Joshua Tree 5 Day 13 MN 95 18-Mar-10-63u3

From: https://youtube.com/watch?v=63u3_QhMoOs

Context: Throughout this transcript, Bhante Vimalaramsi is the speaker unless otherwise indicated.

asian the blessed one was wandering in

the coast island country with a large

son

and all of the suit as they say that he

walked around with 500 months and he

eventually arrived at the co solemn

Brahmin village of Pope asada there the

blessed one stayed in the gods tree

grove the solid tree grove to the north

of opus odda now on that occasion the

prom brahmin trunki was ruling over Oh

Posada a crown property abandoning

abounding in living beings rich in

grassland woodlands waterways and

drained a royal and down sacred grant

given to him by king pasenadi of vstala

the brahmin householders of Oh Posada

heard the Rekluse Gautama

excuse me it goes

another suit

anyway

the repos gautama son of the sake ins

went forth from the sake and plan has

been wandering in the country of the

vidiians with a large dango of monks

with 500 bucks now a good report of

master Gautama has been spread to this

effect the blessed one is accomplished

fully enlightened perfect and true

knowledge and conduct sublime Nora

worlds and comparable persons to be

tamed teacher of gods and humans in

light awakened and blessed it says

enlightened but I don't like that word

so much because if I tell you something

you don't know you've been invited but

the Buddha was a weakened he wasn't

walking around in the dream state

anymore he saw how things actually he

declares this this world with its gods

its Mara's and his Brahmans Brahmas this

generation with his Rekluse and brahmins

with its princes and its people which he

has health realized with direct

knowledge he teaches the Dhamma good in

the beginning good in the middle and

good in the end with the right meaning

and freezing and he reveals a holy life

that is utterly perfect and pure now it

is good to seize such our odds

when the Brahmin household overall

Posadas set forth from mobile site in

groups and bands and headed northward to

the gods tree grove the solitary growth

now on that occasion the brahmin chalky

had retired to the upper story of his

palace for his noon dearest then he saw

the brahmin householders of 0 Posada

setting forth from 0 Posada in groups

and bands and heading northward to the

solitary Grove then our when he saw them

he asked his minister good minister of

wires of Brahman householders of old

Posada setting forth from opa sodden

groups and bands and hitting northwards

to the solitary growth sir there is the

wreath was Gautama the son of the sake

ins who went forth from the sake and

plan who has one has been wandering in

the pesalam country they are going to

see the master Gotama then good Minister

go to the Brahmin householders of 0

Posada and tell them sirs the Brahmin

shocked he says this please wait sirs

the Brahman chunky will also go to see

the Rekluse Gautama yes sir the brought

the minister replied and he went to the

Brahmin householders of 0 Posada and

gave them the message on that occasion

500 brahmins from various states were

staying in Oppo Posada for some business

or other they heard the brahman chunky

it is said is going

see the Rekluse gautama then they went

to the brahman chunky and ask him sir is

it true that you're going to see the

Rekluse gautama so it is sirs I'm going

to see the Rekluse Gautam sir do not go

to see the Rekluse Gautama it is not

proper for master chalky to go see the

Rekluse Gautama rather it is proper for

the Rekluse Gautama to come see you for

you sir are Wellborn on both sides of

pure maternal and paternal descent seven

generations back unassailable and

impeccable interest in respect of birth

since that is so master chunky it is not

proper for you to go see master Gautama

rather is proper for the Rekluse Gautama

to come see you sir you are rich with

great wealth and great possessions you

sir or master of the three vedas with

their vocabularies liturgy phonology and

etymology and histories as a fifth

skilled in full ology in grammar you are

fully versed in the natural philosophy

and in the marks of a great man you sir

are handsome calmly and graceful

possessing supreme beauty of complexion

with sublime beauty and sublime presence

remarkable to behold you sir are

virtuous a tour in virtue possessing the

tour virtue you sir are a good speaker

with a good

liveries you speak words that are

courteous distinct flawless and

communicate the meaning you sir teach

the teachers of many you teach the

recitation of the hymns to the 300

brahmins students you sir are honored

respect revered venerated and esteemed

by king pasenadi of kassala you sir are

honored respect revered and venery

venerated and esteem by the Brahmin

pokerus auntie used her rule over Oh

Posada crown property abounding in

living beings a sacred grant given to

you by king pasenadi of ghazala since

this is so master chunky it is not

proper for you to visit to see the

Rekluse Gautama rather it is proper very

close go to month to come see you this

is the kind of etiquette that they were

really into especially the brahmanas

they thought because they were the

highest caste they were the spiritual

ones and they thought anybody coming to

visit that they had to come to them

first

now at the time the rulers of most of

the countries were either Brahmin caste

or they were from the warrior class and

they were actually pretty level on the

on in the caste system they were both

considered quite high and Gautama was

from the warrior class so

when this was said met of the Brahmin

chalky told the Brahmins now sirs hear

