{"id":"mn92","title":"With Sela","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn92","title":"With Sela","units":[{"id":"mn92:0","sourceIds":["mn92:0.1","mn92:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 92\nSelasutta","en":"Middle Discourses 92\nWith Sela"}},{"id":"mn92:1","sourceIds":["mn92:1.1","mn92:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā aṅguttarāpesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ aḍḍhateḷasehi bhikkhusatehi yena āpaṇaṁ nāma aṅguttarāpānaṁ nigamo tadavasari.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was wandering together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants in the land of the Aṅguttarāpans when he arrived at a town of theirs named Āpaṇa."}},{"id":"mn92:2","sourceIds":["mn92:2.1","mn92:2.2","mn92:2.3","mn92:2.4","mn92:2.5","mn92:2.6","mn92:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Assosi kho keṇiyo jaṭilo:\n“samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito aṅguttarāpesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ aḍḍhateḷasehi bhikkhusatehi āpaṇaṁ anuppatto.\nTaṁ kho pana bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ evaṁ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:\n‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti.\nSo imaṁ lokaṁ sadevakaṁ samārakaṁ sabrahmakaṁ sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiṁ pajaṁ sadevamanussaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti.\nSo dhammaṁ deseti ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ, kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāseti.\nSādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṁ arahataṁ dassanaṁ hotī”ti.","en":"The matted-hair ascetic Keṇiya heard:\n“It seems the ascetic Gotama—a Sakyan, gone forth from a Sakyan family—has arrived at Āpaṇa, together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants.\nHe has this good reputation:\n‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’\nHe has realized with his own insight this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—and he makes it known to others.\nHe proclaims a teaching that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And he reveals a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.\nIt’s good to see such perfected ones.”"}},{"id":"mn92:3","sourceIds":["mn92:3.1","mn92:3.2","mn92:3.3","mn92:3.4","mn92:3.5","mn92:3.6","mn92:3.7","mn92:3.8","mn92:3.9","mn92:3.10","mn92:3.11","mn92:3.12","mn92:3.13","mn92:3.14","mn92:3.15","mn92:3.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ bhagavā dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṁsesi.\nAtha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavatā dhammiyā kathāya sandassito samādapito samuttejito sampahaṁsito bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“adhivāsetu me bhavaṁ gotamo svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, bhagavā keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ etadavoca:\n“mahā kho, keṇiya, bhikkhusaṅgho aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni, tvañca brāhmaṇesu abhippasanno”ti.\nDutiyampi kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kiñcāpi kho, bho gotama, mahā bhikkhusaṅgho aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni, ahañca brāhmaṇesu abhippasanno;\nadhivāsetu me bhavaṁ gotamo svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.\nDutiyampi kho bhagavā keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ etadavoca:\n“mahā kho, keṇiya, bhikkhusaṅgho aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni, tvañca brāhmaṇesu abhippasanno”ti.\nTatiyampi kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kiñcāpi kho, bho gotama, mahā bhikkhusaṅgho aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni, ahañca brāhmaṇesu abhippasanno;\nadhivāsetu me bhavaṁ gotamo svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.\nAdhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena.","en":"So Keṇiya approached the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side.