With Pāyāsi 2.1-8
Pāyāsisutta 2.1-8
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2.1
Tena kho pana samayena pāyāsissa rājaññassa evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti:
Now at that time Pāyāsi had the following harmful misconception:
2.2
“itipi natthi paro loko, natthi sattā opapātikā, natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko”ti.
“There is no afterlife. No beings are reborn spontaneously. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds.”
2.3
Assosuṃ kho setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā:
The brahmins and householders of Setavyā heard,
2.4
“samaṇo khalu bho kumārakassapo samaṇassa gotamassa sāvako kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi setabyaṃ anuppatto setabyāyaṃ viharati uttarena setabyaṃ siṃsapāvane.
“It seems the ascetic Kassapa the Prince—a disciple of the ascetic Gotama—is staying in the rosewood grove to the north of Setavyā.
2.5
Taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:
He has this good reputation:
2.6
‘paṇḍito byatto medhāvī bahussuto cittakathī kalyāṇapaṭibhāno vuddho ceva arahā ca.
‘He is astute, competent, intelligent, learned, a brilliant speaker, eloquent, mature, a perfected one.’
2.7
Sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotī’”ti.
It’s good to see such perfected ones.”
2.8
Atha kho setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā setabyāya nikkhamitvā saṅghasaṅghī gaṇībhūtā uttarenamukhā gacchanti yena siṃsapāvanaṃ.
Then, exiting Setavyā, they formed into companies and headed north to the grove.
Translations (3)
- Razgovor sa Pāyāsijem — sr
- With Pāyāsi — English
- Mit Pāyāsi — German