9. Sa½kiccas±maºeravatthu

Yo ca vassasata½ j²veti ima½ dhammadesana½ satth± jetavane viharanto sa½kiccas±maºera½ ±rabbha kathesi.

S±vatthiya½ kira ti½samatt± kulaputt± satthu dhammakatha½ sutv± s±sane ura½ datv± pabbaji½su. Te upasampad±ya pañcavass± hutv± satth±ra½ upasaªkamitv± ganthadhura½ vipassan±dhuranti dve dhur±n²ti sutv± “maya½ mahallakak±le pabbajit±”ti ganthadhure uss±ha½ akatv± vipassan±dhura½ p³retuk±m± y±va arahatt± kammaµµh±na½ kath±petv±, “bhante, eka½ araññ±yatana½ gamiss±m±”ti satth±ra½ ±pucchi½su. Satth± “katara½ µh±na½ gamissath±”ti pucchitv± “asuka½ n±m±”ti vutte “tattha tesa½ eka½ vigh±s±da½ niss±ya bhaya½ uppajjissati, tañca pana sa½kiccas±maºere gate v³pasamissati, atha nesa½ pabbajitakicca½ p±rip³ri½ gamissat²”ti aññ±si.

Sa½kiccas±maºero n±ma s±riputtattherassa s±maºero sattavassiko j±tiy±. Tassa kira m±t± s±vatthiya½ a¹¹hakulassa dh²t±. S± tasmi½ kucchigate ekena by±dhin± taªkhaºaññeva k±lamak±si. Tass± jh±piyam±n±ya µhapetv± gabbhama½sa½ sesa½ jh±yi. Athass± gabbhama½sa½ citakato ot±retv± dv²su t²su µh±nesu s³lehi vijjhi½su. S³lakoµi d±rakassa akkhikoµi½ pahari. Eva½ gabbhama½sa½ vijjhitv± aªg±rar±simhi khipitv± aªg±reheva paµicch±detv± pakkami½su. Gabbhama½sa½ jh±yi, aªg±ramatthake pana suvaººabimbasadiso d±rako padumagabbhe nipanno viya ahosi. Pacchimabhavikassa sattassa hi sinerun± otthariyam±nassapi arahatta½ appatv± j²vitakkhayo n±ma natthi. Punadivase “citaka½ nibb±pess±m±”ti ±gat± tath±nipanna½ d±raka½ disv± acchariyabbhutacittaj±t± “kathañhi n±ma ettakesu d±r³su kh²yam±nesu sakalasar²re jh±piyam±ne d±rako na jh±yi, ki½ nu kho bhavissat²”ti d±raka½ ±d±ya antog±ma½ gantv± nemittake pucchi½su. Nemittak± “sace aya½ d±rako ag±ra½ ajjh±vassissati, y±va sattam± kulaparivaµµ± ñ±tak± duggat± bhavissanti? Sace pabbajissati, pañcahi samaºasatehi parivuto vicarissat²”ti ±ha½su. Tassa saªkun± akkhikoµiy± bhinnatt± sa½kiccanti n±ma½ kari½su. So aparena samayena sa½kiccoti paññ±yi. Atha na½ ñ±tak± “hotu, va¹¹hitak±le amh±ka½ ayyassa s±riputtassa santike pabb±jess±m±”ti posi½su. So sattavassikak±le “tava m±tukucchiya½ vasanak±le m±t± te k±lamak±si, tass± sar²re jh±piyam±nepi tva½ na jh±y²”ti kum±rak±na½ katha½ sutv± “aha½ kira evar³p± bhay± mutto, ki½ me ghar±v±sena, pabbajiss±m²”ti ñ±tak±na½ ±rocesi. Te “s±dhu, t±t±”ti s±riputtattherassa santika½ netv±, “bhante, ima½ pabb±jeth±”ti ada½su. Thero tacapañcakakammaµµh±na½ datv± pabb±jesi. So khuraggeyeva saha paµisambhid±hi arahatta½ p±puºi. Aya½ sa½kiccas±maºero n±ma.