\nThe Buddha educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired him with a Dhamma talk.\nThen he said to the Buddha,\n“Would Worthy Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”\nWhen he said this, the Buddha said to him,\n“The Saṅgha is large, Keṇiya; there are 1,250 mendicants. And you are devoted to the brahmins.”\nFor a second time, Keṇiya asked the Buddha to accept a meal offering.\n“Never mind that the Saṅgha is large, with 1,250 mendicants, and that I am devoted to the brahmins.\nWould Worthy Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”\nAnd for a second time, the Buddha gave the same reply.\nFor a third time, Keṇiya asked the Buddha to accept a meal offering.\n“Never mind that the Saṅgha is large, with 1,250 mendicants, and that I am devoted to the brahmins.\nWould Worthy Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”\nThe Buddha consented with silence."}},{"id":"mn92:4","sourceIds":["mn92:4.1","mn92:4.2","mn92:4.3","mn92:4.4","mn92:4.5","mn92:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavato adhivāsanaṁ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā yena sako assamo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā mittāmacce ñātisālohite āmantesi:\n“suṇantu me bhonto, mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā;\nsamaṇo me gotamo nimantito svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghena.\nYena me kāyaveyyāvaṭikaṁ kareyyāthā”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bho”ti kho keṇiyassa jaṭilassa mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā keṇiyassa jaṭilassa paṭissutvā appekacce uddhanāni khaṇanti, appekacce kaṭṭhāni phālenti, appekacce bhājanāni dhovanti, appekacce udakamaṇikaṁ patiṭṭhāpenti, appekacce āsanāni paññapenti.\nKeṇiyo pana jaṭilo sāmaṁyeva maṇḍalamālaṁ paṭiyādeti.","en":"Then, knowing that the Buddha had consented, Keṇiya rose from his seat and went to his own hermitage. There he addressed his friends and colleagues, relatives and kin,\n“My friends and colleagues, relatives and kin: please listen!\nThe ascetic Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha has been invited by me for tomorrow’s meal.\nPlease help me out with the manual preparations.”\n“Yes, worthy sir,” they replied. Some dug ovens, some chopped wood, some washed dishes, some set up a water jar, and some spread out seats.\nMeanwhile, Keṇiya set up the pavilion himself."}},{"id":"mn92:5","sourceIds":["mn92:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena selo brāhmaṇo āpaṇe paṭivasati tiṇṇaṁ vedānaṁ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ sākkharappabhedānaṁ itihāsapañcamānaṁ, padako, veyyākaraṇo, lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo, tīṇi ca māṇavakasatāni mante vāceti.","en":"Now at that time the brahmin Sela was residing in Āpaṇa. He had mastered the three Vedas, together with their vocabularies and ritual performance, their phonology and word classification, and the testaments as fifth. He knew them word-by-word, and their grammar. He was well versed in cosmology and the marks of a great man. And he was teaching three hundred young students to recite the hymns."}},{"id":"mn92:6","sourceIds":["mn92:6.1","mn92:6.2","mn92:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena keṇiyo jaṭilo sele brāhmaṇe abhippasanno hoti.\nAtha kho selo brāhmaṇo tīhi māṇavakasatehi parivuto jaṅghāvihāraṁ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno yena keṇiyassa jaṭilassa assamo tenupasaṅkami.\nAddasā kho selo brāhmaṇo keṇiyassa jaṭilassa assame appekacce uddhanāni khaṇante, appekacce kaṭṭhāni phālente, appekacce bhājanāni dhovante, appekacce udakamaṇikaṁ patiṭṭhāpente, appekacce āsanāni paññapente, keṇiyaṁ pana jaṭilaṁ sāmaṁyeva maṇḍalamālaṁ paṭiyādentaṁ.","en":"And at that time Keṇiya was devoted to Sela.\nThen Sela, while going for a walk escorted by the three hundred young students, approached Keṇiya’s hermitage.