{"id":"snp5.9","title":"The Questions of Hemaka","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp5.9","title":"The Questions of Hemaka","units":[{"id":"snp5.9:0","sourceIds":["snp5.9:0.1","snp5.9:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 5.9\nHemakamāṇavapucchā","en":"Anthology of Discourses 5.9\nThe Questions of Hemaka"}},{"id":"snp5.9:1","sourceIds":["snp5.9:1.1","snp5.9:1.2","snp5.9:1.3","snp5.9:1.4","snp5.9:1.5","snp5.9:1.6","snp5.9:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ye me pubbe viyākaṁsu,\n(iccāyasmā hemako)\nHuraṁ gotamasāsanā;\nIccāsi iti bhavissati,\nSabbaṁ taṁ itihītihaṁ;\nSabbaṁ taṁ takkavaḍḍhanaṁ,\nNāhaṁ tattha abhiramiṁ.","en":"“Those who have previously answered me,”\nsaid Venerable Hemaka,\n“before Gotama’s teaching,\nsaid ‘thus it was’ or ‘so it shall be’.\nAll that was just the testament of hearsay;\nall that just fostered speculation:\nI found no delight in that."}},{"id":"snp5.9:2","sourceIds":["snp5.9:2.1","snp5.9:2.2","snp5.9:2.3","snp5.9:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tvañca me dhammamakkhāhi,\ntaṇhānigghātanaṁ muni;\nYaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ,\ntare loke visattikaṁ”.","en":"But you, sage, explain to me\nthe teaching that destroys craving.\nHaving understood it, one who lives mindfully\nmay cross over clinging in the world.”"}},{"id":"snp5.9:3","sourceIds":["snp5.9:3.1","snp5.9:3.2","snp5.9:3.3","snp5.9:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha diṭṭhasutamutaviññātesu,\nPiyarūpesu hemaka;\nChandarāgavinodanaṁ,\nNibbānapadamaccutaṁ.","en":"“The removal of desire and lust, Hemaka,\nfor pleasant things\nseen, heard, thought, or cognized here\nis extinguishment, the state that does not pass."}},{"id":"snp5.9:4","sourceIds":["snp5.9:4.1","snp5.9:4.2","snp5.9:4.3","snp5.9:4.4","snp5.9:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etadaññāya ye satā,\nDiṭṭhadhammābhinibbutā;\nUpasantā ca te sadā,\nTiṇṇā loke visattikan”ti.\nHemakamāṇavapucchā aṭṭhamā.","en":"Those who have fully understood this, mindful,\nare quenched in this very life.\nAlways at peace,\nthey’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.9/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."}