5:14 The Questions Posala

(Said the Venerable Posāla)

1112“I have come in need with a question,
to the one who points out the past,
who is without impulse, who has cut off doubt,
who has gone beyond all phenomena. (1)

1113“I ask, Sakya, about the knowledge
of one for whom perception of form has vanished,
who has entirely abandoned the body,
who sees ‘there is nothing’
internally and externally:
how is such a one to be led?” (2) [216]

(“Posāla,” said the Blessed One)

1114“Directly knowing all stations of consciousness,
the Tathāgata knows this one
remaining, who is liberated,
who has that as support. (3)

1115“Having known the origin of nothingness
thus, ‘delight is the fetter,’
having directly known it in such a way,Reading with Be and Ce evaṃ etaṃ, as against Ee evam evaṃ.
one then sees into it with insight.
This is the real knowledge of the brahmin,
one who has lived the spiritual life.” (4)

Posālamāṇavapucchā

(iccāyasmā posālo):

1112"Yo atītaṁ ādisati,
Anejo chinnasaṁsayo;
Pāraguṁ sabbadhammānaṁ,
Atthi pañhena āgamaṁ.

1113 Vibhūtarūpasaññissa,
sabbakāyappahāyino;
Ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca,
natthi kiñcīti passato;
Ñāṇaṁ sakkānupucchāmi,
kathaṁ neyyo tathāvidho".

(posālāti bhagavā):

1114 "Viññāṇaṭṭhitiyo sabbā,
Abhijānaṁ tathāgato;
Tiṭṭhantamenaṁ jānāti,
Vimuttaṁ tapparāyaṇaṁ.

1115 Ākiñcaññasambhavaṁ ñatvā,
Nandī saṁyojanaṁ iti;
Evametaṁ abhiññāya,
Tato tattha vipassati;
Etaṁ ñāṇaṁ tathaṁ tassa,
Brāhmaṇassa vusīmato"ti.

Posālamāṇavapucchā cuddasamā.