\nHe saw the preparations going on,"}},{"id":"mn92:7","sourceIds":["mn92:7.1","mn92:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Disvāna keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ etadavoca:\n“kiṁ nu bhoto keṇiyassa āvāho vā bhavissati vivāho vā bhavissati mahāyañño vā paccupaṭṭhito, rājā vā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro nimantito svātanāya saddhiṁ balakāyenā”ti?","en":"and said to Keṇiya,\n“Worthy Keṇiya, is your son or daughter being married? Or are you setting up a grand sacrifice? Or has King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha been invited for tomorrow’s meal?”"}},{"id":"mn92:8","sourceIds":["mn92:8.1","mn92:8.2","mn92:8.3","mn92:8.4","mn92:8.5","mn92:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na me, bho sela, āvāho bhavissati napi vivāho bhavissati napi rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro nimantito svātanāya saddhiṁ balakāyena;\napi ca kho me mahāyañño paccupaṭṭhito.\nAtthi, bho, samaṇo gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito aṅguttarāpesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ aḍḍhateḷasehi bhikkhusatehi āpaṇaṁ anuppatto.\nTaṁ kho pana bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ evaṁ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:\n‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti.\nSo me nimantito svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.","en":"“There is no marriage, Worthy Sela, and the king is not coming.\nRather, I am setting up a grand sacrifice.\nThe ascetic Gotama has arrived at Āpaṇa, together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants.\nHe has this good reputation:\n‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’\nHe has been invited by me for tomorrow’s meal together with the mendicant Saṅgha.”"}},{"id":"mn92:9","sourceIds":["mn92:9.1","mn92:9.2","mn92:9.3","mn92:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Buddhoti—bho keṇiya, vadesi”?\n“Buddhoti—bho sela, vadāmi”.\n“Buddhoti—bho keṇiya, vadesi”?\n“Buddhoti—bho sela, vadāmī”ti.","en":"“Did you say ‘the awakened one’?”\n“I said ‘the awakened one’.”\n“Did you say ‘the awakened one’?”\n“I said ‘the awakened one’.”"}},{"id":"mn92:10","sourceIds":["mn92:10.1","mn92:10.2","mn92:10.3","mn92:10.4","mn92:10.5","mn92:10.6","mn92:10.7","mn92:10.8","mn92:10.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho selassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi:\n“ghosopi kho eso dullabho lokasmiṁ—yadidaṁ ‘buddho’ti.\nĀgatāni kho panamhākaṁ mantesu dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveyeva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.\nSace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.\nTassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti, seyyathidaṁ—\ncakkaratanaṁ, hatthiratanaṁ, assaratanaṁ, maṇiratanaṁ, itthiratanaṁ, gahapatiratanaṁ, pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.\nParosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nSo imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.\nSace pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado”.","en":"Then Sela thought:\n“It’s hard to even find the word ‘awakened one’ in the world.\nThe thirty-two marks of a great man have been handed down in our hymns. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.\nIf he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures.\nHe has the following seven treasures:\nthe wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.\nHe has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.\nAfter conquering this land girt by sea, he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.\nBut if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who casts off the veil from the world.”"