṃ, āvuso, addasan’ti.
‘No, respectable sir, I didn’t see them.’
4.27.6
‘Kiṃ pana, bhante, saddaṃ assosī’ti?
‘But sir, didn’t you hear a sound?’
4.27.7
‘Na kho ahaṃ, āvuso, saddaṃ assosin’ti.
‘No, respectable sir, I didn’t hear a sound.’
4.27.8
‘Kiṃ pana, bhante, sutto ahosī’ti?
‘But sir, were you asleep?’
4.27.9
‘Na kho ahaṃ, āvuso, sutto ahosin’ti.
‘No, respectable sir, I wasn’t asleep.’
4.27.10
‘Kiṃ pana, bhante, saññī ahosī’ti?
‘But sir, were you conscious?’
4.27.11
‘Evamāvuso’ti.
‘Yes, respectable sir.’
4.27.12
‘So tvaṃ, bhante, saññī samāno jāgaro pañcamattāni sakaṭasatāni nissāya nissāya atikkantāni neva addasa, na pana saddaṃ assosi;
‘So, sir, while conscious and awake you neither saw nor heard a sound as five hundred carts passed by right beside you?
4.27.13
apisu te, bhante, saṅghāṭi rajena okiṇṇā’ti?
Why sir, even your outer robe is covered with dust!’
4.27.14
‘Evamāvuso’ti.
‘Yes, respectable sir.’
4.27.15
Atha kho, bhante, tassa purisassa etadahosi:
Then that person thought:
4.27.16
‘acchariyaṃ vata bho, abbhutaṃ vata bho, santena vata bho pabbajitā vihārena viharanti.
‘Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing! Those who have gone forth remain in such peaceful meditations,
4.27.17
Yatra hi nāma saññī samāno jāgaro pañcamattāni sakaṭasatāni nissāya nissāya atikkantāni neva dakkhati, na pana saddaṃ sossatī’ti.
in that, while conscious and awake he neither saw nor heard a sound as five hundred carts passed by right next to him.’
4.27.18
Āḷāre kālāme uḷāraṃ pasādaṃ pavedetvā pakkāmī”ti.
And after declaring his lofty confidence in Āḷāra Kālāma, he left.”