Satth± “etasmi½ gate ta½ bhaya½ v³pasamissati, atha nesa½ pabbajitakicca½ p±rip³ri½ gamissat²”ti ñatv±, “bhikkhave, tumh±ka½ jeµµhabh±tika½ s±riputtatthera½ oloketv± gacchath±”ti ±ha. Te “s±dh³”ti vatv± therassa santika½ gantv± “ki½, ±vuso”ti vutte maya½ satthu santike kammaµµh±na½ gahetv± arañña½ pavisituk±m± hutv± ±pucchimh±, atha no satth± evam±ha– “tumh±ka½ jeµµhabh±tika½ oloketv± gacchath±”ti? “Tenamh± idh±gat±”ti. Thero “satth±r± ime eka½ k±raºa½ disv± idha pahit± bhavissanti, ki½ nu kho etan”ti ±vajjento tamattha½ ñatv± ±ha– “atthi pana vo, ±vuso, s±maºero”ti? “Natthi, ±vuso”ti. “Sace natthi, ima½ sa½kiccas±maºera½ gahetv± gacchath±”ti. “Ala½, ±vuso, s±maºera½ niss±ya no palibodho bhavissati, ki½ araññe vasant±na½ s±maºeren±”ti? “N±vuso ima½ niss±ya tumh±ka½ palibodho, apica kho pana tumhe niss±ya imassa palibodho bhavissati. Satth±pi tumhe mama santika½ pahiºanto tumhehi saddhi½ s±maºerassa pahiºana½ pacc±s²santo pahiºi, ima½ gahetv± gacchath±”ti. Te “s±dh³”ti adhiv±setv± s±maºerena saddhi½ ekati½sa jan± thera½ apaloketv± vih±r± nikkhamma c±rika½ carant± v²sayojanasatamatthake eka½ sahassakula½ g±ma½ p±puºi½su.

Manuss± te disv± pasannacitt± sakkacca½ parivisitv±, “bhante, kattha gamissath±”ti pucchitv± “yath±ph±sukaµµh±na½, ±vuso”ti vutte p±dam³le nipajjitv± “maya½, bhante, ayyesu ima½ µh±na½ niss±ya antovassa½ vasantesu pañcas²la½ sam±d±ya uposathakamma½ kariss±m±”ti y±ci½su. Ther± adhiv±sesu½. Atha nesa½ manuss± rattiµµh±nadiv±µµh±nacaªkamanapaººas±l±yo sa½vidahitv± “ajja maya½, sve mayan”ti uss±happatt± upaµµh±namaka½su. Ther± vass³pan±yikadivase katikavatta½ kari½su, “±vuso, amhehi dharam±nakabuddhassa santike kammaµµh±na½ gahita½, na kho pana sakk± aññatra paµipattisampad±ya buddhe ±r±dhetu½, amh±kañca ap±yadv±r±ni vivaµ±neva, tasm± aññatra p±to bhikkh±c±ravela½, s±ya½ ther³paµµh±navelañca sesak±le dve ekaµµh±ne na bhaviss±ma, yassa aph±suka½ bhavissati, tena ghaº¹iy± pahaµ±ya tassa santika½ gantv± bhesajja½ kariss±ma, ito aññasmi½ rattibh±ge v± divasabh±ge v± appamatt± kammaµµh±namanuyuñjiss±m±”ti.

