Mil 3.6.10
10. Question on Remembrance of What was Done Long Ago
10. Cirakatasaraṇapañha
from: Mindfulness Chapter
10. Question on Remembrance of What was Done Long Ago
The king asked: “Venerable Nāgasena, how does one remember what was done long ago in the past?” “With mindfulness, your majesty.” “Is it not, Venerable Nāgasena, that one remembers with one’s mind and not with mindfulness?” “Do you not know personally, your majesty, about some task you have done and have forgotten?” “Yes, venerable sir.” “Then were you, your majesty, on that occasion without a mind?” “Certainly not, venerable sir, on that occasion there was no mindfulness.” “So, why do you say, your majesty, that one remembers with one’s mind and not with mindfulness?”
“You are clever, Venerable Nāgasena!”
Question on Remembrance of What was Done Long Ago tenth
10. Cirakatasaraṇapañha
Rājā āha— “bhante nāgasena, kena atītaṁ cirakataṁ saratī”ti? “Satiyā, mahārājā”ti. “Nanu, bhante nāgasena, cittena sarati no satiyā”ti? “Abhijānāsi nu tvaṁ, mahārāja, kiñcideva karaṇīyaṁ katvā pamuṭṭhan”ti? “Āma, bhante”ti. “Kiṁ nu kho tvaṁ, mahārāja, tasmiṁ samaye acittako ahosī”ti? “Na hi, bhante, sati tasmiṁ samaye nāhosī”ti. “Atha kasmā tvaṁ, mahārāja, evamāha— ‘cittena sarati, no satiyā’”ti?
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Cirakatasaraṇapañho dasamo.