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Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.23: 34. Subhaddaparibbājakavatthu

Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.23

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Pāli

34. Subhaddaparibbājakavatthu

5.23.1

Tena kho pana samayena subhaddo nāma paribbājako kusinārāyaṃ paṭivasati.

Now at that time a wanderer named Subhadda was residing near Kusinārā.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.23.2

Assosi kho subhaddo paribbājako:

He heard that

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.23.3

“ajja kira rattiyā pacchime yāme samaṇassa gotamassa parinibbānaṃ bhavissatī”ti.

on that very day, in the last watch of the night, will be the full extinguishment of the ascetic Gotama.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.23.4

Atha kho subhaddassa paribbājakassa etadahosi:

He thought:

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.23.5

“sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ paribbājakānaṃ vuḍḍhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ:

“I have heard that brahmins of the past who were elderly and senior, the tutors of tutors, said:

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.23.6

‘kadāci karahaci tathāgatā loke uppajjanti arahanto sammāsambuddhā’ti.

‘Only rarely do Realized Ones arise in the world, perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas.’

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.23.7

Ajjeva rattiyā pacchime yāme samaṇassa gotamassa parinibbānaṃ bhavissati.

And this very day, in the last watch of the night, will be the full extinguishment of the ascetic Gotama.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.23.8

Atthi ca me ayaṃ kaṅkhādhammo uppanno,

This state of uncertainty has come up in me.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.23.9

evaṃ pasanno ahaṃ samaṇe gotame, ‘pahoti me samaṇo gotamo tathā dhammaṃ desetuṃ, yathāhaṃ imaṃ kaṅkhādhammaṃ pajaheyyan’”ti.

I am quite confident that the Buddha is capable of teaching me so that I can give up this state of uncertainty.”

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

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