Snp 5.15 — The Question of Posāla

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5:15 Mogharāja’s Question

Twice now, Sakyan,
  I’ve asked you,
but you, One with Eyes,
  haven’t answered me.
“When asked the third time,
the divine seer answers”:
  So I have heard.
This world, the next world,
the Brahmā world with its devas:
  I don’t know how they’re viewed
  by the prestigious Gotama.
So to the one who has seen
to the far extreme,
I’ve come with a desire for a question:
  One who regards the world in what way
  isn’t seen by Death’s King?

The Buddha:
Always mindful, Mogharāja,1
regard the world as
  empty,
having removed any view
  in terms of self.
This way
one is above & beyond death.
One who regards the world
  in this way
isn’t seen by Death’s King.

vv. 1116–1119

Note

1. Cited by the Buddha at AN 1:149 (1:234) as foremost among the monks in wearing coarse robes.
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