}},{"id":"mn92:11","sourceIds":["mn92:11.1","mn92:11.2","mn92:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kahaṁ pana, bho keṇiya, etarahi so bhavaṁ gotamo viharati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho”ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, keṇiyo jaṭilo dakkhiṇaṁ bāhuṁ paggahetvā selaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ etadavoca:\n“yenesā, bho sela, nīlavanarājī”ti.","en":"He said, “But Keṇiya, where is the Blessed One at present, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha?”\nWhen he said this, Keṇiya pointed with his right arm and said,\n“There, worthy Sela, at that line of blue forest.”"}},{"id":"mn92:12","sourceIds":["mn92:12.1","mn92:12.2","mn92:12.3","mn92:12.4","mn92:12.5","mn92:12.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho selo brāhmaṇo tīhi māṇavakasatehi saddhiṁ yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.\nAtha kho selo brāhmaṇo te māṇavake āmantesi:\n“appasaddā bhonto āgacchantu pade padaṁ nikkhipantā;\ndurāsadā hi te bhagavanto sīhāva ekacarā.\nYadā cāhaṁ, bho, samaṇena gotamena saddhiṁ manteyyaṁ, mā me bhonto antarantarā kathaṁ opātetha.\nKathāpariyosānaṁ me bhavanto āgamentū”ti.","en":"Then Sela, together with his young students, approached the Buddha.\nHe said to his young students,\n“Come quietly, gentlemen, tread gently.\nFor the Buddhas are intimidating, like a lion living alone.\nWhen I’m consulting with the ascetic Gotama, don’t interrupt.\nWait until I’ve finished speaking.”"}},{"id":"mn92:13","sourceIds":["mn92:13.1","mn92:13.2","mn92:13.3","mn92:13.4","mn92:13.5","mn92:13.6","mn92:13.7","mn92:13.8","mn92:13.9","mn92:13.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho selo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho selo brāhmaṇo bhagavato kāye dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni samannesi.\nAddasā kho selo brāhmaṇo bhagavato kāye dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve.\nDvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati—\nkosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya ca.\nAtha kho bhagavato etadahosi:\n“passati kho me ayaṁ selo brāhmaṇo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve.\nDvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati—\nkosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cā”ti.","en":"Then Sela went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side,\nand scrutinized the Buddha’s body for the thirty-two marks of a great man.\nHe saw all of them except two,\nwhich he had doubts about:\nwhether the private parts were sheathed in a foreskin, and the largeness of the tongue.\nThen it occurred to the Buddha,\n“Sela sees all the marks except two,\nwhich he has doubts about:\nwhether the private parts are sheathed in a foreskin, and the largeness of the tongue.”"}},{"id":"mn92:14","sourceIds":["mn92:14.1","mn92:14.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāsi, yathā addasa selo brāhmaṇo bhagavato kosohitaṁ vatthaguyhaṁ.\nAtha kho bhagavā jivhaṁ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi; ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi; kevalampi nalāṭamaṇḍalaṁ jivhāya chādesi.","en":"The Buddha used his psychic power to will that Sela would see his private parts sheathed in a foreskin.\nAnd he stuck out his tongue and stroked back and forth on his ear holes and nostrils, and covered his entire forehead with his tongue."}},{"id":"mn92:15","sourceIds":["mn92:15.1","mn92:15.2","mn92:15.3","mn92:15.4","mn92:15.5","mn92:15.6","mn92:15.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho selassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi:\n“samannāgato kho samaṇo gotamo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi paripuṇṇehi, no aparipuṇṇehi;\nno ca kho naṁ jānāmi buddho vā no vā.\nSutaṁ kho pana metaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ vuddhānaṁ mahallakānaṁ ācariyapācariyānaṁ bhāsamānānaṁ:\n‘ye te bhavanti arahanto sammāsambuddhā te sake vaṇṇe bhaññamāne attānaṁ pātukarontī’ti.\nYannūnāhaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthaveyyan”ti.\nAtha kho selo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi:","en":"Then Sela thought,\n“The ascetic Gotama possesses the thirty-two marks completely, lacking none.