Tesu eva½ katika½ katv± viharantesu eko duggatapuriso dh²tara½ upaniss±ya j²vanto tasmi½ µh±ne dubbhikkhe uppanne apara½ dh²tara½ upaniss±ya j²vituk±mo magga½ paµipajji. Ther±pi g±me piº¹±ya caritv± vasanaµµh±na½ ±gacchant± antar±magge ekiss± nadiy± nhatv± v±lukapuline nis²ditv± bhattakicca½ kari½su. Tasmi½ khaºe so puriso ta½ µh±na½ patv± ekamanta½ aµµh±si. Atha na½ ther± “kaha½ gacchas²”ti pucchi½su. So tamattha½ ±rocesi. Ther± tasmi½ k±ruñña½ upp±detv±, “up±saka, ativiya ch±tosi, gaccha, paººa½ ±hara, ekameka½ te bhattapiº¹a½ dass±m±”ti vatv± tena paººe ±haµe attan± attan± bhuñjananiy±meneva s³pabyañjanehi sannahitv± ekameka½ piº¹a½ ada½su. Etadeva kira vatta½, ya½ bhojanak±le ±gatassa bhatta½ dadam±nena bhikkhun± aggabhatta½ adatv± attan± bhuñjananiy±meneva thoka½ v± bahu½ v± d±tabba½. Tasm± tepi tath± ada½su. So katabhattakicco there vanditv± pucchi– “ki½, bhante, ayy±, kenaci nimantit±”ti? “Natthi, up±saka, nimantana½, manuss± devasika½ evar³pameva ±h±ra½ dent²”ti. So cintesi– “maya½ niccak±la½ uµµh±ya samuµµh±ya kamma½ karont±pi evar³pa½ ±h±ra½ laddhu½ na sakkoma, ki½ me aññattha gatena, imesa½ santikeyeva j²viss±m²”ti. Atha ne ±ha– “aha½ vattapaµivatta½ katv± ayy±na½ santike vasitu½ icch±m²”ti. “S±dhu, up±sak±”ti. So tehi saddhi½ tesa½ vasanaµµh±na½ gantv± s±dhuka½ vattapaµivatta½ karonto bhikkh³ ativiya ±r±dhetv± dvem±saccayena dh²tara½ daµµhuk±mo hutv± “sace, ayye, ±pucchiss±mi, na ma½ vissajjissanti, an±pucch± gamiss±m²”ti tesa½ an±cikkhitv±va nikkhami. Ettakameva kirassa o¼±rika½ khalita½ ahosi, ya½ bhikkh³na½ an±rocetv± pakk±mi.

Tassa pana gamanamagge ek± aµav² atthi. Tattha pañcasat±na½ cor±na½ “yo ima½ aµavi½ pavisati, ta½ m±retv± tassa ma½salohitena tuyha½ balikamma½ kariss±m±”ti devat±ya ±y±cana½ katv± vasant±na½ sattamo divaso hoti. Tasm± sattame divase corajeµµhako rukkha½ ±ruyha olokento ta½ ±gacchanta½ disv± cor±na½ saññamad±si. Te tassa aµavimajjha½ paviµµhabh±va½ ñatv± parikkhipitv± ta½ gaºhitv± g±¼habandhana½ katv± araºisahitena aggi½ nibbattetv± d±r³ni saªka¹¹hitv± mahanta½ aggikkhandha½ katv± s³l±ni tacchi½su. So tesa½ ta½ kiriya½ disv±, “s±mi, imasmi½ µh±ne neva s³kar±, na mig±dayo dissanti, ki½ k±raº± ida½ karoth±”ti pucchi. “Ta½ m±retv± tava ma½salohitena devat±ya balikamma½ kariss±m±”ti. So maraºabhayatajjito bhikkh³na½ ta½ upak±ra½ acintetv± kevala½ attano j²vitameva rakkham±no evam±ha– “s±mi, aha½ vigh±s±do, ucchiµµhabhatta½ bhuñjitv± va¹¹hito, vigh±s±do n±ma k±¼akaººiko, ayy± pana yato tato nikkhamitv± pabbajit±pi khattiy±va, asukasmi½ µh±ne ekati½sa bhikkh³ vasanti, te m±retv± balikamma½ karotha, ativiya vo devat± tussissat²”ti. Ta½ sutv± cor± “bhaddaka½ esa vadeti, ki½ imin± k±¼akaººin±, khattiye m±retv± balikamma½ kariss±m±”ti cintetv± “ehi, nesa½ vasanaµµh±na½ dasseh²”ti tameva maggadesaka½ katv± ta½ µh±na½ patv± vih±ramajjhe bhikkh³ adisv± “kaha½ bhikkh³”ti na½ pucchi½su. So dve m±se vasitatt± tesa½ katikavatta½ j±nanto evam±ha “attano div±µµh±narattiµµh±nesu nisinn±, eta½ ghaº¹i½ paharatha, ghaº¹isaddena sannipatissant²”ti. Corajeµµhako ghaº¹i½ pahari.

