Snp 5.15: Mogharaja-manava-puccha
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:27 am
Snp 5.15: Mogharaja-manava-puccha — Mogharaja's Question {Sn 1116-1119}
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
How should one view the world so as to escape Death's grasp?
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[Mogharaja:]
Twice now, O Sakyan,
I've asked you,
but you, One with vision,
haven't answered me.
When asked the third time
the celestial seer answers:
so I have heard.
This world, the next world,
the Brahma world with its devas:
I don't know how they're viewed by the glorious Gotama.
So to the one who has seen to the far extreme,
I've come with a question:
How does one view the world
so as not to be seen
by Death's king?
[The Buddha:]
View the world, Mogharaja,
as empty —
always mindful
to have removed any view
about self.
This way one is above & beyond death.
This is how one views the world
so as not to be seen
by Death's king.
Note
On viewing the world as void, see S.XXXV.85.http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
How should one view the world so as to escape Death's grasp?
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
[Mogharaja:]
Twice now, O Sakyan,
I've asked you,
but you, One with vision,
haven't answered me.
When asked the third time
the celestial seer answers:
so I have heard.
This world, the next world,
the Brahma world with its devas:
I don't know how they're viewed by the glorious Gotama.
So to the one who has seen to the far extreme,
I've come with a question:
How does one view the world
so as not to be seen
by Death's king?
[The Buddha:]
View the world, Mogharaja,
as empty —
always mindful
to have removed any view
about self.
This way one is above & beyond death.
This is how one views the world
so as not to be seen
by Death's king.
Note
On viewing the world as void, see S.XXXV.85.http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;