dn28:1.0 1. Sāriputta’s Lion’s Roar
BAGIAN 1
dn28:1.1 So I have heard.
dn28:1.2 At one time the Buddha was staying near Nāḷandā in Pāvārika’s Mango Grove.
dn28:1.3 Then Sāriputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
dn28:1.4 “Sir, I have such confidence in the Buddha that I believe there’s no other ascetic or brahmin—whether past, future, or present—whose direct knowledge is superior to the Buddha when it comes to awakening.”
dn28:1.5 “That’s a grand and bold statement, Sāriputta. You’ve roared a definitive, categorical lion’s roar, saying:
dn28:1.6 ‘I have such confidence in the Buddha that
dn28:1.7 I believe there’s no other ascetic or brahmin—whether past, future, or present—whose direct knowledge is superior to the Buddha when it comes to awakening.’
dn28:1.8 What about all the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas who lived in the past? Have you encompassed their minds to know that
dn28:1.9 those Buddhas had such ethics, or such qualities, or such wisdom, or such meditation, or such freedom?”
dn28:1.10 “No, sir.”
dn28:1.11 “And what about all the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas who will live in the future? Have you encompassed their minds to know that
dn28:1.12 those Buddhas will have such ethics, or such qualities, or such wisdom, or such meditation, or such freedom?”
dn28:1.13 “No, sir.”
dn28:1.14 “And what about me, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha at present? Have you encompassed my mind to know that
dn28:1.15 I have such ethics, or such qualities, or such wisdom, or such meditation, or such freedom?”
dn28:1.16 “No, sir.”
dn28:1.17 “In that case, Sāriputta, given that you don’t encompass the minds of Buddhas past, future, or present,
dn28:1.18 what then are you doing, making such a grand and bold statement, roaring such a definitive, categorical lion’s roar?”