The Questions of Bhadrāvudha

“I beseech you, the bastion-leaver, the craving-cutter, the imperturbable,”said Venerable Bhadrāvudha,“the delight-leaver, the flood-crosser, the freed,the formulation-leaver, the intelligent.Different people have gathered <j>from across the nations

“Okañjahaṁ taṇhacchidaṁ anejaṁ, (iccāyasmā bhadrāvudho) Nandiñjahaṁ oghatiṇṇaṁ vimuttaṁ; Kappañjahaṁ abhiyāce sumedhaṁ, Sutvāna nāgassa apanamissanti ito.

“I beseech you, the bastion-leaver, the craving-cutter, the imperturbable,”“Okañjahaṁ taṇhacchidaṁ anejaṁ, said Venerable Bhadrāvudha,(iccāyasmā bhadrāvudho) “the delight-leaver, the flood-crosser, the freed,Nandiñjahaṁ oghatiṇṇaṁ vimuttaṁ; the formulation-leaver, the intelligent.Kappañjahaṁ abhiyāce sumedhaṁ, Different people have gathered <j>from across the nationsSutvāna nāgassa apanamissanti ito.

wishing to hear your word, O hero.After hearing the spiritual giant <j>they will depart from here.Please, sage, answer them clearly,for truly you understand this matter.”

Nānājanā janapadehi saṅgatā, Tava vīra vākyaṁ abhikaṅkhamānā; Tesaṁ tuvaṁ sādhu viyākarohi, Tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo”.

wishing to hear your word, O hero.Nānājanā janapadehi saṅgatā, After hearing the spiritual giant <j>they will depart from here.Tava vīra vākyaṁ abhikaṅkhamānā; Please, sage, answer them clearly,Tesaṁ tuvaṁ sādhu viyākarohi, for truly you understand this matter.”Tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo”.

“Dispel all craving for attachments,”replied the BuddhaBuddhaEl nombre dado a quien redescubre por sí mismo el sendero liberador del Dhamma, tras un largo período de haber sido olvidado por el mundo. Según la tradición, una larga línea de Buddhas se extiende hasta el pasado distante. El Buddha más reciente nació como Siddhattha Gotama en la India alrededor del año 500 a.e.c. Un joven bien educado y acomodado, renunció a su familia y su herencia principesca en la flor de la vida para buscar la verdadera libertad y el fin del sufrimiento (dukkha). Después de siete años de austeridades en el bosque, redescubrió el «camino medio» y alcanzó su meta, convirtiéndose en el Buddha.Ver en el glosario,“above, below, all round, between.For whatever a personage grasps in the world,MāraMāraLa personificación del mal y la tentación. En los textos tempranos, tratado tanto como una deidad del reino de los sentidos como una metáfora.Ver en el glosario pursues them right there.

“Ādānataṇhaṁ vinayetha sabbaṁ, (bhadrāvudhāti bhagavā Uddhaṁ adho tiriyañcāpi majjhe; Yaṁ yañhi lokasmimupādiyanti, Teneva māro anveti jantuṁ.

“Dispel all craving for attachments,”“Ādānataṇhaṁ vinayetha sabbaṁ, replied the Buddha,(bhadrāvudhāti bhagavā “above, below, all round, between.Uddhaṁ adho tiriyañcāpi majjhe; For whatever a personage grasps in the world,Yaṁ yañhi lokasmimupādiyanti, Māra pursues them right there.Teneva māro anveti jantuṁ.

So let a mindful mendicant who understandsnot grasp anything in all the world,observing that, in clinging to attachments,*Read (with Niddesa) as accusative plural. Norman reads ādānasatte as locative singular, but compare the similar construction at Thag 19.1:20.3, where the former part of the line is accusative.these people cling to the domain of death.”

Tasmā pajānaṁ na upādiyetha, Bhikkhu sato kiñcanaṁ sabbaloke; Ādānasatte iti pekkhamāno, Pajaṁ imaṁ maccudheyye visattan”ti.

So let a mindful mendicant who understandsTasmā pajānaṁ na upādiyetha, not grasp anything in all the world,Bhikkhu sato kiñcanaṁ sabbaloke; observing that, in clinging to attachments,*Read (with Niddesa) as accusative plural. Norman reads ādānasatte as locative singular, but compare the similar construction at Thag 19.1:20.3, where the former part of the line is accusative.Ādānasatte iti pekkhamāno, these people cling to the domain of death.”Pajaṁ imaṁ maccudheyye visattan”ti.