MN 26 · Pencarian Mulia | Tiga Keranjang

Tokoh, tempat, dan gagasan utamanya

Diminta oleh Ānanda untuk menceritakan kembali, Buddha menuturkan Pāsarāsi Sutta: pencarian mulia yang ditempuhnya sebelum tercerahkan — dari berguru pada Āḷāra Kālāma dan Uddaka Rāmaputta hingga akhirnya memutuskan mengajar Dhamma.

TOKOH

Buddha

Guru yang menceritakan kembali pencarian mulianya sebelum tercerahkan.

TOKOH

Ānanda

Murid setia yang mengarahkan para bhikkhu ke pertapaan Rammaka agar dapat mendengar khotbah Buddha, yang kemudian menceritakan pencarian mulianya.

TEMPAT

Pertapaan Rammaka

Tempat Buddha menceritakan kembali perjalanan pencarian mulianya sebelum tercerahkan, atas permintaan para bhikkhu.

KONSEP

Pencarian mulia dan tidak mulia

Mengejar sesuatu yang masih tunduk pada kelahiran, usia tua, dan kematian adalah pencarian tidak mulia; mencari yang bebas dari semua itu — Nibbāna — adalah pencarian mulia.

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Sinopsis singkat

Ketika para bhikkhu bertanya tentang pencarian yang mulia, Buddha menceritakan perjalanan hidupnya sendiri sebelum pencerahan. Ia menyadari bahwa sebagai orang yang masih tunduk pada kelahiran, penuaan, sakit dan kematian, tidak masuk akal bila ia terus mencari hal-hal yang juga tunduk pada nasib yang sama. Ia meninggalkan kehidupan rumah tangga, belajar kepada Āḷāra Kālāma dan Uddaka Rāmaputta, menguasai pencapaian yang mereka ajarkan, tetapi melihat bahwa semuanya belum membawa pada akhir penderitaan. Ia kemudian berjuang sendiri hingga menemukan Nibbāna. Setelah sempat ragu apakah Dhamma yang dalam itu dapat dipahami orang lain, Buddha memutuskan mengajar dan pergi menemui lima pertapa, yang akhirnya menjadi murid pertama yang menerima jalan pembebasan.

BAGIAN 15

mn26:15.1 Once I had gone forth I set out to discover what is skillful, seeking the supreme state of sublime peace. I approached Āḷāra Kālāma and said to him,

mn26:15.2 ‘Reverend Kālāma, I wish to lead the spiritual life in this teaching and training.’

mn26:15.3 Āḷāra Kālāma replied,

mn26:15.4 ‘Stay, venerable.

mn26:15.5 This teaching is such that a sensible person can soon realize their own denomination with their own insight and live having achieved it.’

mn26:15.6 I quickly memorized that teaching.

mn26:15.7 As far as lip-recital and verbal repetition went, I spoke the doctrine of knowledge, the elder doctrine. I claimed to know and see, and so did others.

mn26:15.8 Then it occurred to me,

mn26:15.9 ‘It is not solely by mere faith that Āḷāra Kālāma declares: “I realize this teaching with my own insight, and live having achieved it.”

mn26:15.10 Surely he meditates knowing and seeing this teaching.’

mn26:15.11 So I approached Āḷāra Kālāma and said to him,

mn26:15.12 ‘Reverend Kālāma, to what extent do you say you’ve realized this teaching with your own insight?’

mn26:15.13 When I said this, he declared the dimension of nothingness.

mn26:15.14 Then it occurred to me,

mn26:15.15 ‘It’s not just Āḷāra Kālāma who has faith,

mn26:15.16 energy,

mn26:15.17 mindfulness,

mn26:15.18 immersion,

mn26:15.19 and wisdom; I too have these things.

mn26:15.20 Why don’t I make an effort to realize the same teaching that Āḷāra Kālāma says he has realized with his own insight?’

mn26:15.21 I quickly realized that teaching with my own insight, and lived having achieved it.

mn26:15.22 So I approached Āḷāra Kālāma and said to him,

mn26:15.23 ‘Reverend Kālāma, is it up to this point that you realized this teaching with your own insight, and declare having achieved it?’

mn26:15.24 ‘I have, reverend.’

mn26:15.25 ‘I too, reverend, have realized this teaching with my own insight up to this point, and live having achieved it.’

mn26:15.26 ‘We are fortunate, reverend, so very fortunate

mn26:15.27 to see a venerable such as yourself as one of our spiritual companions!

mn26:15.28 So the teaching that I’ve realized with my own insight, and declare having achieved it, you’ve realized with your own insight, and dwell having achieved it.

mn26:15.29 The teaching that you’ve realized with your own insight, and dwell having achieved it, I’ve realized with my own insight, and declare having achieved it.

mn26:15.30 So the teaching that I know, you know, and the teaching that you know, I know.

mn26:15.31 I am like you and you are like me.

mn26:15.32 Come now, reverend! We should both lead this community together.’

mn26:15.33 And that is how my tutor Āḷāra Kālāma placed me, his pupil, on the same position as him, and honored me with high praise.

mn26:15.34 Then it occurred to me,

mn26:15.35 ‘This teaching doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. It only leads as far as rebirth in the dimension of nothingness.’

mn26:15.36 Realizing that this teaching was inadequate, I left disappointed.