The second, Rohita, the son of gods
Rohitassa 2 (AN 4.46)
Ṭhe Blessed One at the end of that night addressed the bhikkhus: Bhikkhus, last night When the night was far spent, Rohitassa the son of the gods illuminated the complete Jeta's grove with a resplendent light, approached me worshipped, stood on a side and said:
Venerable sir, is it possible to know, see or achieve that state which has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing by going to the end of the world?
Bhikkhus, then I said Friend, I do not say that the state that has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing could be known, seen or achieved by going to the end of the world.
Then Rohitassa the son of the gods said: Venerable sir, it is wonderful and surprising, these good words of the Blessed One: Friend, I do not say that the state that has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing could be known, seen or achieved by going to the end of the world. Venerable sir, in the past there was a sage, the son of a villager, with psychic powers to go through the air. Venerable sir, then I had such a speed, a trained, proficient archer, with deft hands, would put down a standing palm in a very short time and without difficulty, such was my speed. Venerable sir my stride was such, putting one foot on the eastern ocean the other I put on the western ocean. Endowed with that speed and that stride, this desire arose to me. I will reach the end of the world. I travelled for a hundred years, through out my life span stopping only to eat, drink taste and enjoy. For urinating, excreting, to expel sleepiness and exhaustion and not coming to the end of the world I died on the way. Venerable sir, wonderful and surprising are these good words of the Blessed One: Friend, I do not say that the state that has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing could be known, seen or achieved by going to the end of the world.
Bhikkhus, then I said: Friend, I do not say that the state that has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing could be known, seen or achieved by going to the end of the world, nor do I declare the ending of unpleasantness without coming to the end of the world. Yet friend, I appoint the arising, cessation and the path leading to the cessation of the world in this same fathom long body.
The end of the world can never be attained.
There's no release from unpleasantess, without coming to the end of the world either.
The wise knower of the worlds reached the end of the world leading the holy life.
Gone to the end of the world and quieted himself, does not desire this or the other world.
Venerable sir, is it possible to know, see or achieve that state which has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing by going to the end of the world?
Bhikkhus, then I said Friend, I do not say that the state that has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing could be known, seen or achieved by going to the end of the world.
Then Rohitassa the son of the gods said: Venerable sir, it is wonderful and surprising, these good words of the Blessed One: Friend, I do not say that the state that has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing could be known, seen or achieved by going to the end of the world. Venerable sir, in the past there was a sage, the son of a villager, with psychic powers to go through the air. Venerable sir, then I had such a speed, a trained, proficient archer, with deft hands, would put down a standing palm in a very short time and without difficulty, such was my speed. Venerable sir my stride was such, putting one foot on the eastern ocean the other I put on the western ocean. Endowed with that speed and that stride, this desire arose to me. I will reach the end of the world. I travelled for a hundred years, through out my life span stopping only to eat, drink taste and enjoy. For urinating, excreting, to expel sleepiness and exhaustion and not coming to the end of the world I died on the way. Venerable sir, wonderful and surprising are these good words of the Blessed One: Friend, I do not say that the state that has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing could be known, seen or achieved by going to the end of the world.
Bhikkhus, then I said: Friend, I do not say that the state that has no birth, decay, death, disappearing and appearing could be known, seen or achieved by going to the end of the world, nor do I declare the ending of unpleasantness without coming to the end of the world. Yet friend, I appoint the arising, cessation and the path leading to the cessation of the world in this same fathom long body.
The end of the world can never be attained.
There's no release from unpleasantess, without coming to the end of the world either.
The wise knower of the worlds reached the end of the world leading the holy life.
Gone to the end of the world and quieted himself, does not desire this or the other world.
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