Snp 5:15 · 5:15 Mogharāja’s Question
Twice now, Sakyan,
I’ve asked you,
but you, One with Eyes,
haven’t answered me.
“When asked the third time,
the divine seer answers”:
So I have heard.
This world, the next world,
the Brahmā world with its devas:
I don’t know how they’re viewed
by the prestigious Gotama.
So to the one who has seen
to the far extreme,
I’ve come with a desire for a question:
One who regards the world in what way
isn’t seen by Death’s King?
The Buddha:
Always mindful, Mogharāja,1
regard the world as
empty,
having removed any view
in terms of self.
This way
one is above & beyond death.
One who regards the world
in this way
isn’t seen by Death’s King.
vv. 1116–1119
Note
1. Cited by the Buddha at AN 1:149 (1:234) as foremost among the monks in wearing coarse robes.
See also: DN 15; MN 22; MN 26; MN 49; MN 121; SN 22:1; SN 4:19; SN 5:10; SN 12:15; SN 35:23; SN 35:82; SN 35:85; AN 9:39
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
