AN 3.156-162 · AN3.156-162

Kenali dunia dalam sutta ini

Sutta ini mengajak kita merenungkan dua ekstrem yang sering menjadi jebakan dalam praktik spiritual, lalu menunjukkan jalan tengah yang sederhana namun mendalam. Mari kita simak bagaimana Sang Buddha merumuskan ketiga praktik ini dengan jelas dan padat.

TOKOH & TEMPAT

Sinopsis singkat

Dalam khotbah ini, Sang Buddha membedakan tiga jenis praktik: praktik yang terikat pada kenikmatan indria, praktik yang membakar diri melalui asketisme ekstrem, dan praktik tengah yang seimbang. Praktik tengah dijelaskan sebagai pengembangan kesadaran, usaha, dan berbagai kualitas batin yang mengarah pada pencerahan. Serangkaian sutta ini menegaskan bahwa jalan tengah adalah satu-satunya jalan yang benar menuju kebebasan.

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BAGIAN 2

an3.156:2.1 And what’s the scorching practice?

an3.156:2.2 It’s when someone goes naked, ignoring conventions. They lick their hands, and don’t come or wait when called. They don’t consent to food brought to them, or food prepared on their behalf, or an invitation for a meal.

an3.156:2.3 They don’t receive anything from a pot or bowl; or from someone who keeps sheep, or who has a weapon or a shovel in their home; or where a couple is eating; or where there is a woman who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or who lives with a man; or where there’s a hound waiting or flies buzzing. They accept no fish or meat or beer or wine, and drink no fermented gruel.

an3.156:2.4 They go to just one house for alms, taking just one mouthful, or two houses and two mouthfuls, up to seven houses and seven mouthfuls.

an3.156:2.5 They feed on one saucer a day, two saucers a day, up to seven saucers a day.

an3.156:2.6 They eat once a day, once every second day, up to once a week, and so on, even up to once a fortnight. They live pursuing the practice of eating food at set intervals.

an3.157:2.1 And what is the scorching practice? …

an3.157:2.2 This is called the scorching practice.