The Tathāgata and the Cycle of Enlightenment : หน้า 215/263

Yāva kivāñca me bhikkhave, imesu "O! Monks! If the Tathāgata had not fully com- catusu ariyassaccevaṁ tiparivattaṁ completed these three cycles with their twelve com- dvaḍasākāraṁ yathābhuṭṭaṁ nāna- ponents, I would not say that the Tathāgata has dassanam na suvisuddhaṁ ahosi. Neva attained enlightenment as a fully self-enlightened tāvaṁ bhikkhave, sadevake loke Buddha unexcell in the cosmos with its deities, samarake sabrahmakae sāssamā- Māras and gods, with its contemplatives and brahmāṇiya pajaya sadevanamussyā priests, its royalty and commonfolk.” anuttaraṁ sammasambodhiṁ abhi- sambuddho paccāṇiṁsaṁ. Yato ca kho me bhikkhave, imesu catusu ariyasaccevaṁ tiparivattaṁ However, because the Tathāgata has completed dvaḍasākāraṁ yathābhuṭṭaṁ nān- these three cycles with their twelve components dassanam suvisuddhaṁ ahosi. Athaṁ Bhikkhave, sadevake loke in their entirety, the Tathāgata dares to claim en- samarake sabrahmakae sassamana- lightenment as a fully self-enlightened Buddha, brahmāṇiya pajaya sadevanamussyā unexcell in the cosmos with its deities, Māras anuttaraṁ sammasambodhiṁ abhi- and gods, with its contemplatives and priests, its sambuddho paccāṇiṁsaṁ. royalty and commonfolk.” Nānaṁca pana me dassanam udapādi "O! Monks! My liberation from the Cycle of Exist- akkutṭa me vimutti, ayamantā jātī ence is real and permanent. This is my final life- natthidāni punabbhavoṭi. time. There will certainly be no new rebirth for me." Idamavoca Bhagavā.attamanā <4> pañcavaggiya bhikkhu bhagavato bhāsitam abhinandunti imasamiṅca pana veyyakaraṁsmiṁ bhāṇṇāme ayasmato Koṇḍhāṁnassa virajaṁ vitamalaṁ dhammacakkuṁ udapādi: "yaṁ kiñci samudayadhammam sabbantaṁ nirodhadhammanti". Pavattit ce pana bhagavāṁtā dhammacakke bhummā deva sadda- mannassa yE: “etam bhagavāṭa Bāraṇasiām Isipatane Migadāye And when the Buddha had set in motion the Wheel of the Dhamma, the earth deities cried out: “At Benares, in the Deer Park of Isipatana, the Buddha has set in motion the supreme Wheel of the 214