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Sutta Nipāta 5.9 Sutta Nipāta 5.8Anthology of Discourses 5.9
Hemakamāṇavapucchā Hemaka’s QuestionThe Questions of Hemaka
“Ye me pubbe viyākaṁsu, “In the past,“Those who have previously answered me,”
(iccāyasmā hemako) (Hemaka)said Venerable Hemaka,
Huraṁ gotamasāsanā; before hearing Gotama’s message,“before Gotama’s teaching,
Iccāsi iti bhavissati, when anyone explained ‘It is,’ ‘It will be,’said ‘thus it was’ or ‘so it shall be’.
Sabbaṁ taṁ itihītihaṁ; all that was hearsay, quotation marks.All that was just the testament of hearsay;
Sabbaṁ taṁ takkavaḍḍhanaṁ, All that promoted conjectureall that just fostered speculation:
Nāhaṁ tattha abhiramiṁ. and gave me no pleasure.I found no delight in that.
Tvañca me dhammamakkhāhi, Now, sage, teach me the DhammaBut you, sage, explain to me
taṇhānigghātanaṁ muni; demolishing craving,the teaching that destroys craving.
Yaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ, knowing which, living mindfully,Having understood it, one who lives mindfully
tare loke visattikaṁ”. one would cross over beyond entanglement in the world.”may cross over clinging in the world.”
“Idha diṭṭhasutamutaviññātesu, “Here, Hemaka, with regard to things dear“The removal of desire and lust, Hemaka,
Piyarūpesu hemaka; —seen, heard, sensed, & cognized— there is:for pleasant things
Chandarāgavinodanaṁ, the dispelling of passion & desire,seen, heard, thought, or cognized here
Nibbānapadamaccutaṁ. the unfallen, undying state of unbinding.The word accuta carries both senses at once: “unfallen” and “undying.”is extinguishment, the state that does not pass.
Etadaññāya ye satā, Those knowing this, mindful,Those who have fully understood this, mindful,
Diṭṭhadhammābhinibbutā; fully unbound in the here-&-now,are quenched in this very life.
Upasantā ca te sadā, are always calmed,Following the Burmese, Sri Lankan, and PTS editions’ sadā (“always”). The Thai edition instead reads satā (“mindful”), but that would just repeat satā from the line before it, a repetition Pali poetry generally avoids except for deliberate emphasis.Always at peace,
Tiṇṇā loke visattikan”ti. have crossed over beyond entanglement in the world.”they’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”
Hemakamāṇavapucchā aṭṭhamā. Hemaka’s Questions, the eighth.