
Ānanda
Murid Buddha yang menguraikan cara menilai guru dan jalan spiritual.
Sandaka Sutta
Ānanda menemui kelompok pengembara Sandaka dan menjelaskan empat jalan hidup yang tidak memuaskan serta empat jenis kehidupan suci yang tidak dapat diandalkan. Ia lalu menunjukkan latihan Buddha yang menghasilkan pengetahuan langsung. Inilah Sandaka Sutta.

Murid Buddha yang menguraikan cara menilai guru dan jalan spiritual.
Pemimpin kelompok pengembara yang mendengarkan penjelasan Ānanda.
Kota tempat Ānanda mengunjungi kelompok Sandaka.
Ajaran dinilai bukan dari klaim besar, melainkan dari apakah latihan itu membawa etika, pengetahuan langsung, dan kebebasan yang dapat dibuktikan.
mn76:52.1 “But worthy Ānanda, when a mendicant is perfected, would the knowledge and vision that their defilements are ended be constantly and continually present to them, while walking, standing, sleeping, and waking?”
mn76:52.3 “Well then, Sandaka, I shall give you a simile.
mn76:52.4 For by means of a simile some sensible people understand the meaning of what is said.
mn76:52.5 Suppose there was a person whose hands and feet had been amputated.
mn76:52.6 Would they be aware that their hands and feet had been amputated constantly and continually, while walking, standing, sleeping, and waking?
mn76:52.7 Or would they be aware of it only when they checked it?”
mn76:52.9 “They wouldn’t be aware of it constantly,
mn76:52.11 only when they checked it.”
mn76:52.13 “In the same way, when a mendicant is perfected, the knowledge and vision that their defilements are ended is not constantly and continually present to them, while walking, standing, sleeping, and waking.
mn76:52.15 Rather, they are aware of it only when they checked it.”
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