The Questions of MogharājaMogharājamāṇavapucchā

“Twice I have asked the Sakyan,”“Dvāhaṁ sakkaṁ apucchissaṁ, said Venerable Mogharāja,(iccāyasmā mogharājā) “but you haven’t answered me, O Clear-eyed One.Na me byākāsi cakkhumā; I have heard that the divine seerYāvatatiyañca devīsi, answers when questioned a third time.Byākarotīti me sutaṁ.

Regarding this world, the other world,Ayaṁ loko paro loko, and the realm of divinity with its gods,brahmaloko sadevako; I’m not familiar with the viewDiṭṭhiṁ te nābhijānāti, of the renowned Gotama.gotamassa yasassino.

So I have come seeking with a questionEvaṁ abhikkantadassāviṁ, for the one of excellent vision.atthi pañhena āgamaṁ; How to look upon the worldKathaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ, so the King of Death won’t see you?”maccurājā na passati”.

“Look upon the world as empty,“Suññato lokaṁ avekkhassu, Mogharāja, ever mindful.Mogharāja sadā sato; Having uprooted the theory of self,Attānudiṭṭhiṁ ūhacca, you may thus cross over death.Evaṁ maccutaro siyā; That’s how to look upon the worldEvaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ, so the King of Death won’t see you.”Maccurājā na passatī”ti.