Bhikkh³ ghaº¹isadda½ sutv± “ak±le ghaº¹i pahaµ±, kassaci aph±suka½ bhavissat²”ti ±gantv± vih±ramajjhe paµip±µiy± paññattesu p±s±ºaphalakesu nis²di½su. Saªghatthero core oloketv± pucchi– “up±sak± ken±ya½ ghaº¹i pahaµ±”ti? Corajeµµhako ±ha– “may±, bhante”ti. “Ki½ k±raº±”ti? “Amhehi aµavidevat±ya ±y±cita½ atthi, tass± balikammakaraºatth±ya eka½ bhikkhu½ gahetv± gamiss±m±”ti. Ta½ sutv± mah±thero bhikkh³ ±ha– “±vuso, bh±tik±na½ uppannakicca½ n±ma jeµµhabh±tikena nittharitabba½, aha½ attano j²vita½ tumh±ka½ pariccajitv± imehi saddhi½ gamiss±mi, m± sabbesa½ antar±yo hotu, appamatt± samaºadhamma½ karoth±”ti. Anuthero ±ha– “bhante, jeµµhabh±tu kicca½ n±ma kaniµµhassa bh±ro, aha½ gamiss±mi, tumhe appamatt± hoth±”ti. Imin± up±yena “ahameva ahamev±”ti vatv± paµip±µiy± ti½sapi jan± uµµhahi½su, eva½ te neva ekiss± m±tuy± putt±, na ekassa pituno, n±pi v²tar±g±, atha ca pana avases±na½ atth±ya paµip±µiy± j²vita½ pariccaji½su. Tesu ekopi “tva½ y±h²”ti vattu½ samattho n±ma n±hosi.

Sa½kiccas±maºero tesa½ katha½ sutv±, “bhante, tumhe tiµµhatha aha½ tumh±ka½ j²vita½ pariccajitv± gamiss±m²”ti ±ha. Te ±ha½su– “±vuso, maya½ sabbe ekato m±riyam±n±pi ta½ ekaka½ na vissajjess±m±”ti. “Ki½ k±raº±, bhante”ti? “‘¾vuso, tva½ dhammasen±patis±riputtattherassa s±maºero, sace ta½ vissajjess±ma, s±maºera½ me ±d±ya gantv± cor±na½ niyy±di½s³’ti thero no garahissati, ta½ ninda½ nittharitu½ na sakkhiss±ma, tena ta½ na vissajjess±m±”ti. “Bhante, samm±sambuddho tumhe mama upajjh±yassa santika½ pahiºantopi, mama upajjh±yo ma½ tumhehi saddhi½ pahiºantopi idameva k±raºa½ disv± pahiºi, tiµµhatha tumhe, ahameva gamiss±m²”ti so ti½sa bhikkh³ vanditv± “sace, bhante, me doso atthi, khamath±”ti vatv± nikkhami. Tad± bhikkh³na½ mah±sa½vego uppajji, akkh²ni assupuºº±ni hadayama½sa½ pavedhi. Mah±thero core ±ha– “up±sak± aya½ daharako tumhe aggi½ karonte, s³l±ni tacchante, paºº±ni attharante disv± bh±yissati, ima½ ekamante µhapetv± t±ni kicc±ni kareyy±th±”ti. Cor± s±maºera½ ±d±ya gantv± ekamante µhapetv± sabbakicc±ni kari½su.

