Buddhavagga
Buddha Chapter
Tip — double-click any Pāli word to look it up in the dictionary.
1.2
“bhante nāgasena, yo uppajjati, jānāti so ‘uppajjissāmī’”ti?
“Venerable Nāgasena, does one who re-arises know, ‘I will re-arise’?”
1.3
“Āma, mahārāja, yo uppajjati jānāti so ‘uppajjissāmī’”ti.
“Yes, your majesty, one who re-arises knows, ‘I will re-arise’.”
2.2
“Yathā, mahārāja, kassako gahapatiko bījāni pathaviyaṁ nikkhipitvā sammā deve vassante jānāti ‘dhaññaṁ nibbattissatī’”ti?
“Just as, your majesty, when a householder farmer plants seeds in the ground and it rains well, does he know that grain will grow?”
2.4
“Evameva kho, mahārāja, yo uppajjati, jānāti so ‘uppajjissāmī’”ti.
“In the same way, your majesty, one who re-arises knows, ‘I will re-arise’.”