Redwood Vihara: Pavitteya Kathākattha: Katamaṃ Kathaṃ Mayaṃ Jīvāma?

Pavitthā Kathākathana: Katarā Kathā Mayaṃ Jīvāma? Mayaṃ sadā kathaṃ kathema. Kathā yo mayaṃ homa. Kathā aññamaññaṃ. Kathā yaṃ amhākaṃ jātaṃ yañca puna bhavissati. Kathā amhākaṃ samūhānaṃ lokassa ca. Kiṃ pana kīvabahuṃ mayaṃ ṭhatvā pucchāma: Kathaṃ ahaṃ imasmiṃ kathāyaṃ yaṃ etarahi kathemi ajjhupagato? Api ca kiṃ ahaṃ tathā gambhīraṃ suṇomi yathā aññesaṃ kathā sotuṃ? Redwood Vihara-yaṃ navake samūhasannipāte mayaṃ kathākathanaṃ na kevalaṃ kīḷanatthāya, api ca bhāvanāpadesato vicinimha: acchariyuppādanaṃ, paññāsaṅkamanā, sambandhagambhīrakaraṇaṃ, atha ca yehi kathehi mayaṃ amhākaṃ jīvitaṃ pajānāma tāsaṃ kathānaṃ parivattanatthāya upāyo. Yantapaññāto Sambodhipaññā Kiṃ yadi AI iti Sambodhipaññātipi atthaṃ bhaveyya? Ayaṃ hadayassa paññā. Ayaṃ amhākaṃ maddavatāya, dayāya, pamodassa, gambhīrasavanassa, anukampāya ca samatthātā. Sā pabujjhati yadā mayaṃ amhākaṃ ñātisambandhaṃ aññamaññañca mahantañca lokassa pariyāpannaṃ—manussehi, tiracchānehi, redwood-rukkhehi, diṭṭhādiṭṭhehi ca vanajīvitehi saha pāṭikaroma. Yantavidhi acchariyehi ākārehi mayaṃ saṃyojeyya, api ca kevalaṃ yantikena sambandhena na sakkā jīvituṃ. Yathā kāyo sāhāraṃ pattheti, tathā hadayaṃ sacandaṃ mittaṃ, paccupaṭṭhānaṃ, sambandhañca pattheti. Amhehi anubhavā aṭṭhā yattha amhākaṃ kiñci evaṃ vadeyya: “Āma, ahaṃ sambandhī. Na kevalaṃ ahaṃ. Mayhaṃ jīvitaṃ atthavā.” Eso purāṇataro upāyo yena manussā imaṃ sambandhassa atthassa ca saññaṃ bhāventi kathākathanena. Acchariyakathā Amhākaṃ mitto cirakathākathako Brian Conroy gītaṃ gāyi yaṃ amhe nimanteti puna lokassa dassanāya bālassa navacakkhūhi. Acchariyaṃ, kīdisaṃ gītaṃ! Tato mayaṃ parivārehi parivārehi sannipatimha ekasmiṃ sahaje pañhe cintetuṃ: Katarā “acchariyassa” kathā amhākaṃ jīvite? Sakkā nu mayaṃ puthujjanasmimpi asādhāraṇaṃ vindituṃ? Eko puggalo sarati daharo hutvā bahi gato rattalohitapupphakapālena bhūmikārakānaṃ santikaṃ gantuṃ. Dasakāni pacchā, ekadivasaṃ Redwood Vihara-yaṃ kammassa so saraṇo puna jīvamāno viya ahosi. Tassa bālassa kelāyanā—uyyāne kammaṃ kātuṃ, vihāre vihātuṃ, aggitoti rakkhaṃ sahāyituṃ—sabbeva ekasmiṃ pamodite sevādivase samāgatāni. Añño puggalo sarati kathaṃ khuddako mittadhammo yaṃ dukkhappaṭisaṃveditaṃ āsi taṃ pūrayi. Yaṃ ekassa dukkaraṃ yācituṃ taṃ aññassa sukaraṃ dātuṃ. Sukhumaṃ paṭiññaṃ jīvitapariyanta-mittassa ādi ahosi. Eko taruṇo puggalo kathayati bhayānakaṃ yānaṃ vātehi āgataṃ. Tassa kulaṃ Mahākaruṇāmantaṃ sajjhāyati, athaññataro yāno udakaphalanatāya tesaṃ santikaṃ āgacchati. Saṅghaṭṭanaṃ avassaṃbhāvī ahosi; atha ca kenaci upāyena so yāno tesaṃ parito atikkami, yathā rakkhaṃ balakhettaṃ tesaṃ yānassa parito ahosi. Tassa cūḷamātulo ca pitā ca, ye tasmiṃ sannipātepi āsuṃ, kathaṃ puna pūrayiṃsu. Te na kevalaṃ kāyikassa rakkhaṇassa, api ca acchariyaṃ passaddhibhāvaṃ sabbe anubhave saranti. Yadā eko eko kathesi, avasesā sabbe savanāya sikkhiṃsu: na paṭivacanaṃ sajjetuṃ, na ovādaṃ dātuṃ, na kathaṃ kathāya saddhiṃ tulayituṃ, api ca kevalaṃ aññassa anubhavassa okāsaṃ kātuṃ. Etasmiṃ padese, kathākathanaṃ na kevalaṃ ñāṇassa saṅkamanā hoti. Sambandho hoti. Kathāya kathāya mayaṃ samūhassa paṭaṃ vināma. Dīghāni yugāni, loke saṃskṛtiyo etaṃ aññāsiṃsu. Kathā, gītā, natasālā, mukhavacanatradicā ca itihāsañca