Chapter 11
Dhammas in six ways
1
.
Venerable Buddha, Great Sage (
MahÈmuni
), being many times superior in
attributes to the five Sages
2
(
Munis
)! please be kind enough to teach the noble
Path leading to the realisation of the four
magga-ÒÈÓas
by the recluse who
has renounced worldly life and maintains himself on alms-food.
Thereupon, the Buddha taught the Venerable NÈlaka the practice of
Moneyya
in detail, by
means of twenty-three verses beginning with ‘
Moneyyam te upannissam!
’
(Here,
Moneyya
means the four
magga-ÒÈÓas
. Especially,
arahatta-magga-ÒÈÓa
is
called
Moneyya
. So, it should be noted carefully that the noble and genuine practice
leading to the realisation of the four
magga-ÒÈÓas
is called
Moneyya PaÔipadÈ
)
The twenty three verses of
Moneyya PaÔipadÈ
thus taught are given below in Pali verses
and Myanman paraphrase.
1) MoneyyaÑ te upaÒÒissaÑ;
dukkaraÑ durabhisambhavaÑ.
Handa te nam pavakkhÈmi;
santhambhassu daÄho bhava.
My dear son NÈlaka, I, the Buddha, will teach and make you understand
clearly the
moneyya paÔipadÈ
which is not only difficult to put into practice
even with great effort but also difficult of plunging into it. (What is meant is
this: NÈlaka, my dear son! the
moneyya paÔipadÈ
, questioned by you, is the
kind of practice which is difficult of practising and of being accomplished,
since it has to be practised without any arising of
kilesa
in one's mind and
with steadfast zeal, starting from the time when one is still an ordinary
worldling (
puthujjana
).)
My dear son NÈlaka (get ready!), I, the Buddha, will teach you the
moneyya
paÔipadÈ
in detail. (You, my son, have merit (
kusala
) already accumulated.)
So you, my son, exert and practise with steadfastness and unrelenting zeal,
keeping yourself firm by means of diligence (
vÊriya
) to do what is difficult
of doing.
2) SamanÈbhÈgaÑ kubbetha;
gÈme akkutthavanditaÑ.
ManopadosaÑ rakkheyya;
santo anuÔÔato care.
My dear son NÈlaka, you should endeavour to treat (all people) in towns,
1. Six ways: 1.
AbhiÒÒÈ
: knowing with penetrative insight
2.
PariÒÒÈ
: knowing with full comprehension
3.
PahÈna
: Abandonment
4.
BhÈvanÈ
: Development
5.
SacchikiriyÈ
: Realization
6.
SamÈpatti
: Attainment
(A~guttara Conunentary vol II)
2. Six kinds of Sages. (
Muni
)
1.
AgÈramuni
- Lay people having faith in the teaching of the Buddha.
2.
AnÈgÈramuni
- Monks.
3.
Sekhamuni
- Seven kinds of noble disciples who have realised one of the stages of the four
Supermundane Paths (
Magga
) and the three lower Fruitions (
Phala
).
4.
Asekhamuni
- Arahats.
5.
Paccekatnuni
- Private Buddhas.
6.
Munimuni
- Buddhas.
Read also AnudÊpanÊ.