MN 4 · Khotbah tentang Ketakutan dan Kengerian

Tokoh, tempat, dan gagasan utamanya

Bhayabherava Sutta memperlihatkan bahwa tempat sunyi bisa terasa sulit, tetapi takut dan gentar ditaklukkan melalui perilaku yang bersih, kewaspadaan, dan samādhi.

TOKOH

Buddha

Guru yang menjawab pertanyaan Jāṇussoṇi dan menceritakan bagaimana rasa takut di hutan ditaklukkan tanpa lari dari postur latihan.

TOKOH

Jāṇussoṇi

Brahmana yang bertanya tentang sulitnya tinggal di tempat sunyi dan bagaimana para siswa mengikuti teladan Buddha.

TEMPAT

Jetavana

Wihara di Sāvatthī tempat percakapan MN 4 berlangsung sebelum Buddha menjelaskan pengalaman latihan di tempat-tempat sunyi.

KONSEP

Menaklukkan takut dan gentar

Ketika takut muncul saat berjalan, berdiri, duduk, atau berbaring, latihan dilanjutkan dalam postur itu sampai batin menjadi tenang.

Visual pengantar Tiga Keranjang · bukan bagian dari teks kanonik.

Sinopsis singkat

Brahmana Jāṇussoṇi bertanya kepada Buddha mengapa hidup menyendiri di hutan terasa begitu sulit dan menakutkan. Buddha lalu mengenang masa sebelum pencerahan, ketika ia sendiri tinggal di tempat-tempat sunyi dan menghadapi rasa takut yang muncul pada malam-malam tertentu. Alih-alih melarikan diri atau mengubah posisi tubuh, ia menghadapi ketakutan itu tepat dalam keadaan ketika rasa tersebut muncul sampai batinnya kembali tenang. Dari pengalaman itu pembicaraan berkembang menuju kemurnian perilaku, konsentrasi, tiga pengetahuan, dan akhirnya pencerahan.

BAGIAN 20

mn4:20.1 Then I thought,

mn4:20.2 ‘There are certain nights that are recognized as specially portentous:

mn4:20.3 the fourteenth, fifteenth, and eighth of the fortnight.

mn4:20.4 On such nights, why don’t I stay in awe-inspiring and hair-raising shrines in parks, forests, and trees? In such lodgings, hopefully I might see that fear and dread.’

mn4:20.5 Some time later, that’s what I did.

mn4:20.8 As I was staying there a deer came by, or a peacock snapped a twig, or the wind rustled the leaves.

mn4:20.9 Then I thought,

mn4:20.10 ‘Is this that fear and dread coming?’

mn4:20.11 Then I thought,

mn4:20.12 ‘Why do I always meditate expecting that fear to come?

mn4:20.13 Why don’t I get rid of that fear and dread just as it comes, while remaining just as I am?’

mn4:20.14 Then that fear and dread came upon me as I was walking.

mn4:20.15 I didn’t stand still or sit down or lie down until I had got rid of that fear and dread while walking.

mn4:20.16 Then that fear and dread came upon me as I was standing.

mn4:20.17 I didn’t walk or sit down or lie down until I had got rid of that fear and dread while standing.

mn4:20.18 Then that fear and dread came upon me as I was sitting.

mn4:20.19 I didn’t lie down or stand still or walk until I had got rid of that fear and dread while sitting.

mn4:20.20 Then that fear and dread came upon me as I was lying down.

mn4:20.21 I didn’t sit up or stand still or walk until I had got rid of that fear and dread while lying down.