Dear friends,

sorry for the 2-month gap. This is where we left off:


The Greater Instruction to Rahula

Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One stayed in the garden
of Anathapindika, in Jeta's forest, near Savatthi. Then, when it was
morning, the Blessed One, having dressed and taken his robe and bowl,
entered Saavatthi for alms. Venerable Raahula too, when it was
morning, having dressed and taken his robe and bowl, followed the
Blessed One closely from behind. And then the Blessed one, looking
back towards Rahula, addressed him:

"Rahula, whatever form, - past, future or present, internal or
external, gross or subtle, base or exalted, whether it is far or
near, - all form should be seen as it really is with right wisdom in
such a way: "This is not mine, I am not this, this is not me".

"Form only, Blessed One? Form only, Sugata [the Well-gone, see 1]?"

"Also feeling, apperception, determinations and consciousness,
Rahula, as well as form."

[1] Sugataa - Frequent epithet of the Buddha.

Common renderings:

I: emphasis on the '-gata'
the Well-gone.
the Well-farer (Rhys Davids, Woodward, Horner, Walshe, Norman. Most
common PTS rendering).

II: emphasis on the 'su-'
the Sublime One (~Naa.namoli)
the Fortunate One (Bodhi)
the Blissful One


Metta
Yong Peng

--- Robert Eddison wrote:

> In the Suttas, as in reality, the fourth khandha is always plural:
>
> "Also feeling, apperception, determinations and consciousness,

Rahula, as well as form."