“I am old, feeble, and pallid,”
said Venerable Piṅgiya,
“my eyes unclear, my hearing faint—
don’t let me perish while still confused.
Explain the teaching so that I may understand
the giving up of rebirth and old age here.”

“Seeing them harmed on account of forms,”
replied the Buddha,
“on account of forms those negligent folk are afflicted—
therefore, Piṅgiya, being diligent,
give up form so as not to be reborn.”

“The four quarters, the intermediate directions,
below, and above: in these ten directions
there’s nothing at all in the world
that you’ve not seen, heard, thought, or cognized.
Explain the teaching so that I may understand
the giving up of rebirth and old age here.”

“Observing mankind sunk in craving,”
replied the Buddha,
“tormented, mired in old age;
therefore, Piṅgiya, being diligent,
give up craving so as not to be reborn.”

The Minor Discourses

|_【5】 Anthology of Discourses

|__V. The Chapter on the Way to the Beyond

Snp5.17 The Questions of Piṅgiya

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पाळिभासा (Pāli)

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Translations [3]

English

Việt Ngữ

पाळिभासा (Pāli)

Reference

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