Discourse on the Simile of the Hut |
19. (The deva said:)
(The Bhagava said:) "Indeed, I have no hut indeed, I have no nest, indeed, I have no entanglement. And, indeed, I am free from bonds." (The deva said:) "What do I mean by saying to you 'a hut'? What do I mean by saying to you ' a nest'? What do I mean by saying to you 'an entanglement'? What do I mean by saying to you 'bonds'?" (The Bhagava said:) "What you say 'a hut' is the mother. What you say 'a nest' is the wife. What you say 'an entanglement' is children. What you say to me 'bonds' is Craving." (The deva said:) "Well it is that you have no hut. Well it is that you have no nest. Well it is that you have no entanglement. Well it is that you are freed from bonds!" 1. a hut, a nest, an entanglement, bonds: 'a hut' is the mother whose womb is a little dwelling where human beings have to dwell for nearly ten months; 'a nest' is the wife who is waiting at home for the husband who comes back after the days work like a bird coming back to the nest in the evening, 'entanglements' are the children who are like the ensnaring threads of a cobweb: bonds' are attachment or craving. The Buddha replies he has no hut etc., in the sense that he is without mother or wife or child or craving; and also with the deeper significance that he has no more rebirth. End of the Kutika Sutta,. |
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