Dhammapada 8.2.p6

8.2.p6

Taṃ sutvā bāhiyo, bhante, saṃsāre saṃsarantena kabaḷīkārāhāro na aladdhapubbo, tumhākaṃ vā mayhaṃ vā jīvitantarāyaṃ na jānāmi, desetu me dhammanti. Satthā dutiyampi paṭikkhipiyeva. Evaṃ kirassa ahosi – ‘‘imassa maṃ diṭṭhakālato paṭṭhāya sakalasarīraṃ pītiyā nirantaraṃ ajjhotthaṭaṃ hoti, balavapītivego dhammaṃ sutvāpi na sakkhissati paṭivijjhituṃ, majjhattupekkhāya tāva tiṭṭhatu, ekaratteneva vīsayojanasatikaṃ maggaṃ āgatattā darathopissa balavā, sopi tāva paṭippassambhatū’’ti. Tasmā dvikkhattuṃ paṭikkhipitvā tatiyaṃ yācito antaravīthiyaṃ ṭhitova ‘‘tasmātiha te, bāhiya, evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ ‘diṭṭhe diṭṭhamattaṃ bhavissatī’’’tiādinā (udā. 10) nayena dhammaṃ desesi. So satthu dhammaṃ suṇantoyeva sabbāsave khepetvā saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tāvadeva ca pana bhagavantaṃ pabbajjaṃ yāci, ‘‘paripuṇṇaṃ te pattacīvara’’nti puṭṭho ‘‘na paripuṇṇa’’nti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘tena hi pattacīvaraṃ pariyesāhī’’ti vatvā pakkāmi.

"Therefore, Bāhiya, thus you must learn: In the seen, there can be only what is seen; in the heard, there can be only what is heard; in the thought, there can be only what is thought; in the known, there can be only what is known. For, Bāhiya, thus you must learn: Since, Bāhiya, for you, in the seen there can be only what is seen, in the heard what is heard, in the thought what is thought, in the known what is known, therefore you, Bāhiya, are not here. Since you, Bāhiya, are not here, therefore you, Bāhiya, are neither in this world, nor in the next world, nor betwixt the two. This alone is the end of suffering."

Even as Bāhiya listened to the Teacher's discourse, he threw off all the Depravities and obtained Arahatship, together with the Supernatural Faculties. Straightway he asked the Teacher to admit him to the Order. Upon this the Teacher asked him, "Have you bowl and robe complete?" "I have not bowl and robe complete," replied Bāhiya. Then said the Teacher to him, "Well then, seek bowl and robe." So saying, the Teacher went his way. We are told that during the period of twenty thousand years during which Bāhiya practiced meditation, he never did a single monk the favor of presenting him with bowl and robe; but that he used to say, “A monk ought to provide himself with his own requisites without looking to another; he ought through his own unaided efforts to provide himself with food;” and that the Teacher, knowing this, and knowing that for this reason he would not obtain bowl and robe created by supernatural power, did not admit him to the Order with the usual formula, “Come, monk!”