MN 61 · Khotbah Nasihat kepada Rāhula di Ambalaṭṭhika

Sinopsis singkat

Buddha menemui putranya Rāhula di Ambalaṭṭhikā dan memulai pelajaran dengan sebuah bejana air. Sedikit air yang tersisa, air yang dibuang, bejana yang dibalik, dan bejana yang kosong dipakai untuk menunjukkan betapa kecil nilai kehidupan seorang petapa yang tidak merasa malu berkata tidak benar. Buddha kemudian memakai perumpamaan cermin: sebagaimana seseorang bercermin untuk memeriksa wajahnya, Rāhula diminta memeriksa tindakan tubuh, ucapan dan pikiran sebelum dilakukan, ketika dilakukan, dan setelah dilakukan. Bila tindakan membawa penderitaan, ia harus dihentikan atau diakui; bila tidak merugikan, ia dapat diteruskan dan dikembangkan.

BAGIAN 11

mn61:11.1 After you have acted with the body, you should check on that same act:

mn61:11.2 ‘Does this act with the body that I have done lead to hurting myself, hurting others, or hurting both?

mn61:11.3 Is it unskillful, with suffering as its outcome and result?’

mn61:11.4 If, while checking in this way, you know:

mn61:11.5 ‘This act with the body that I have done leads to hurting myself, hurting others, or hurting both.

mn61:11.6 It’s unskillful, with suffering as its outcome and result.’ Then, Rāhula, you should confess, reveal, and clarify such a deed to the Teacher or a sensible spiritual companion.

mn61:11.7 And having revealed it you should restrain yourself in future.

mn61:11.8 But if, while checking in this way, you know:

mn61:11.9 ‘This act with the body that I have done doesn’t lead to hurting myself, hurting others, or hurting both.

mn61:11.10 It’s skillful, with happiness as its outcome and result.’ Then, Rāhula, you should live in rapture and joy because of this, training day and night in skillful qualities.