\nBut I don’t know whether or not he is an awakened one.\nI have heard that brahmins of the past who were elderly and senior, the tutors of tutors, said,\n‘Those who are perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas reveal themselves when praised.’\nWhy don’t I extoll him in his presence with fitting verses?”\nThen Sela extolled the Buddha in his presence with fitting verses:"}},{"id":"mn92:16","sourceIds":["mn92:16.1","mn92:16.2","mn92:16.3","mn92:16.4","mn92:16.5","mn92:16.6","mn92:16.7","mn92:16.8","mn92:16.9","mn92:16.10","mn92:16.11","mn92:16.12","mn92:16.13","mn92:16.14","mn92:16.15","mn92:16.16","mn92:16.17","mn92:16.18","mn92:16.19","mn92:16.20","mn92:16.21","mn92:16.22","mn92:16.23","mn92:16.24"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Paripuṇṇakāyo suruci,\nSujāto cārudassano;\nSuvaṇṇavaṇṇosi bhagavā,\nSusukkadāṭhosi vīriyavā.\nNarassa hi sujātassa,\nye bhavanti viyañjanā;\nSabbe te tava kāyasmiṁ,\nmahāpurisalakkhaṇā.\nPasannanetto sumukho,\nbrahā uju patāpavā;\nMajjhe samaṇasaṅghassa,\nādiccova virocasi.\nKalyāṇadassano bhikkhu,\nkañcanasannibhattaco;\nKiṁ te samaṇabhāvena,\nevaṁ uttamavaṇṇino.\nRājā arahasi bhavituṁ,\ncakkavattī rathesabho;\nCāturanto vijitāvī,\njambusaṇḍassa issaro.\nKhattiyā bhogirājāno,\nanuyantā bhavantu te;\nRājābhirājā manujindo,\nrajjaṁ kārehi gotama”.","en":"“O Blessed One, your body’s perfect,\nyou’re radiant, handsome, lovely to behold;\ngolden colored,\nwith teeth so white; you’re strong.\nThe characteristics\nof a handsome man,\nthe marks of a great man,\nare all found on your body.\nYour eyes are clear, your face is fair,\nyou’re formidable, upright, majestic.\nIn the midst of the Saṅgha of ascetics,\nyou dazzle like the sun.\nYou’re a mendicant fine to see,\nwith skin that shines like lustrous gold.\nBut with such excellent appearance,\nwhat do you want with the ascetic life?\nYou’re fit to be a king,\na wheel-turning monarch, chief of charioteers,\nvictorious in the four quarters,\nlord of the Black Plum Tree Land.\nAristocrats, nobles, and kings\nought follow your rule.\nGotama, may you reign\nas king of kings, lord of mankind!”"}},{"id":"mn92:17","sourceIds":["mn92:17.1","mn92:17.2","mn92:17.3","mn92:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Rājāhamasmi selāti,\ndhammarājā anuttaro;\nDhammena cakkaṁ vattemi,\ncakkaṁ appaṭivattiyaṁ”.","en":"“I am a king, Sela,\nthe supreme king of the teaching.\nBy the teaching I roll forth the wheel\nwhich cannot be rolled back.”"}},{"id":"mn92:18","sourceIds":["mn92:18.1","mn92:18.2","mn92:18.3","mn92:18.4","mn92:18.5","mn92:18.6","mn92:18.7","mn92:18.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sambuddho paṭijānāsi,\ndhammarājā anuttaro;\n‘Dhammena cakkaṁ vattemi’,\niti bhāsasi gotama.\nKo nu senāpati bhoto,\nsāvako satthuranvayo;\nKo tetamanuvatteti,\ndhammacakkaṁ pavattitaṁ”.","en":"“You claim to be awakened,\nthe supreme king of the teaching.\n‘I roll forth the teaching’:\nso you say, Gotama.\nThen who is your general,\nthe disciple who follows the Teacher’s way?\nWho keeps rolling the wheel\nof the teaching you rolled forth?”"}},{"id":"mn92:19","sourceIds":["mn92:19.1","mn92:19.2","mn92:19.3","mn92:19.4","mn92:19.5","mn92:19.6","mn92:19.7","mn92:19.8","mn92:19.9","mn92:19.10","mn92:19.11","mn92:19.12","mn92:19.13","mn92:19.14","mn92:19.15","mn92:19.16","mn92:19.17","mn92:19.18","mn92:19.19","mn92:19.20","mn92:19.21"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mayā pavattitaṁ cakkaṁ,\n(selāti bhagavā)\nDhammacakkaṁ anuttaraṁ;\nSāriputto anuvatteti,\nAnujāto tathāgataṁ.\nAbhiññeyyaṁ abhiññātaṁ,\nbhāvetabbañca bhāvitaṁ;\nPahātabbaṁ pahīnaṁ me,\ntasmā buddhosmi brāhmaṇa.\nVinayassu mayi kaṅkhaṁ,\nadhimuccassu brāhmaṇa;\nDullabhaṁ dassanaṁ hoti,\nsambuddhānaṁ abhiṇhaso.\nYesaṁ ve dullabho loke,\npātubhāvo abhiṇhaso;\nSohaṁ brāhmaṇa sambuddho,\nsallakatto anuttaro.