Discurso sobre el corto tiempo de vida

So I have heard.At one time 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 was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Ānanda came out of retreat and went to the Buddha. He bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing!How short-lived was the Blessed One’s mother! For seven days after the Blessed One was born, his mother passed away and was reborn in the host of joyful gods.”*Here I use “Blessed One” rather than my usual “Buddha” for bhagavā. Normally the difference is immaterial, as it is simply the most common way to address the Buddha. In this case, however, the passage Ānanda is referring to uses bodhisatta, and it is quite striking that he changes it here.

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho āyasmā ānando sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: *paṭisallānā → patisallāṇā (bj)“acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante. Yāva appāyukā hi, bhante, bhagavato mātā ahosi, sattāhajāte bhagavati bhagavato mātā kālamakāsi, tusitaṁ kāyaṁ upapajjī”ti.

So I have heard.Evaṁ me sutaṁ—At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Ānanda came out of retreat and went to the Buddha. He bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:Atha kho āyasmā ānando sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: *paṭisallānā → patisallāṇā (bj)“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing!“acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante. How short-lived was the Blessed One’s mother! For seven days after the Blessed One was born, his mother passed away and was reborn in the host of joyful gods.”*Here I use “Blessed One” rather than my usual “Buddha” for bhagavā. Normally the difference is immaterial, as it is simply the most common way to address the Buddha. In this case, however, the passage Ānanda is referring to uses bodhisatta, and it is quite striking that he changes it here.Yāva appāyukā hi, bhante, bhagavato mātā ahosi, sattāhajāte bhagavati bhagavato mātā kālamakāsi, tusitaṁ kāyaṁ upapajjī”ti.

“That’s so true, Ānanda! For the mothers of beings intent of awakening are short-lived.*The Buddha switches back to bodhisatta, and depersonalizes it by using the plural.Seven days after the beings intent on awakening are born, their mothers pass away and are reborn in the host of joyful gods.”

“Evametaṁ, ānanda, appāyukā hi, ānanda, bodhisattamātaro honti. *Evametaṁ, ānanda → evametaṁ ānanda evametaṁ ānanda (sya-all)Sattāhajātesu bodhisattesu bodhisattamātaro kālaṁ karonti, tusitaṁ kāyaṁ upapajjantī”ti.

“That’s so true, Ānanda! For the mothers of beings intent of awakening are short-lived.*The Buddha switches back to bodhisatta, and depersonalizes it by using the plural.“Evametaṁ, ānanda, appāyukā hi, ānanda, bodhisattamātaro honti. *Evametaṁ, ānanda → evametaṁ ānanda evametaṁ ānanda (sya-all)Seven days after the beings intent on awakening are born, their mothers pass away and are reborn in the host of joyful gods.”Sattāhajātesu bodhisattesu bodhisattamātaro kālaṁ karonti, tusitaṁ kāyaṁ upapajjantī”ti.