Mil 3.5.9
9. Question on Knowing Re-arising
9. Uppajjatijānanapañha
from: Buddha Chapter
9. Question on Knowing Re-arising
The king asked: “Venerable Nāgasena, does one who re-arises know, ‘I will re-arise’?” “Yes, your majesty, one who re-arises knows, ‘I will re-arise’.”
“Please give me an analogy.” “Just as, your majesty, when a householder farmer plants seeds in the ground and it rains well, does he know that grain will grow?” “Yes, venerable sir, he would know.” “In the same way, your majesty, one who re-arises knows, ‘I will re-arise’.”
“You are clever, Venerable Nāgasena!”
Question on Knowing Re-arising ninth
9. Uppajjatijānanapañha
Rājā āha— “bhante nāgasena, yo uppajjati, jānāti so ‘uppajjissāmī’”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, yo uppajjati jānāti so ‘uppajjissāmī’”ti.
“Opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, kassako gahapatiko bījāni pathaviyaṁ nikkhipitvā sammā deve vassante jānāti ‘dhaññaṁ nibbattissatī’”ti? “Āma, bhante, jāneyyā”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, yo uppajjati, jānāti so ‘uppajjissāmī’”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Uppajjatijānanapañho navamo.