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guttara NikÄya 10.58 Numbered Discourses 10.58
6. Sacittavagga 6. Your Own Mind
MÅ«lakasutta Rooted
āSace, bhikkhave, aƱƱatitthiyÄ paribbÄjakÄ evaį¹ puccheyyuį¹: āMendicants, if wanderers of other religions were to ask:
ākiį¹mÅ«lakÄ, Ävuso, sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹sambhavÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹samudayÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹samosaraį¹Ä sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹pamukhÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹adhipateyyÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹uttarÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹sÄrÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹ogadhÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹pariyosÄnÄ sabbe dhammÄāti, evaį¹ puį¹į¹hÄ tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaį¹ aƱƱatitthiyÄnaį¹ paribbÄjakÄnaį¹ kinti byÄkareyyÄthÄāti? āReverends, all things have what as their root? What produces them? What is their origin? What is their meeting place? What is their chief? What is their ruler? What is their overseer? What is their core? What is their culmination? What is their final end?ā How would you answer them?ā
āBhagavaį¹mÅ«lakÄ no, bhante, dhammÄ bhagavaį¹nettikÄ bhagavaį¹paį¹isaraį¹Ä. SÄdhu vata, bhante, bhagavantaį¹yeva paį¹ibhÄtu etassa bhÄsitassa attho. Bhagavato sutvÄ bhikkhÅ« dhÄressantÄ«āti. āOur teachings are rooted in the Buddha. He is our guide and our refuge. Sir, may the Buddha himself please clarify the meaning of this. The mendicants will listen and remember it.ā
āTena hi, bhikkhave, suį¹Ätha, sÄdhukaį¹ manasi karotha, bhÄsissÄmÄ«āti. āWell then, mendicants, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.ā
āEvaį¹, bhanteāti kho te bhikkhÅ« bhagavato paccassosuį¹. āYes, sir,ā they replied.
BhagavÄ etadavoca: The Buddha said this:
āSace, bhikkhave, aƱƱatitthiyÄ paribbÄjakÄ evaį¹ puccheyyuį¹: āMendicants, if wanderers of other religions were to ask:
ākiį¹mÅ«lakÄ, Ävuso, sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹sambhavÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹samudayÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹samosaraį¹Ä sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹pamukhÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹ adhipateyyÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹uttarÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹sÄrÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹ogadhÄ sabbe dhammÄ, kiį¹pariyosÄnÄ sabbe dhammÄāti, āReverends, all things have what as their root? What produces them? What is their origin? What is their meeting place? What is their chief? What is their ruler? What is their overseer? What is their core? What is their culmination? What is their final end?ā
evaį¹ puį¹į¹hÄ tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaį¹ aƱƱatitthiyÄnaį¹ paribbÄjakÄnaį¹ evaį¹ byÄkareyyÄtha: You should answer them:
āchandamÅ«lakÄ, Ävuso, sabbe dhammÄ, manasikÄrasambhavÄ sabbe dhammÄ, phassasamudayÄ sabbe dhammÄ, vedanÄsamosaraį¹Ä sabbe dhammÄ, samÄdhippamukhÄ sabbe dhammÄ, satÄdhipateyyÄ sabbe dhammÄ, paƱƱuttarÄ sabbe dhammÄ, vimuttisÄrÄ sabbe dhammÄ, amatogadhÄ sabbe dhammÄ, nibbÄnapariyosÄnÄ sabbe dhammÄāti. āReverends, all things are rooted in desire. They are produced by application of mind. Contact is their origin. Feeling is their meeting place. Immersion is their chief. Mindfulness is their ruler. Wisdom is their overseer. Freedom is their core. They culminate in freedom from death. And extinguishment is their final end.ā
Evaį¹ puį¹į¹hÄ tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaį¹ aƱƱatitthiyÄnaį¹ paribbÄjakÄnaį¹ evaį¹ byÄkareyyÄthÄāti. When questioned by wanderers of other religions, thatās how you should answer them.ā
Aį¹į¹hamaį¹.