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5. The Chapter on the Buddha

The Buddha is pre-eminent

Khuddaka Nikāya
5. Buddhavagga
Buddhassaanuttarabhāvapañha
Minor Collection
5. The Chapter on the Buddha
The Buddha is pre-eminent
Khuddaka Nikāya
5. Buddhavagga
Buddhassaanuttarabhāvapañha
The Buddha is pre-eminent
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PTS cs 2 The king said: ‘Is the Buddha, Nāgasena, pre-eminent?’

‘Yes, he is incomparable.’

‘But how do you know of one you have never seen that he is pre-eminent.’

‘Now what do you think, O king? They who have never seen the ocean would they know concerning PTS vp En 110 it: “Deep, unmeasurable, unfathomable is the mighty ocean. Into it do the five great rivers flow—the Ganges, the Jumna, the Aciravatī, the Sarabhū, and the Mahī—and yet is there in it no appearance of being more empty or more full!”?’

‘Yes, they would know that.’

‘Just so, great king, when I think of the mighty disciples who have passed away then do I know that the Buddha is incomparable.’ PTS vp Pali 71

‘Very good, Nāgasena!’

2. Buddhassaanuttarabhāvapañha
2. Buddhassaanuttarabhāvapañha
2. Buddhassaanuttarabhāvapañha

Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, buddho anuttaro”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, bhagavā anuttaro”ti. “Kathaṁ, bhante nāgasena, adiṭṭhapubbaṁ jānāsi ‘buddho anuttaro’”ti? “Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, mahārāja, yehi adiṭṭhapubbo mahāsamuddo, jāneyyuṁ te, mahārāja, mahanto kho mahāsamuddo gambhīro appameyyo duppariyogāho, yatthimā pañca mahānadiyo satataṁ samitaṁ appenti, seyyathidaṁ—gaṅgā yamunā aciravatī sarabhū mahī, neva tassa ūnattaṁ vā pūrattaṁ vā paññāyatī”ti? “Āma, bhante, jāneyyun”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, sāvake mahante parinibbute passitvā jānāmi ‘bhagavā anuttaro’”ti.

Rājā āha—
“bhante nāgasena, buddho anuttaro”ti?
“Āma, mahārāja, bhagavā anuttaro”ti.
“Kathaṁ, bhante nāgasena, adiṭṭhapubbaṁ jānāsi ‘buddho anuttaro’”ti?
“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, mahārāja, yehi adiṭṭhapubbo mahāsamuddo, jāneyyuṁ te, mahārāja, mahanto kho mahāsamuddo gambhīro appameyyo duppariyogāho, yatthimā pañca mahānadiyo satataṁ samitaṁ appenti, seyyathidaṁ—
gaṅgā yamunā aciravatī sarabhū mahī, neva tassa ūnattaṁ vā pūrattaṁ vā paññāyatī”ti?
“Āma, bhante, jāneyyun”ti.
“Evameva kho, mahārāja, sāvake mahante parinibbute passitvā jānāmi ‘bhagavā anuttaro’”ti.

Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, buddho anuttaro”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, bhagavā anuttaro”ti. “Kathaṁ, bhante nāgasena, adiṭṭhapubbaṁ jānāsi ‘buddho anuttaro’”ti? “Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, mahārāja, yehi adiṭṭhapubbo mahāsamuddo, jāneyyuṁ te, mahārāja, mahanto kho mahāsamuddo gambhīro appameyyo duppariyogāho, yatthimā pañca mahānadiyo satataṁ samitaṁ appenti, seyyathidaṁ—gaṅgā yamunā aciravatī sarabhū mahī, neva tassa ūnattaṁ vā pūrattaṁ vā paññāyatī”ti? “Āma, bhante, jāneyyun”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, sāvake mahante parinibbute passitvā jānāmi ‘bhagavā anuttaro’”ti.

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.

Buddhassa anuttarabhāvapañho dutiyo. *Buddhassa anuttarabhāvapañho → buddhānuttara … (maku)

Buddhassa anuttarabhāvapañho dutiyo. *Buddhassa anuttarabhāvapañho → buddhānuttara … (maku)

Buddhassa anuttarabhāvapañho dutiyo. *Buddhassa anuttarabhāvapañho → buddhānuttara … (maku)