Kiccapariyos±ne corajeµµhako asi½ abb±hitv± s±maºera½ upasaªkami. S±maºero nis²dam±no jh±na½ sam±pajjitv±va nis²di. Corajeµµhako asi½ parivattetv± s±maºerassa khandhe p±tesi, asi namitv± dh±r±ya dh±ra½ pahari, so “na samm± paharin”ti maññam±no puna ta½ ujuka½ katv± pahari. Asi t±lapaººa½ viya veµhayam±no tharum³la½ agam±si. S±maºerañhi tasmi½ k±le sinerun± avattharantopi m±retu½ samattho n±ma natthi, pageva asin±. Ta½ p±µih±riya½ disv± corajeµµhako cintesi– “pubbe me asi sil±thambha½ v± khadirakh±ºu½ v± ka¼²ra½ viya chindati, id±ni ekav±ra½ nami, ekav±ra½ t±lapattaveµhako viya j±to. Aya½ n±ma asi acetan± hutv±pi imassa guºa½ j±n±ti, aha½ sacetanopi na j±n±m²”ti. So asi½ bh³miya½ khipitv± tassa p±dam³le urena nipajjitv±, “bhante, maya½ dhanak±raº± aµavi½ paviµµh±mh±, amhe d³ratova disv± sahassamatt±pi manuss± pavedhanti, dve tisso kath± kathetu½ na sakkonti. Tava pana sant±samattampi natthi, ukk±mukhe suvaººa½ viya supupphitakaºik±ra½ viya ca te mukha½ virocati, ki½ nu kho k±raºan”ti pucchanto ima½ g±tham±ha–

“Tassa te natthi bh²tatta½, bhiyyo vaººo pas²dati;
kasm± na paridevesi, evar³pe mahabbhaye”ti. (Therag±. 706).

S±maºero jh±n± vuµµh±ya tassa dhamma½ desento, “±vuso g±maºi, kh²º±savassa attabh±vo n±ma s²se µhapitabh±ro viya hoti, so tasmi½ bhijjante v± nassante v± tussateva, na bh±yat²”ti vatv± im± g±th± abh±si–

“Natthi cetasika½ dukkha½, anapekkhassa g±maºi;
atikkant± bhay± sabbe, kh²ºasa½yojanassa ve.
“Kh²º±ya bhavanettiy±, diµµhe dhamme yath±tathe;
na bhaya½ maraºe hoti, bh±ranikkhepane yath±”ti. (Therag±. 707-708).

