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How do you write "Seeking the House Builder" in Pali script?
I'm looking to get a tattoo and have these word written in Pali. Can you help me with how to write this in Pali script?
I'm looking to get a tattoo and have these word written in Pali. Can you help me with how to write this in Pali script?
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Why did the Buddha not answer Vacchagotta (SN 44.10), but did answer the monks (MN 140)?
It has been said that the reason the Buddha *did not answer* Vacchagotta was because the discussion was not about the doctrine & terminology of the Buddha, but rather about the illogical doctrine of Vacchagotta: > “Sir, why didn’t you answer Vacchagotta’s question?” > > “Ānanda, when Vacchagotta ask...
It has been said that the reason the Buddha *did not answer* Vacchagotta was because the discussion was not about the doctrine & terminology of the Buddha, but rather about the illogical doctrine of Vacchagotta:
> “Sir, why didn’t you answer Vacchagotta’s question?”
>
> “Ānanda, when Vacchagotta asked me whether the self exists absolutely,
> if I had answered that ‘the self exists absolutely’ I would have been
> siding with the ascetics and brahmins who are eternalists. When
> Vacchagotta asked me whether the self does not exist absolutely, if I
> had answered that ‘the self does not exist absolutely’ I would have
> been siding with the ascetics and brahmins who are annihilationists.
>
> When Vacchagotta asked me whether the self exists absolutely, if I had
> answered that ‘the self exists absolutely’ would that have helped give
> rise to the knowledge that all things are not-self?”
>
> “No, sir.”
>
> “When Vacchagotta asked me whether the self does not exist absolutely,
> if I had answered that ‘the self does not exist absolutely’,
> Vacchagotta—who is already confused—would have got even more confused,
> thinking: ‘It seems that the self that I once had no longer exists.’”
>
> SN 44.10
It's also been said that the Buddha *did answer* the question about what happened to Pukkusāti *after* a cow killed him *even though* it was asked by ignorant monks who presumably were - just like Vacchagotta - not using the doctrine & terminology of the Buddha:
> But while he was wandering in search of a bowl and robes, a stray cow
> took his life.
>
> Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one
> side, and said to him, “Sir, the gentleman named Pukkusāti, who was
> advised in brief by the Buddha, has passed away. **Where has he been
> reborn in his next life?”**
>
> “Mendicants, Pukkusāti was astute. He practiced in line with the
> teachings, and did not trouble me about the teachings. With the ending
> of the five lower fetters, he’s been reborn spontaneously and will
> become extinguished there, not liable to return from that world.”
>
> MN 140
This seems inconsistent. Why is it that the Buddha *did not answer* Vacchagotta, but *did answer* the monks if both were premising their questions with ignorant understandings of the view of the self?
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What did the Buddha mean in MN 140 about what happened to clansman Pukkusāti after a cow killed him?
> Bhikkhu, ‘I am’ is a conceiving; ‘I am this’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall > be’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall not be’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be > possessed of form’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be formless’ is a > conceiving; ‘I shall be percipient’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be > non-percipient’ is a con...
> Bhikkhu, ‘I am’ is a conceiving; ‘I am this’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall
> be’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall not be’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be
> possessed of form’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be formless’ is a
> conceiving; ‘I shall be percipient’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be
> non-percipient’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be
> neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient’ is a conceiving. Conceiving is
> a disease, conceiving is a tumour, conceiving is a dart. By overcoming
> all conceivings, bhikkhu, one is called a sage at peace. And the sage
> at peace is not born, does not age, does not die; he is not shaken and
> does not yearn. For there is nothing present in him by which he might
> be born. Not being born, how could he age? Not ageing, how could he
> die? Not dying, how could he be shaken? Not being shaken, why should
> he yearn?
>
> MN 140
Also has:
> Then the venerable Pukkusāti, having delighted and rejoiced in the
> Blessed One’s words, rose from his seat, and after paying homage to
> the Blessed One, keeping him on his right, he departed in order to
> search for a bowl and robes. Then, while the venerable Pukkusāti was
> searching for a bowl and robes, **a stray cow killed him.**
>
> Then a number of bhikkhus went to the Blessed One, and after paying
> homage to him, they sat down at one side and told him: “Venerable sir,
> the clansman Pukkusāti, who was given brief instruction by the Blessed
> One, has died. **What is his destination? What is his future course?**”
>
> “Bhikkhus, the clansman Pukkusāti was wise. He practised in accordance
> with the Dhamma and did not trouble me in the interpretation of the
> Dhamma. With the destruction of the five lower fetters, **the clansman
> Pukkusāti has reappeared spontaneously in the Pure Abodes** and will
> attain final Nibbāna there without ever returning from that world.”
And we have this alternative translation of the relevant passage from Bhikkhu Sujato:
> "But while he was wandering in search of a bowl and robes, **a stray cow
> took his life.**
>
> Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one
> side, and said to him, “Sir, the gentleman named Pukkusāti, who was
> advised in brief by the Buddha, has passed away. **Where has he been
> reborn in his next life?”**
>
> “Mendicants, Pukkusāti was astute. He practiced in line with the
> teachings, and did not trouble me about the teachings. With the ending
> of the five lower fetters, **he’s been reborn spontaneously** and will
> become extinguished there, not liable to return from that world.”
What did the Buddha mean in MN 140 about what happened to clansman Pukkusāti **after** a cow killed him?
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