Todeyya-manava-puccha

Todeyya's Questions

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Todeyya:

One in whom
there dwell no sensualities;
one in whom
no craving is found;
one who has crossed over perplexity --
his emancipation:
what is it like?

The Buddha:

One in whom
there dwell no sensualities;
one in whom
no craving is found;
one who has crossed over perplexity --
his emancipation
is not other than that.

Todeyya:

Is he without desire,
or desiring?
Discerning or
still acquiring discernment?
Describe the sage to me, Sakyan
with the all-around eye,
so that I may recognize
what he is like.

The Buddha:

He's without desire,
    not desiring;
discerning,
not still acquiring discernment.
Recognize the sage, Todeyya,
as having    nothing,
unentangled
    in sensuality
        & becoming.

Revised: 10 November 1999

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