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10. Dutiya Aputtaka Sutta
Second Discourse on a Childless Man
Dutiya Vagga, Kosala Samyutta,
Sagatha Vagga Samyutta,
Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka
SOURCE: "FIVE SAMYUTTAS FROM SAGATHAVAGGA SAMYUTTA"
Translated by U Tin U (Myaung), Yangon
Edited by the Editorial Committee, Burma (Myanmar) Tipitaka Association, 1998
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131. The Bhagava was staying at Savatthi:..
During that time right at noon in the day King Pasenadi of Kosala approached
the Bhagava, paid obeisance, and sat in a suitable place. To the King seated
thus, the Bhagava asked, "Great King, where do
you come from at this time of high noon?"
"Venerable Sir, in
Savatthi a rich householder has died. I have come here after transporting his
treasures into the palace as he was childless. Venerable Sir, the property
consists of ten million in gold alone, not to speak of the (huge amount of)
silver and metal coins. Venerable Sir, the meals he took were such as cooked
broken rice with sour gruel. The clothes he wore were such as a garment made up
of three narrow pieces of hempen cloth stitched together. He used such means of
transport as travelling in an old rickety carriage, and carrying an umbrella
made of leaves. "
"Quite so,
Great King; Quite so Great King. Great King, in a previous existence, that rich
householder caused alms-food to be offered to a Paccekabuddha named
Taggarasikhi. He just said: 'Give alms-food to the recluse,' and left the
place. Later he regretted having ordered the alms-giving; 'Perhaps it would
have been better if (instead of giving the alms-food) the alms-food were fed to
my slaves and workmen.' (Further he killed the only son of his brother because
he wanted his property.)
"Great King,
that rich householder caused alms-food to be offered to the Taggarasikhi
Paccekabuddha. As a result of that deed he was reborn seven times in the
celestial realms. As a further result of the deed he became a rich man in this
very city of Savatthi for seven existences.
"Great King,
that rich householder, having made the offering (of alms-food) later regretted
it thinking: 'It would have been better if my slaves and workmen had eaten it.'
As a result of that thought he was not inclined to eat good food; he was not
inclined to wear good clothes; he was not inclined to use good means of
transport; he was not inclined to enjoy the five sense-pleasures. That rich
house holder, Great King, killed the only son of his brother because he wanted
his property. As a result of that deed he underwent agony in the realm of
suffering for a great many years, for many hundreds of years, for many
thousands of years, for many hundreds of thousands of years. As a further
result of that deed (he was without a son to inherit his property, and) for the
seventh time this intestate property of his was appropriated and sent to the
royal treasury.
"That rich
householder, Great King, had exhausted the merit of his previous deed and he
had not acquired fresh merit. At present, Great King, that rich householder is
suffering in the Maharoruva realm of suffering.
"Great King,
it is thus, the rich householder has fallen to the Maharoruva realm of
suffering."
Thus said the Bhagava ...p... (this further
utterance:)
"Paddy, riches,
gold, silver, anything hoarded, slaves, employees, servants dependent on one
for their living, none of them can be carried over (to the next
'life).
All must be left
behind.
Only those actions
done by a person either in deed, word or thought, are in fact his own property
which he takes with him, and which follows him closely like a
shadow.
Therefore, one
should do good deeds, thereby accumulating merit for future welfare. Only good
deeds can be relied on by beings (to stand them in good stead) in future
existences,"
End of the Dutiya Aputtaka Sutta,
the tenth in this vagga.
End of the Dutiya vagga,
the second in this samyutta.
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