AN 3.63 · Khotbah di Venāgapura

Kenali dunia dalam sutta ini

Sutta ini mengajak kita merenungkan kembali definisi 'kemewahan' dan 'kenyamanan' sejati. Melalui dialog dengan seorang brahmana, Sang Buddha menunjukkan bahwa kebahagiaan dan ketenangan sejati tidak berasal dari fasilitas duniawi, melainkan dari pengembangan batin yang mendalam.

TOKOH & TEMPAT

Sinopsis singkat

Saat berkelana di negeri Kosala, Sang Buddha disambut oleh para brahmana dan perumah tangga desa Venāgapura. Brahmana Vacchagotta mengagumi kejernihan dan ketenangan Sang Buddha, lalu menduga Beliau pasti menikmati tempat tidur mewah. Sang Buddha menjawab dengan mengajarkan tiga 'tempat tidur tinggi dan mewah' sejati yang Beliau peroleh: jhāna (surgawi), empat brahmavihāra (brahma), dan kebebasan dari kekotoran batin (mulia).

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BAGIAN 8

an3.63:8.1 But what, worthy Gotama, is the divine high and luxurious bed?”

an3.63:8.2 “Brahmin, when I am living supported by a village or town, I robe up in the morning and, taking my bowl and robe, enter the town or village for alms.

an3.63:8.3 After the meal, on my return from almsround, I enter within a forest.

an3.63:8.4 I gather up some grass or leaves into a pile and sit down cross-legged, setting my body straight, and bringing mindfulness to the present.

an3.63:8.5 I meditate spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, I spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.

an3.63:8.6 I meditate spreading a heart full of compassion to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, I spread a heart full of compassion to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.

an3.63:8.7 I meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, I spread a heart full of rejoicing to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.

an3.63:8.8 I meditate spreading a heart full of equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, I spread a heart full of equanimity to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.

an3.63:8.9 When I’m practicing like this, if I walk, at that time my walking is divine.

an3.63:8.10 … my standing is divine.

an3.63:8.11 … my sitting is divine.

an3.63:8.12 When I’m practicing like this, if I lie down, at that time my lying is divine.

an3.63:8.13 This is the divine high and luxurious bed that I get these days when I want, without trouble or difficulty.”