MAJJHIMA NIKAAYA III
II. 3. 5. Maagandiyasutta.m
III.
4.4. Lomasangiyabhaddekaratthasutta.m-A single auspicious attachment to
Venerable Lomasangiya-(134)
I
heard thus.At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered
by Anaathapindika in Jeta’s grove in Saavatthi. At that time venerable
Lomasangiya was dwelling in Nigrodha’s monasteryin
Kapilavatthu in the Sakya country. Then the deity Chandana when the night
was waning illuminated the whole Nigrodha monastery with a resplendent
light, approached venerable Lomasangiya, stood on a side and said’Bhikkhu,
do you remember the short and detailed exposition of the single auspicious
attachment?
‘Friend,
I do not remember the short and detailed exposition of the single auspicious
attachment. Do you remember it?
‘Bhikkhu,
I too do not remember the short and detailed exposition of the single auspicious
attachment. Bhikkhu, do you remember the verses of the single auspicious
attachment.’
‘Friend,
I do not remember the verses of the single auspicious attachment. Do you
remember them?’
‘Bhikkhu,
I remember the verses of the single auspicious attachment.’
‘Friend,
how is it that you remember the verses of the ssingle auspicious attachment?’
‘Bhikkhu,
once the Blessed One abode under the Paricchattaka shade with the gods
of the thirty and there the short and detailed explanation ofthe
single auspicious attachment was preached to the gods of the thirty three.
Do
not recollect the past, nor desire the future,
The
past is over, the future has not come.
These
things of the present, see them with insight as they arise
Not
faltering and not moved, think about them.
Today
itself the dispelling should be done
Tomorrow
death might come
We
will not have any associations with Death and his great army
You
should abide dispelling thus, day and night zealously,
This
is the single auspicious attachment, the appeased sage tells
Bhikkhu,
in this manner I remember the verses of the single auspicious attachment.Bhikkhu,
learn, practise and remember the short and detailed exposition of the single
auspicious attachment, it tells the fundamentalsof
the holy life.saying this, the deity vanished from there.
Venerable
Lomasangiya at the end of that night, arranged his dwelling and taking
bowl and robes, left on a tour to reach Saavatthi. Coming in stages he
reached the monastery offered by Anaathapindika in Jeta’s grove in Saavatthi,
approached the Blessed One worshipped and sat on a side. Venerable Lomasangiya
said. ‘Venerable sir, once I was dwelling in Nigrodha’s monasteryin
Kapilavatthu in the Sakya country. Then a certain deity, when the night
was waning illuminated the whole Nigrodha monastery with a resplendent
light, approached me, stood on a side and said’Bhikkhu,
do you remember the short and detailed exposition of the single auspicious
attachment? I said friend, I do not remember the short and detailed exposition
of the single auspicious attachment. Do you remember it? Then that deity
said, bhikkhu, I too do not remember the short and detailed exposition
of the single auspicious attachment. Bhikkhu, do you remember the verses
of the single auspicious attachment? Then I saidfriend,
I do not remember the verses of the single auspicious attachment. Do you
remember them? Then he said bhikkhu, I remember the verses of the single
auspicious attachment. Then I asked, friend, how is it that you remember
the verses of the single auspicious attachment? Venerablesir
he said, bhikkhu, once the Blessed One abode under the Paricchattaka shade
with the gods of the thirty and there the short and detailed explanation
ofthe single auspicious attachment
was preached to the gods of the thirty three.
Do
not recollect the past, nor desire the future,
The
past is over, the future has not come.
These
things of the present, see them with insight as they arise
Not
faltering and not moved, think about them.
Today
itself the dispelling should be done
Tomorrow
death might come
We
will not have any associations with Death and his great army
You
should abide dispelling thus, day and night zealously,
This
is the single auspicious attachment, the appeased sage tells
Bhikkhu,
in this manner I remember the verses of the single auspicious attachment.Bhikkhu,
learn, practise and remember the short and detailed exposition of the single
auspicious attachment, it tells the fundamentalsof
the holy life.saying this, the deity vanished from there.Good! If the Blessed
One teaches me the short and detailed exposition of the single auspicious
attachment.’
‘Bhikkhu,
do you know that deity?
‘Venerable
sir, I do not know him.’
‘Bhikkhu,
his name is Chandana, he listens to the Teaching reflectively and attentively
to take the essential. Attend carefully, I will teach you now.
Do
not recollect the past, nor desire the future,
The
past is over, the future has not come.
These
things of the present, see them with insight as they arise*1)
Not
faltering and not moved, think about them.
Today
itself the dispelling should be done
Tomorrow
death might come
We
will not have any associations with Death and his great army*2)
You
should abide dispelling thus, day and night zealously,
This
is the single auspicious attachment, the appeased sage tells
Bhikkhu,
how do you recollect the past? You think interestedly, I was of such matter
in the past. I was of such feelings in the past. I was of such perceptions
in the past. I was of such determinations in the past. I was of such consciousness
in the past. Bhikkhu, thus you recollect the past.
Bhikkhu,
how do you not recollect the past? You do not think interestedly, I was
of such matter in the past. I was of such feelings in the past. I was of
such perceptions in the past. I was of such determinations in the past.
I was of such consciousness in the past. Bhikkhu, thus you do not recollect
the past.
Bhikkhu,
how do you not desire the future? You do not desire interestedly, I should
be of such matter in the future I should be of such feelings in the future
I should be of such perceptions in the future I should be of such determinations
in the future I should be of such consciousness in the future Bhikkhu,
thus you do not desire the future.
.Bhikkhu,
how do you falter with things of the present? Bhikkhu, the not learned
ordinary man, who has not seen noble ones and Great Beings, not clever
in their Teaching, and not trained in their Teaching reflects, matter in
self, or a material self, or in self matter, or in matter self. Reflects
feelings in self, or a feeling self, or in self feelings, or in feelings
self. Reflects perceptions in self, or a perceiving self, or in self perceptions,
or in perceptions self. Reflects determinations in self, or a determining
self, or in self determinations or in determinations self. Reflects consciousness
in self, or a conscious self, or in self consciousness, or in consciusness
self. Bhikkhu, thus you falter with things of the present.
Bhikkhu,
how do you not falter with things of the present? Bhikkhu, the learned
noble disciple, who has seen noble ones and Great Beings, clever in their
Teaching, and trained in their Teaching does not reflect, matter in self,
or a material self, or in self matter, or in matter self. Does not reflect
feelings in self, or a feeling self, or in self feelings, or in feelings
self. Does not reflect perceptions in self, or a perceiving self, or in
self perceptions, or in perceptions self. Does not reflect determinations
in self, or a determining self, or in self determinations or in determinations
self. Does not reflect consciousness in self, or a conscious self, or in
self consciousness, or in consciusness self. Bhikkhu, thus you do not falter
with things of the present.
Do
not recollect the past, nor desire the future,
The
past is over, the future has not come.
These
things of the present, see them with insight as they arise
Not
faltering and not moved, think about them.
Today
itself the dispelling should be done
Tomorrow
death might come
We
will not have any associations with Death and his great army.
You
should abide dispelling thus, day and night zealously,
This
is the single auspicious attachment, the appeased sage tells
The Blessed One said thus and venerable Lomasangiya delighted in the words of the Blessed One.