6. Buddha: ”This question which thou hast asked, O Agita, that I will explain to thee; (I will explain to thee) by what name and shape[2] are totally stopped; by the cessation of consciousness this is stopped here.” (1037)
7. Agita: ”Those who have examined (all) Dhammas (i.e. the saints), and those who are disciples, (and those who are) common men here,--when thou art asked about their mode of life, declare it unto me, thou who art wise, O venerable man.” (1038)
8. Buddha: ”Let the Bhikkhu not crave for sensual pleasures, let him be calm in mind, let him wander about skilful in all Dhammas, and thoughtful.” (1039)
Agitamânavapukkhâ is ended.
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3. TISSAMETTEYYAMÂNAVAPUKKHÂ.
1. ”Who is contented in the world,”--so said the venerable Tissametteyya,--”who is without commotions
Who after knowing both ends does not stick in the middle, as far as his understanding is
[1. Nâmarûpañ ka.
2. Nâmañ ka rûpañ ka.]
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concerned
Whom dost thou call a great man
Who has overcome desire in this world
” (1040)
2. ”The Bhikkhu who abstains from sensual pleasures, O Metteyya,”--so said Bhagavat,--”who is free from desire, always thoughtful, happy by reflection, he is without commotions, he after knowing both ends does not stick in the middle, as far as his understanding is concerned; him I call a great man; he has overcame desire in this world.” (1041)
Tissametteyyamânavapukkhâ is ended.
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4. PUNNAKAMÂNAVAPUKKHÂ.
1. ”To him who is without desire, who has seen the root (of sin),”--so said the venerable Punnaka,--”I have come supplicatingly with a question: on account of what did the Isis and men, Khattiyas and Brâhmanas, offer sacrifices to the gods abundantly in this world
(about this) I ask thee, O Bhagavat, tell me this.” (1042)
2. ”All these Isis and men, Khattiyas and Brâhmanas, O Punnaka,”--so said Bhagavat,--”who offered sacrifices to the gods abundantly in this world, offered sacrifices, O Punnaka, after reaching old age, wishing for their present condition.” (1043)
3. ”All these Isis and men, Khattiyas and Brâhmanas,”--so said the venerable Punnaka,--”who offered sacrifices to the gods abundantly in this world, did they, O Bhagavat, indefatigable in the way of offering, cross over both birth and old age, O venerable man
I ask thee, O Bhagavat, tell me this.” (1044)
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4. ”They wished for, praised, desired, abandoned (sensual pleasures), O Punnaka,”--so said Bhagavat,--”they desired sensual pleasures on account of what they reached by them; they, devoted to offering, dyed with the passions of existence, did not cross over birth and old age, so I say.” (1045)
5. ”If they, devoted to offering,”--so said the venerable Punnaka,--”did not by offering cross over birth and old age, O venerable man, who then in the world of gods and men crossed over birth and old age, O venerable man, I ask thee, O Bhagavat, tell me this
” (1046)
6. ”Having considered everything[1] in the world, O Punnaka,”--so said Bhagavat,--”he who is not defeated anywhere in the world, who is calm without the smoke of passions, free from woe, free from desire, he crossed over birth and old age, so I say.” (1041)
Punnakamânavapukkhâ is ended.
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5. METTAGÛMÂNAVAPUKKHÂ.
1. ”I ask thee, O Bhagavat, tell me this,”--so said the venerable Mettagû,--”I consider thee accomplished and of a cultivated mind, why are these (creatures),…
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