5:13 The Questions of Udaya

(Said the Venerable Udaya)

1105“I have come in need with a question,
to the seated meditator, dust-free,
who has completed the task, without influxes,
who has gone beyond all phenomena.
Speak of emancipation by final knowledge,
the breaking up of ignorance.” (1)

(“Udaya,” said the Blessed One)

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1106“The abandoning of both,
sensual desires and dejection;
the dispelling of mental dullness,
the warding off of regrets: (2)

1107“purified by equanimity and mindfulness,
preceded by thought on the Dhamma —
I call this emancipation by final knowledge,
the breaking up of ignorance.” (3) [215]

1108“By what is the world fettered?
What is its means of traveling about?
By the abandoning of what
is ‘nibbāna’ spoken of?” (4)

1109“The world is fettered by delight;
thought is its means of traveling about.
It is by the abandoning of craving
that ‘nibbāna’ is spoken of.” (5)

1110“How does one live mindfully
for consciousness to cease?
Having come to ask the Blessed One,
let us hear that word of yours.” (6)

1111“For one not seeking delight in feeling
internally and externally,
for one living mindfully thus,
consciousness ceases.” (7)

Udayamāṇavapucchā

(iccāyasmā udayo):

1105"Jhāyiṁ virajamāsīnaṁ,
Katakiccaṁ anāsavaṁ;
Pāraguṁ sabbadhammānaṁ,
Atthi pañhena āgamaṁ;
Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūhi,
Avijjāya pabhedanaṁ".

(udayāti bhagavā):

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1106 "Pahānaṁ kāmacchandānaṁ,
Domanassāna cūbhayaṁ;
Thinassa ca panūdanaṁ,
Kukkuccānaṁ nivāraṇaṁ.

1107 Upekkhāsatisaṁsuddhaṁ,
dhammatakkapurejavaṁ;
Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūmi,
avijjāya pabhedanaṁ".

1108 "Kiṁsu saṁyojano loko,
kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Kissassa vippahānena,
nibbānaṁ iti vuccati".

1109 "Nandisaṁyojano loko,
vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Taṇhāya vippahānena,
nibbānaṁ iti vuccati".

1110 "Kathaṁ satassa carato,
viññāṇaṁ uparujjhati;
Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,
taṁ suṇoma vaco tava".

1111 "Ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca,
Vedanaṁ nābhinandato;
Evaṁ satassa carato,
Viññāṇaṁ uparujjhatī"ti.

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Udayamāṇavapucchā terasamā.