Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 6.19: 38. Mahākassapattheravatthu
Mahāparinibbānasutta 6.19
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- Pāli
38. Mahākassapattheravatthu
6.19.1
Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahākassapo pāvāya kusināraṃ addhānamaggappaṭipanno hoti mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi.
Now at that time Venerable Mahākassapa was traveling along the road from Pāvā to Kusinārā together with a large Saṅgha of five hundred mendicants.
6.19.2
Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo maggā okkamma aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle nisīdi.
Then he left the road and sat at the root of a tree.
6.19.3
Tena kho pana samayena aññataro ājīvako kusinārāya mandāravapupphaṃ gahetvā pāvaṃ addhānamaggappaṭipanno hoti.
Now at that time a certain Ājīvaka ascetic had picked up a Flame Tree flower in Kusinārā and was traveling along the road to Pāvā.
6.19.4
Addasā kho āyasmā mahākassapo taṃ ājīvakaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ, disvā taṃ ājīvakaṃ etadavoca:
Mahākassapa saw him coming off in the distance and said to him,
6.19.5
“apāvuso, amhākaṃ satthāraṃ jānāsī”ti?
“Reverend, might you know about our Teacher?”
6.19.6
“Āmāvuso, jānāmi, ajja sattāhaparinibbuto samaṇo gotamo.
“Yes, reverend. Seven days ago the ascetic Gotama was fully quenched.
6.19.7
Tato me idaṃ mandāravapupphaṃ gahitan”ti.
From there I picked up this Flame Tree flower.”
6.19.8
Tattha ye te bhikkhū avītarāgā appekacce bāhā paggayha kandanti, chinnapātaṃ papatanti, āvaṭṭanti, vivaṭṭanti:
Some of the mendicants there who were not free of desire, with arms raised, falling down like their feet were chopped off, rolling back and forth, lamented,
6.19.9
“atikhippaṃ bhagavā parinibbuto, atikhippaṃ sugato parinibbuto, atikhippaṃ cakkhuṃ loke antarahito”ti.
“Too soon the Blessed One has become fully quenched! Too soon the Holy One has become fully quenched! Too soon the Eye of the World has vanished!”
6.19.10
Ye pana te bhikkhū vītarāgā, te satā sampajānā adhivāsenti:
But the mendicants who were free of desire endured, mindful and aware, thinking,
6.19.11
“aniccā saṅkhārā, taṃ kutettha labbhā”ti.
“Conditions are impermanent. How could it possibly be otherwise?”
Translations (5)
- Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане — Russian
- Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha — German
- Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju — sr
- The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment — English
- The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (2)
- Cullavagga — Pāli
- 四分律 — Classical Chinese