0.3UpasenaāsīvisasuttaUpasena and the Viper
1.1Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ca sāriputto āyasmā ca upaseno rājagahe viharanti sītavane sappasoṇḍikapabbhāre.At one time the venerables Sāriputta and Upasena were staying near Rājagaha in the Cool Grove, under the Cobra’s Hood Grotto.11.2Tena kho pana samayena āyasmato upasenassa kāye āsīviso patito hoti.Now at that time a viper fell on Upasena’s body.1.3Atha kho āyasmā upaseno bhikkhū āmantesi:He addressed the mendicants,1.4“etha me, āvuso, imaṁ kāyaṁ mañcakaṁ āropetvā bahiddhā nīharatha.“Come, reverends, lift this body onto a cot and carry it outside21.5Purāyaṁ kāyo idheva vikirati;before it’s scattered right here1.6seyyathāpi bhusamuṭṭhī”ti.like a handful of hay.”
2.1PTS 4.41Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ upasenaṁ etadavoca:When he said this, Sāriputta said to him,2.2“na kho pana mayaṁ passāma āyasmato upasenassa kāyassa vā aññathattaṁ indriyānaṁ vā vipariṇāmaṁ.“But we don’t see any impairment in your body or deterioration of your faculties.2.3Atha ca panāyasmā upaseno evamāha:Yet you say:2.4‘etha me, āvuso, imaṁ kāyaṁ mañcakaṁ āropetvā bahiddhā nīharatha.‘Come, reverends, lift this body onto a cot and carry it outside2.5Purāyaṁ kāyo idheva vikirati;before it’s scattered right here2.6seyyathāpi bhusamuṭṭhī’”ti.like a handful of hay.’”
2.7“Yassa nūna, āvuso sāriputta, evamassa:“Reverend Sāriputta, there may be an impairment in body or deterioration of faculties for someone who thinks:2.8‘ahaṁ cakkhūti vā mama cakkhūti vā …pe…‘I am the eye’ or ‘the eye is mine.’2.9ahaṁ jivhāti vā mama jivhāti vā …Or ‘I am the ear … nose … tongue … body …’2.10ahaṁ manoti vā mama mano’ti vā.Or ‘I am the mind’ or ‘the mind is mine.’2.11Tassa, āvuso sāriputta, siyā kāyassa vā aññathattaṁ indriyānaṁ vā vipariṇāmo.
2.12Mayhañca kho, āvuso sāriputta, na evaṁ hoti:But I don’t think like that.2.13‘ahaṁ cakkhūti vā mama cakkhūti vā …pe…2.14ahaṁ jivhāti vā mama jivhāti vā …pe…2.15ahaṁ manoti vā mama manoti vā’.2.16Tassa mayhañca kho, āvuso sāriputta, kiṁ kāyassa vā aññathattaṁ bhavissati, indriyānaṁ vā vipariṇāmo”ti.So why would there be an impairment in my body or deterioration of my faculties?”
3.1Tathā hi panāyasmato upasenassa dīgharattaṁ ahaṅkāramamaṅkāramānānusayo susamūhato.“That must be because Venerable Upasena has long ago totally eradicated I-making, mine-making, and the underlying tendency to conceit.
3.2Tasmā āyasmato upasenassa na evaṁ hoti:That’s why it doesn’t occur to you:3.3“‘ahaṁ cakkhūti vā mama cakkhūti vā …pe…‘I am the eye’ or ‘the eye is mine.’ Or ‘I am the ear …3.4ahaṁ jivhāti vā mama jivhāti vā …pe…nose … tongue … body …’3.5ahaṁ manoti vā mama mano’ti vā”ti.Or ‘I am the mind’ or ‘the mind is mine.’”
3.6Atha kho te bhikkhū āyasmato upasenassa kāyaṁ mañcakaṁ āropetvā bahiddhā nīhariṁsu.Then those mendicants lifted Upasena’s body onto a cot and carried it outside.3.7Atha kho āyasmato upasenassa kāyo tattheva vikiri;And his body was scattered right there3.8seyyathāpi bhusamuṭṭhīti.like a handful of hay.
3.9Sattamaṁ.