Mil 3.5.5
5. Question on Reconnecting and Not Transmigrating
5. Asaṅkamanapaṭisandahanapañha
from: Buddha Chapter
5. Question on Reconnecting and Not Transmigrating
The king asked: “Venerable Nāgasena, is it so that one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects?” “Yes, your majesty, one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects.” “How, Venerable Nāgasena, is it that one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects? Please give me an analogy.” “Just as, your majesty, if a person kindled one lamp from another would that lamp have transmigrated from the other lamp?” “Certainly not, venerable sir.” “In the same way, your majesty, one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects.”
“Give me another analogy.” “Do you remember, your majesty, learning some verse from your teacher of verses?” “Yes, venerable sir.” “Then, your majesty, has that verse transmigrated from the teacher?” “Certainly not, venerable sir.” “In the same way, your majesty, one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects.”
“You are clever, Venerable Nāgasena!”
Question on Reconnecting and Not Transmigrating fifth
5. Asaṅkamanapaṭisandahanapañha
Rājā āha— “bhante nāgasena, na ca saṅkamati paṭisandahati cā”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, na ca saṅkamati paṭisandahati cā”ti. “Kathaṁ, bhante nāgasena, na ca saṅkamati paṭisandahati ca, opammaṁ karohī”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, kocideva puriso padīpato padīpaṁ padīpeyya, kiṁ nu kho so, mahārāja, padīpo padīpamhā saṅkanto”ti? “Na hi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, na ca saṅkamati paṭisandahati cā”ti.
“Bhiyyo opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Abhijānāsi nu tvaṁ, mahārāja, daharako santo silokācariyassa santike kiñci silokaṁ gahitan”ti? “Āma, bhante”ti. “Kiṁ nu kho, mahārāja, so siloko ācariyamhā saṅkanto”ti? “Na hi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, na ca saṅkamati paṭisandahati cā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Asaṅkamanapaṭisandahanapañho pañcamo.