from me why it is proper for me to go

see master gautama and why it is not

proper for master Gautama to come see me

since the Rekluse Gautama is Wellborn on

both sides of pure paternal and maternal

distant seven generations back

unassailable and impeccable and respect

of birth since this is so it is not

proper for master Gautam on to come see

me rather it is proper for me to go see

master Gautama serves the Rekluse

Gautama went forth abandoning much much

gold and bullion stored away in vaults

and depositories since the Rekluse

Gautama went forth from the home life

into homelessness while still a young

blackhaired young man endowed with the

blessings of youth in the prime of life

the Brahmans what they did was they

would be born a Brahmin clap cast they

would study and know the Vedas very well

they would take on a family they would

have children out wife and children and

then when they got to be in

this is tough as old as I am when they

got to be in their 60s then they would

give their all of their wealth away to

their family and then they would become

reclusive so to hear that Gautama Buddha

renounced the life and took on robes as

a young man was very unusual it's not

the way it was done that wasn't the

tradition so he was pretty highly

respected because he had all of this

wealth and all of his power that was

going to be given to him by his father

and said no I don't want which is pretty

amazing in itself sir the Rekluse

Gautama shaved off his hair and beard

put on the yellow robe and went forth

from the home life into homelessness

though his mother and father wished

otherwise and wept with tearful faces

serves the Rekluse go to matas handsome

comely and graceful possessing supreme

beauty of complexion with sublime beauty

and sublime presence remarkable to

behold serves the reckless go to moes

virtuous of noble virtue of wholesome

virtue possessing wholesome virtue

serves the recluse Gautama is a good

speaker with good

delivery speaks words that are courteous

distinct flawless and communicate the

meaning serves the Rekluse gautama as a

teacher of teachers of many serves the

reckless Gautama is free from sensual

lust and without personal vanity serves

the recluse Gautama holds the doctrine

of moral FC of action the doctrine of

the moral embassy of deeds he does not

seek any harm for the line of Brahmans

that's an important distinction he

didn't try to convert anybody all we

tried to do was give them the Dhamma so

he wasn't going to be a problem for the

for the brahmanas that wanted to keep on

going like they had been for however

long and this is an important thing to

come out with this serves the Rekluse

Gautama went forth from an era static

aristocrat excuse me family from one of

the original noble families sir the

Rekluse Gautama went forth from a rich

family from a family of great wealth and

possessions serves people come from

remote kingdoms and remote districts to

question the Rekluse Gautama sirs many

thousands of deities have gone for

refuge for life to the recluse Gautama

sirs a good report of the recluse

Gautama has been spread to this effect

that the Blessed One has accomplished

fully awake and perfect

true knowledge and conducts sublime nor

of worlds incomparable leader of persons

to maintain teacher of gods and humans

awakened and blessed sirs the Rekluse

Gautama possesses the 32 marks of a

great men serves king bimbisara of

magadha and his wife and children have

gone for refuge for life to the Rekluse

Gautama serves king pasenadi of kosala

and his wife and children have gone for

refuge for life to the Rekluse Gautama

serves the Brahmin poco Rosati and his

wife and children have gone for refuge

for life to the Rekluse Gautama serves

the Rekluse Gautama has arrived in Oh

Posada and is living at 0 Posada and the

gods tree grove the solitary grove to

the north of opus odda now any reap

losses or Brahmans that come to our town

are our guests and guests should be

honored respected revered and venerated

by us since the Rekluse Gautama has

arrived at 0 Posada he is our guest and

as our guest should be honored respected

revered and venerated by US since this

is so sir it is not proper for master

Gautama to come see me it is rather it

is proper for me to go see master

Gautama serves so much or this much is

the praise of master

ottimo that I have learned but the

praise of master Gautama is not limited

to that for the praise of master Gautama

is immeasurable since master Gautama

possesses each one of these factors it

is not proper for him to come see me

rather it is proper for me to see master

Gautama therefore sirs let all of us go

to see the Rekluse gotoman then the

brahman chalky together with a large

company of Brahmans went to the Blessed

One and exchange greetings with him with

this courteous and amiable talk was

finished he sat down at one side now on

that occasion the blessed one was

finishing some amiable talk with some

very senior Brahmans at the time sitting

in the assembly was a young Brahmin

student he was young shaven head 16

years old and he was a master of the

three Vedas with their vocabularies

liturgy phonology and etymology in the

histories as a fifth skilled and full

ology and grammar kalawa jiaming speech

basically he was fully versed in natural

philosophy and in the marks of a great

men for somebody that's 16 years old to

memorize all of the Vedas which are

that's a big big work and to do that at

16 is pretty remarkable that's

he has very very sharp mind when I met

domingo SI de in Burma he had he had

been put in the World Book of Records

for the best retentive memory he had

memorized 12