{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/snp/snp5-8.htm","path":"bud/snp/snp5-8.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/snp/snp5-8.htm","text":"Main index\nBuddhism index\nindex\nSutta Nipata V.8\nHemaka-manava-puccha\nHemaka's Question\nFor free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma\nContext of this sutta\nHemaka:\nIn the past,\nbefore hearing Gotama's teaching,\nwhen anyone explained 'It was,' 'It will be,'\nall that was hearsay,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 quoted words.\nAll that promoted conjecture\nand gave me no pleasure.\nNow, sage, teach me the Dhamma\ndemolishing craving,\nknowing which, living mindfully,\none would cross over beyond\nentanglement in the world.\nThe Buddha:\nHere, Hemaka,\nwith regard to things that are dear\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -- seen, heard, sensed, & cognized -- \nthere is:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the dispelling of passion & desire,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the undying state of Unbinding.\nThose knowing this, mindful,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fully unbound\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in the here & now,\nare forever calmed,\nhave crossed over beyond\nentanglement in the world.\nRevised: Sat 17 October 1998","title":"Sn V.8: Hemaka-manava-puccha","type":"page"}