The Calming of the
Urge for Delight ceases Suffering!
Then the Venerable Migajala drew near to the Blessed One, paid his
respects, sat down to one side, and asked him: Venerable sir, it would
be good if the Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in brief, then
I might dwell alone, withdrawn, attentive, keen, and determined...
The Blessed Buddha then explained:
There are, Migajala, forms experiencable by the eye, sounds that are
experiencable by the ear, odours experiencable by the nose, many tastes
experiencable by the tongue, tactile objects experiencable by the body,
and mental phenomena cognizable by the mind, that are quite attractive,
charming, enjoyable, pleasing, enticing, and tantalizing. In anyone who
seeks delight in them, welcomes them, remains holding on and glinging to
them, delight arises! With the arising of this delight, I tell you, Migajala,
there is the arising of suffering...!!!
In anyone who does not seek delight in them, who does not welcome them,
who does not remain holding on nor glinging to them, that delight ceases...
With the ceasing of this delight, I tell you, Migajala, there is the instant
cessation of suffering...
Then Venerable Migajala, agreeing & rejoicing in what the Buddha had said,
rose from his seat, & after having bowed for the Blessed One, keeping him
on his right, he left for the forest. There, alone, withdrawn, enthusiastic,
devoted, & resolute, Venerable Migajala, realized it by direct experience,
himself, in this very life, by entering & abiding in that unsurpassed goal of
the Noble life for which men of good family rightly go forth from this dusty
household life into homelessness. He directly knew: Destroyed is this birth,
the holy life has been lived, done is what had to be done, there is no state
of
being beyond this! The Venerable Migajala thus became one of the arahats...
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya. Book IV 35-7
The 6 senses section 35. Thread on Delight: Migajāla Sutta (63)
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