\nBrahmabhūto atitulo,\nmārasenappamaddano;\nSabbāmitte vasī katvā,\nmodāmi akutobhayo”.","en":"“By me the wheel was rolled forth,”\nsaid the Buddha,\n“the supreme wheel of the teaching.\nSāriputta, taking after the Realized One,\nkeeps it rolling on.\nI have known what should be known,\nand developed what should be developed,\nand given up what should be given up:\nand so, brahmin, I am a Buddha.\nDispel your doubt in me—\nmake up your mind, brahmin!\nThe sight of a Buddha\nis hard to find again.\nI am a Buddha, brahmin,\nthe supreme surgeon,\none of those whose appearance in the world\nis hard to find again.\nA manifestation of divinity, unequaled,\ncrusher of Māra’s army;\nhaving subdued all my opponents,\nI rejoice, fearing nothing from any quarter.”"}},{"id":"mn92:20","sourceIds":["mn92:20.1","mn92:20.2","mn92:20.3","mn92:20.4","mn92:20.5","mn92:20.6","mn92:20.7","mn92:20.8","mn92:20.9","mn92:20.10","mn92:20.11","mn92:20.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Imaṁ bhonto nisāmetha,\nyathā bhāsati cakkhumā;\nSallakatto mahāvīro,\nsīhova nadatī vane.\nBrahmabhūtaṁ atitulaṁ,\nmārasenappamaddanaṁ;\nKo disvā nappasīdeyya,\napi kaṇhābhijātiko.\nYo maṁ icchati anvetu,\nyo vā nicchati gacchatu;\nIdhāhaṁ pabbajissāmi,\nvarapaññassa santike”.","en":"“Pay heed, sirs, to what\nis spoken by the Clear-eyed One.\nThe surgeon, the great hero,\nroars like a lion in the jungle.\nA manifestation of divinity, unequaled,\ncrusher of Māra’s army;\nwho would not be inspired by him,\neven one born in a dark class?\nThose who wish may follow me;\nthose who don’t may go.\nRight here, I’ll go forth in his presence,\nthe one of such outstanding wisdom.”"}},{"id":"mn92:21","sourceIds":["mn92:21.1","mn92:21.2","mn92:21.3","mn92:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etañce ruccati bhoto,\nsammāsambuddhasāsanaṁ;\nMayampi pabbajissāma,\nvarapaññassa santike”.","en":"“Sir, if you endorse\nthe teaching of the Buddha,\nwe’ll also go forth in his presence,\nthe one of such outstanding wisdom.”"}},{"id":"mn92:22","sourceIds":["mn92:22.1","mn92:22.2","mn92:22.3","mn92:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Brāhmaṇā tisatā ime,\nyācanti pañjalīkatā;\n“Brahmacariyaṁ carissāma,\nbhagavā tava santike”.","en":"“These three hundred brahmins\nwith cupped palms held up, ask:\n‘May we lead the spiritual life\nin your presence, Blessed One?’”"}},{"id":"mn92:23","sourceIds":["mn92:23.1","mn92:23.2","mn92:23.3","mn92:23.4","mn92:23.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Svākkhātaṁ brahmacariyaṁ,\n(selāti bhagavā)\nSandiṭṭhikamakālikaṁ;\nYattha amoghā pabbajjā,\nAppamattassa sikkhato”ti.","en":"“The spiritual life is well explained,”\nsaid the Buddha,\n“apparent in the present life, immediately effective.\nHere the going forth isn’t in vain\nfor one who trains with diligence.”"}},{"id":"mn92:24","sourceIds":["mn92:24.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alattha kho selo brāhmaṇo sapariso bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ, alattha upasampadaṁ.","en":"And the brahmin Sela together with his assembly received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence."}},{"id":"mn92:25","sourceIds":["mn92:25.1","mn92:25.2","mn92:25.3","mn92:25.4","mn92:25.5","mn92:25.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo tassā rattiyā accayena sake assame paṇītaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ paṭiyādāpetvā bhagavato kālaṁ ārocāpesi:\n“kālo, bho gotama, niṭṭhitaṁ bhattan”ti.\nAtha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena keṇiyassa jaṭilassa assamo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghena.\nAtha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo buddhappamukhaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappesi, sampavāresi.\nAtha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavantaṁ bhuttāviṁ onītapattapāṇiṁ aññataraṁ nīcaṁ āsanaṁ gahetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ bhagavā imāhi gāthāhi anumodi:","en":"And when the night had passed Keṇiya had delicious fresh and cooked foods prepared in his own hermitage. Then he had the Buddha informed of the time, saying,\n“It’s time, worthy Gotama, the meal is ready.”