A Yoke With a Hole (2nd)

“Mendicants, suppose the earth was entirely covered with water.And a person threw a yoke with a single hole into it.The east wind wafts it west; the west wind wafts it east; the north wind wafts it south; and the south wind wafts it north.And there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years.

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ayaṁ mahāpathavī ekodakā assa. Tatra puriso ekacchiggaḷaṁ yugaṁ pakkhipeyya. Tamenaṁ puratthimo vāto pacchimena saṁhareyya, pacchimo vāto puratthimena saṁhareyya, uttaro vāto dakkhiṇena saṁhareyya, dakkhiṇo vāto uttarena saṁhareyya. Tatrassa kāṇo kacchapo. So vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjeyya.

“Mendicants, suppose the earth was entirely covered with water.“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ayaṁ mahāpathavī ekodakā assa. And a person threw a yoke with a single hole into it.Tatra puriso ekacchiggaḷaṁ yugaṁ pakkhipeyya. The east wind wafts it west; the west wind wafts it east; the north wind wafts it south; and the south wind wafts it north.Tamenaṁ puratthimo vāto pacchimena saṁhareyya, pacchimo vāto puratthimena saṁhareyya, uttaro vāto dakkhiṇena saṁhareyya, dakkhiṇo vāto uttarena saṁhareyya. And there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years.Tatrassa kāṇo kacchapo. So vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjeyya.

What do you think, mendicants?Would that one-eyed turtle, popping up once every hundred years, still poke its neck through the hole in that yoke?”

Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, api nu kho kāṇo kacchapo vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjanto amusmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe yuge gīvaṁ paveseyyā”ti?

What do you think, mendicants?Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, Would that one-eyed turtle, popping up once every hundred years, still poke its neck through the hole in that yoke?”api nu kho kāṇo kacchapo vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjanto amusmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe yuge gīvaṁ paveseyyā”ti?

“That’s how anomalous it is to get reborn as a human being.*For “anomalous” see note on SN 12.17:3.7.And that’s how anomalous it is for a Realized One to arise in the world, a perfected one, a fully awakened 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.And that’s how anomalous it is for the teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One to shine in the world.And now, mendicants, you have been reborn as a human being. A Realized One has arisen in the world, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha. And the teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One shines in the world.

“Evaṁ adhiccamidaṁ, bhikkhave, yaṁ manussattaṁ labhati. Evaṁ adhiccamidaṁ, bhikkhave, yaṁ tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho. Evaṁ adhiccamidaṁ, bhikkhave, yaṁ tathāgatappavedito dhammavinayo loke dibbati. Tassidaṁ, bhikkhave, manussattaṁ laddhaṁ, tathāgato loke uppanno arahaṁ sammāsambuddho, tathāgatappavedito ca dhammavinayo loke dibbati. *Tassidaṁ → tayidaṁ (?)

“That’s how anomalous it is to get reborn as a human being.*For “anomalous” see note on SN 12.17:3.7.“Evaṁ adhiccamidaṁ, bhikkhave, yaṁ manussattaṁ labhati. And that’s how anomalous it is for a Realized One to arise in the world, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha.Evaṁ adhiccamidaṁ, bhikkhave, yaṁ tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho. And that’s how anomalous it is for the teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One to shine in the world.Evaṁ adhiccamidaṁ, bhikkhave, yaṁ tathāgatappavedito dhammavinayo loke dibbati. And now, mendicants, you have been reborn as a human being. A Realized One has arisen in the world, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha. And the teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One shines in the world.Tassidaṁ, bhikkhave, manussattaṁ laddhaṁ, tathāgato loke uppanno arahaṁ sammāsambuddho, tathāgatappavedito ca dhammavinayo loke dibbati. *Tassidaṁ → tayidaṁ (?)