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The Second Discourse on Migajāla
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Then the venerable Migajāla approached the Blessed One, etc.
Seated to one side, the venerable Migajāla said this to the Blessed One:
"It would be good, venerable sir, if the Blessed One would expound to me the Teaching in brief, so that having heard the Teaching from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute."
"There are, Migajāla, visible forms cognisable by the eye that are desirable, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, sensually arousing, and enticing. If a monk delights in that, asserts it, and remains grasping it. For him delighting in that, asserting it, remaining grasping it, delight arises. From the arising of delight is the arising of suffering, Migajāla, I say, etc. And there are, Migajāla, flavours cognisable by the tongue, etc. And there are, Migajāla, mental phenomena cognisable by the mind that are desirable, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, sensually arousing, and enticing. If a monk delights in that, asserts it, and remains grasping it. For him delighting in that, asserting it, remaining grasping it, delight arises. From the arising of delight is the arising of suffering, Migajāla, I say.
"And there are, Migajāla, visible forms cognisable by the eye that are desirable, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, sensually arousing, and enticing. If a monk does not delight in that, does not assert it, and does not remain grasping it. For him not delighting in that, not asserting it, not remaining grasping it, delight ceases. From the cessation of delight is the cessation of suffering, Migajāla, I say, etc. And there are, Migajāla, flavours cognisable by the tongue that are desirable, lovely, etc. And there are, Migajāla, mental phenomena cognisable by the mind that are desirable, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, sensually arousing, and enticing. If a monk does not delight in that, does not assert it, and does not remain grasping it. For him not delighting in that, not asserting it, not remaining grasping it, delight ceases. From the cessation of delight is the cessation of suffering, Migajāla, I say."
Then the venerable Migajāla, having delighted and rejoiced in the Blessed One’s words, rose from his seat, paid respect to the Blessed One, circumambulated him keeping him on his right, and departed. Then dwelling alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute, the venerable Migajāla soon realised by his own direct knowledge, in this very life, that unsurpassed consummation of the holy life for the sake of which sons of good family rightly go forth from home into homelessness; and, having entered upon it, he dwelt in it. He directly knew: "Birth is eliminated, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming back to any state of being." And the venerable Migajāla became one of the Worthy Ones. The second.