So tassa katha½ sutv± pañca corasat±ni oloketv± ±ha– “tumhe ki½ karissath±”ti? “Tumhe pana, s±m²”ti. “Mama t±va, bho, ‘evar³pa½ p±µih±riya½ disv± ag±ramajjhe kamma½ natthi, ayyassa santike pabbajiss±m²’ti. Mayampi tatheva kariss±m±”ti. “S±dhu, t±t±”ti tato pañcasat±pi cor± s±maºera½ vanditv± pabbajja½ y±ci½su So tesa½ asidh±r±hi eva kese ceva vatthadas± ca chinditv± tambamattik±ya rajitv± t±ni k±s±y±ni acch±d±petv± dasasu s²lesu patiµµh±petv± te ±d±ya gacchanto cintesi “sac±ha½ there adisv±va gamiss±mi, te samaºadhamma½ k±tu½ na sakkhissanti. Cor±nañhi ma½ gahetv± nikkhantak±lato paµµh±ya tesu ekopi ass³ni sandh±retu½ n±sakkhi, ‘m±rito nu kho s±maºero, no’ti cintent±na½ kammaµµh±na½ abhimukha½ na bhavissati, tasm± disv±va ne gamiss±m²”ti. So pañcasatabhikkhupariv±ro tattha gantv± attano dassanena paµiladdha-ass±sehi tehi “ki½, sappurisa, sa½kicca, laddha½ te j²vitan”ti vutte, “±ma, bhante, ime ma½ m±retuk±m± hutv± m±retu½ asakkont± mama guºe pas²ditv± dhamma½ sutv± pabbajit±, aha½ ‘tumhe disv±va gamiss±m²’ti ±gato, appamatt± samaºadhamma½ karotha, aha½ satthu santika½ gamiss±m²”ti te bhikkh³ vanditv± itare ±d±ya upajjh±yassa santika½ gantv± “ki½ sa½kicca, antev±sik± te laddh±”ti vutte, “±ma, bhante”ti ta½ pavatti½ ±rocesi. Therena “gaccha sa½kicca, satth±ra½ pass±h²”ti vutte, “s±dh³”ti thera½ vanditv± te ±d±ya satthu santika½ gantv± satth±r±pi “ki½ sa½kicca, antev±sik± te laddh±”ti vutte, “±ma, bhante”ti ta½ pavatti½ ±rocesi. Satth± “eva½ kira, bhikkhave”ti pucchitv±, “±ma, bhante”ti vutte, “bhikkhave, tumh±ka½ corakamma½ katv± duss²le patiµµh±ya vassasata½ j²vanato id±ni s²le patiµµh±ya ekadivasampi j²vita½ seyyo”ti vatv± anusandhi½ ghaµetv± dhamma½ desento ima½ g±tham±ha–

110. “Yo ca vassasata½ j²ve, duss²lo asam±hito;

ek±ha½ j²vita½ seyyo, s²lavantassa jh±yino”ti.

Tattha duss²loti niss²lo. S²lavantass±ti duss²lassa vassasata½ j²vanato s²lavantassa dv²hi jh±nehi jh±yino ekadivasampi ekamuhuttampi j²vita½ seyyo, uttamanti attho.

Desan±vas±ne te pañcasat±pi bhikkh³ saha paµisambhid±hi arahatta½ p±puºi½su, sampattamah±janass±pi s±tthik± dhammadesan± ahos²ti.

Aparena samayena sa½kicco upasampada½ labhitv± dasavasso hutv± s±maºera½ gaºhi. So pana tasseva bh±gineyyo adhimuttas±maºero n±ma. Atha na½ thero paripuººavassak±le ±mantetv± “upasampada½ te kariss±mi, gaccha, ñ±tak±na½ santike vassaparim±ºa½ pucchitv± eh²”ti uyyojesi. So m±t±pit³na½ santika½ gacchanto antar±magge pañcasatehi corehi balikammatth±ya m±riyam±no tesa½ dhamma½ desetv± pasannacittehi tehi “na te imasmi½ µh±ne amh±ka½ atthibh±vo kassaci ±rocetabbo”ti vissaµµho paµipathe m±t±pitaro ±gacchante disv± tameva magga½ paµipajjant±nampi tesa½ saccamanurakkhanto n±rocesi. Tesa½ corehi viheµhiyam±n±na½ “tvampi corehi saddhi½ ekato hutv± maññe, amh±ka½ n±roces²”ti paridevant±na½ sadda½ sutv± te m±t±pit³nampi an±rocitabh±va½ ñatv± pasannacitt± pabbajja½ y±ci½su. Sopi sa½kiccas±maºero viya te sabbe pabb±jetv± upajjh±yassa santika½ ±netv± tena satthu santika½ pesito gantv± ta½ pavatti½ ±rocesi. Satth± “eva½ kira, bhikkhave”ti pucchitv±, “±ma, bhante”ti vutte purimanayeneva anusandhi½ ghaµetv± dhamma½ desento imameva g±tham±ha–

“Yo ca vassasata½ j²ve, duss²lo asam±hito;
ek±ha½ j²vita½ seyyo, s²lavantassa jh±yino”ti.

Idampi adhimuttas±maºeravatthu vuttanayamev±ti.

Sa½kiccas±maºeravatthu navama½.