\nThen the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to Keṇiya’s hermitage, where he sat down on the seat spread out together with the Saṅgha of mendicants.\nThen Keṇiya served and satisfied the mendicant Saṅgha headed by the Buddha with his own hands with delicious fresh and cooked foods.\nWhen the Buddha had eaten and washed his hand and bowl, Keṇiya took a low seat and sat to one side.\nThe Buddha expressed his appreciation with these verses:"}},{"id":"mn92:26","sourceIds":["mn92:26.1","mn92:26.2","mn92:26.3","mn92:26.4","mn92:26.5","mn92:26.6","mn92:26.7","mn92:26.8","mn92:26.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aggihuttamukhā yaññā,\nsāvittī chandaso mukhaṁ;\nRājā mukhaṁ manussānaṁ,\nnadīnaṁ sāgaro mukhaṁ.\nNakkhattānaṁ mukhaṁ cando,\nādicco tapataṁ mukhaṁ;\nPuññaṁ ākaṅkhamānānaṁ,\nsaṅgho ve yajataṁ mukhan”ti.\nAtha kho bhagavā keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ imāhi gāthāhi anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.","en":"“The foremost of sacrifices is the offering to the sacred flame;\nthe Sāvitrī is the foremost of prayer;\nof humans, the king is the foremost;\nthe ocean’s the foremost of rivers;\nthe foremost of stars is the moon;\nthe sun is the foremost of blazes;\nfor those who sacrifice seeking merit,\nthe Saṅgha is the foremost.”\nWhen the Buddha had expressed his appreciation to Keṇiya the matted-hair ascetic with these verses, he rose from his seat and left."}},{"id":"mn92:27","sourceIds":["mn92:27.1","mn92:27.2","mn92:27.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā selo sapariso eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.\n“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.\nAññataro kho panāyasmā selo sapariso arahataṁ ahosi.","en":"Then Venerable Sela and his assembly, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. They lived having achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.\nThey understood: “Rebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.”\nAnd Venerable Sela together with his assembly became perfected."}},{"id":"mn92:28","sourceIds":["mn92:28.1","mn92:28.2","mn92:28.3","mn92:28.4","mn92:28.5","mn92:28.6","mn92:28.7","mn92:28.8","mn92:28.9","mn92:28.10","mn92:28.11","mn92:28.12","mn92:28.13","mn92:28.14","mn92:28.15","mn92:28.16","mn92:28.17","mn92:28.18"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā selo sapariso yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā ekaṁsaṁ cīvaraṁ katvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:\n“Yaṁ taṁ saraṇamāgamma,\nito aṭṭhami cakkhumā;\nSattarattena bhagavā,\ndantamha tava sāsane.\nTuvaṁ buddho tuvaṁ satthā,\ntuvaṁ mārābhibhū muni;\nTuvaṁ anusaye chetvā,\ntiṇṇo tāresimaṁ pajaṁ.\nUpadhī te samatikkantā,\nāsavā te padālitā;\nSīhova anupādāno,\npahīnabhayabheravo.\nBhikkhavo tisatā ime,\ntiṭṭhanti pañjalīkatā;\nPāde vīra pasārehi,\nnāgā vandantu satthuno”ti.\nSelasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ dutiyaṁ.","en":"Then Sela with his assembly went to the Buddha. He arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his joined palms toward the Buddha, and said:\n“This is the eighth day since\nwe went for refuge, O Clear-eyed One.\nIn these seven days, Blessed One,\nwe’ve become tamed in your teaching.\nYou are the Buddha, you are the Teacher,\nyou are the sage who has overcome Māra;\nyou have cut off the underlying tendencies,\nyou’ve crossed over, and you bring humanity across.\nYou have transcended attachments,\nyour defilements are shattered;\nlike a lion free of grasping,\nwith fear and dread given up.\nThese three hundred mendicants\nstand with cupped palms raised.\nStretch out your feet, great hero:\nlet these giants bow to the Teacher.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn92/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}