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From: Pali, Bhikkhu Sujato , Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

Sutta Nipāta 5.16 Sutta Nipāta 5.15Anthology of Discourses 5.16

Mogharājamāṇavapucchā Mogharāja’s QuestionThe Questions of Mogharāja

“Dvāhaṁ sakkaṁ apucchissaṁ, “Twice now, Sakyan, I’ve asked you,“Twice I have asked the Sakyan,”

(iccāyasmā mogharājā) (Mogharāja)said Venerable Mogharāja,

Na me byākāsi cakkhumā; but you, One with Eyes, haven’t answered me.“but you haven’t answered me, O Clear-eyed One.

Yāvatatiyañca devīsi, ‘When asked the third time, the divine seer answers’:I have heard that the divine seer

Byākarotīti me sutaṁ. So I have heard.answers when questioned a third time.

Ayaṁ loko paro loko, This world, the next world,Regarding this world, the other world,

brahmaloko sadevako; the Brahmā world with its devas:and the realm of divinity with its gods,

Diṭṭhiṁ te nābhijānāti, I don’t know how they’re viewedI’m not familiar with the view

gotamassa yasassino. by the prestigious Gotama.of the renowned Gotama.

Evaṁ abhikkantadassāviṁ, So to the one who has seen to the far extreme,So I have come seeking with a question

atthi pañhena āgamaṁ; I’ve come with a desire for a question:for the one of excellent vision.

Kathaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ, One who regards the world in what wayHow to look upon the world

maccurājā na passati”. isn’t seen by Death’s King?”so the King of Death won’t see you?”

“Suññato lokaṁ avekkhassu, “Always mindful, Mogharāja, regard the world as“Look upon the world as empty,

Mogharāja sadā sato; empty,Mogharāja, ever mindful.

Attānudiṭṭhiṁ ūhacca, having removed any view in terms of self.Having uprooted the theory of self,

Evaṁ maccutaro siyā; This way one is above & beyond death.you may thus cross over death.

Evaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ, One who regards the world in this wayThat’s how to look upon the world

Maccurājā na passatī”ti. isn’t seen by Death’s King.”so the King of Death won’t see you.”

Mogharājamāṇavapucchā pannarasamā. Mogharāja’s Questions, the fifteenth.