{"id":"snp5.6","title":"The Questions of Dhotaka","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp5.6","title":"The Questions of Dhotaka","units":[{"id":"snp5.6:0","sourceIds":["snp5.6:0.1","snp5.6:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 5.6\nDhotakamāṇavapucchā","en":"Anthology of Discourses 5.6\nThe Questions of Dhotaka"}},{"id":"snp5.6:1","sourceIds":["snp5.6:1.1","snp5.6:1.2","snp5.6:1.3","snp5.6:1.4","snp5.6:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pucchāmi taṁ bhagavā brūhi metaṁ,\n(iccāyasmā dhotako)\nVācābhikaṅkhāmi mahesi tuyhaṁ;\nTava sutvāna nigghosaṁ,\nSikkhe nibbānamattano”.","en":"“I ask you, Blessed One; please tell me this,”\nsaid Venerable Dhotaka,\n“I long for your voice, great seer.\nAfter hearing your message,\nI shall train myself for extinguishment.”"}},{"id":"snp5.6:2","sourceIds":["snp5.6:2.1","snp5.6:2.2","snp5.6:2.3","snp5.6:2.4","snp5.6:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tenahātappaṁ karohi,\n(dhotakāti bhagavā)\nIdheva nipako sato;\nIto sutvāna nigghosaṁ,\nSikkhe nibbānamattano”.","en":"“Well then, be keen, alert,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“and mindful right here.\nAfter hearing this message, go on\nand train yourself for extinguishment.”"}},{"id":"snp5.6:3","sourceIds":["snp5.6:3.1","snp5.6:3.2","snp5.6:3.3","snp5.6:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Passāmahaṁ devamanussaloke,\nAkiñcanaṁ brāhmaṇamiriyamānaṁ;\nTaṁ taṁ namassāmi samantacakkhu,\nPamuñca maṁ sakka kathaṅkathāhi”.","en":"“I see in the world of gods and humans\na brahmin traveling with nothing.\nI bow especially to you, All-seer:\nrelease me, Sakyan, from my indecisions.”"}},{"id":"snp5.6:4","sourceIds":["snp5.6:4.1","snp5.6:4.2","snp5.6:4.3","snp5.6:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nāhaṁ sahissāmi pamocanāya,\nKathaṅkathiṁ dhotaka kañci loke;\nDhammañca seṭṭhaṁ abhijānamāno,\nEvaṁ tuvaṁ oghamimaṁ taresi”.","en":"“I am not able to release anyone\nin the world who is indecisive, Dhotaka.\nBut when you understand the best of teachings,\nyou shall cross this flood.”"}},{"id":"snp5.6:5","sourceIds":["snp5.6:5.1","snp5.6:5.2","snp5.6:5.3","snp5.6:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Anusāsa brahme karuṇāyamāno,\nVivekadhammaṁ yamahaṁ vijaññaṁ;\nYathāhaṁ ākāsova abyāpajjamāno,\nIdheva santo asito careyyaṁ”.","en":"“Teach me, brahmin, out of compassion,\nthe principle of seclusion so that I may understand.\nI wish to practice right here, peaceful, independent,\nunobstructed as space itself.”"}},{"id":"snp5.6:6","sourceIds":["snp5.6:6.1","snp5.6:6.2","snp5.6:6.3","snp5.6:6.4","snp5.6:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kittayissāmi te santiṁ,\n(dhotakāti bhagavā)\nDiṭṭhe dhamme anītihaṁ;\nYaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ,\nTare loke visattikaṁ”.","en":"“I shall extol that peace for you,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“that is apparent in the present, not relying on legends.\nHaving understood it, one who lives mindfully\nmay cross over clinging in the world.”"}},{"id":"snp5.6:7","sourceIds":["snp5.6:7.1","snp5.6:7.2","snp5.6:7.3","snp5.6:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tañcāhaṁ abhinandāmi,\nmahesi santimuttamaṁ;\nYaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ,\ntare loke visattikaṁ”.","en":"“And I rejoice, great seer,\nin that supreme peace,\nhaving understood which, one who lives mindfully\nmay cross over clinging in the world.”"}},{"id":"snp5.6:8","sourceIds":["snp5.6:8.1","snp5.6:8.2","snp5.6:8.3","snp5.6:8.4","snp5.6:8.5","snp5.6:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ kiñci sampajānāsi,\n(dhotakāti bhagavā)\nUddhaṁ adho tiriyañcāpi majjhe;\nEtaṁ viditvā saṅgoti loke,\nBhavābhavāya mākāsi taṇhan”ti.\nDhotakamāṇavapucchā pañcamī.","en":"“Once you have understood that everything,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“you are aware of in the world—\nabove, below, all round, between—\nis a chain, don’t crave for life after life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.6/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}