guṇānañca yugato yugaṃ hariṃsu. Manussānaṃ kathesuṃ kuto āgacchiṃsu, kiṃ atthavantaṃ, kathaṃ ca jīvituṃ. Ajja mayaṃ acchariyaṃ bahuṃ mīḍiyaṃ paribhuñjāma, atha ca appataraṃ okāsaṃ labhāma salaṃ mukhamukhaṃ nisīditvā aññamaññaṃ amhākaṃ saṇṭhāpakāni kathāni kathayituṃ. Pavitthā kathākathanā amhe puna nimanteti. Kathaṃ Paraloketuṃ Pacchā mayaṃ Brianena saddhiṃ nisīdimha pucchituṃ kiṃ sādhāraṇakathāyaṃ pavitthakathāyaṃ parivatteti. Tassa pañho satiyā ca adhippāyena ca ārabhi. Purā kathaṃ kathayituṃ, Brian bahulaṃ muhuttaṃ gaṇhāti tuṇhībhavituṃ, assāsetuṃ, kasmā so tattha atthi sarituṃ. Tassa ajjhattikā disā evarūpā: Kathaṃ ahaṃ sakkareyyaṃ. Kathaṃ ahaṃ savake sakkareyyaṃ. Imāya kathāya paññā ca pāmojjaṃ ca āgaccheyya. Sabbādhikaṃ, so āha, “Na mama atthāya.” Kathākathako hāsyaṃ, iñjanaṃ, layaṃ, nāṭakavisamānantaraṃ, sabbe nāṭakasippāni ca upanetuṃ sakkoti. Atha ca lakkhaṇaṃ na hoti yathā parisā nāṭakakāraṃ pasaṃseyya. Kathākathako paṭikkamati yathā kathā pabhāsati. Kathākathanaṃ na kevalaṃ nāṭakaṃ, api ca sevā hoti. Brian dasakāni nāṭakassa ca janasambhāsanassa ca sikkhāpakaṃ ahosi, kathākathanañca tīsaṃ vassānaṃ upari paṭipajji. Atha ca pucchito kiṃ sabbādhikaṃ kathākathanasippaṃ, na āha: manoramabhāvaṃ. So āha: paccupaṭṭhānaṃ. Kassaci oloketuṃ tampi passituṃ. Jānituṃ ko suṇāti. Kūṭāgārassa vedanā jānituṃ. Ekato manussato aññaṃ manussaṃ ujuṃ sambhāsetuṃ. Atha ca, acchariyena, Brian avoca yadi tuṇhībhavasīlā puggalā visiṭṭhā balavanto kathākathakā bhaveyyuṃ. Yo jīvitapariyantaṃ tuṇhī olokento vihāsi, so sakkoti tāniyeva samatthāni bhāvetuṃ yehi kathākathanaṃ pattheti: savanaṃ, saṇhasambhedanaṃ, manasikāro, aññesaṃ sati ca. Na aṭṭhaṃ hoti mahābhāvo bhavituṃ. Aṭṭhaṃ hoti atirekaṃ paccupaṭṭhānabhāvo bhavituṃ. Paññāya Yānakaṃ Kathā Brian-assa sakassa kathākathanassa avabodho tassa mittenasaddhiṃ Rev. Heng Sure parivattittho. So tassa nāṭakasippāni ca kathākathanasippāni ca bhāvetvāpi ahosi, atha ca Rev. Heng Sure taṃ samādapesi tāni sippāni upanetuṃ Buddhistakathāni, upamāyo, anekasaṃskṛtito ca kathāyo jīvantiyo kātuṃ. Kathāya na ca visuṃ Buddhistakā bhavitabbaṃ Buddhistadhammapadese desetuṃ. Yaṃ atthavantaṃ sā kathā kāye upanetuṃ taṃ atthavantaṃ. Sakkā nu kathā karuṇaṃ pabhāseyya? Khantiṃ? Dānaṃ? Sūraṃ? Paccayatā? Brian purāṇakathāyo gahetvā upāye ca vicini tesaṃ paññāya samakālikānaṃ savakānaṃ kathetuṃ. Kadāci paricita kathāyo puna cintesi, yathā Janie Bodhiseed. Kadāci dhammadesanā ekantaṃ navakaṃ kathaṃ uppādesi. Redwood Vihara sayaṃ ekaṃ ussāhaṃ adāsi. Mayaṃ bahulaṃ kathema kathaṃ redwood-rukkhā mahantaṃ vātaṃ sahenti tesaṃ gambhīra-mūlānaṃ parittattāpi, yato tāni mūlāni aññamaññaṃ vināmanti aññamaññañca dhārenti. Brian taṃ desanaṃ sutvā kathaṃ tassa antare āgamayamānaṃ addasa: Ayyaka-Redwood-Rukkho. Sahakathāya Sajjananaṃ Saha mayaṃ vicinimha kathākathanaṃ na sadā vacane pattheti. Brian samūhaṃ nayī sahajehi nāṭakāya samehi. Parivāre ṭhatvā mayaṃ aggiṃ puggale puggale khittavanto, sabbe ca saṃgaṇhituṃ samūhaṃ katvā. Mukhyādesanā sukhumā: ko ci na vadeyya. Mayaṃ manasikāraṃ kātuṃ arahiṃsu. Tato, purisamaṇḍalaṃ māpayimha. Eko puggalo majjhaṃ pāvisi, aññe ca anukkamena pāvisiṃsu, aññamaññaṃ iñjanāya paṭivadantā yāva visuṃ kāyā ekaṃ sahasā iṭṭhakaṃ ahosi. Bahū hasanaṃ ahosi. Atha ca kīḷāya antare ekā yathābhūtasambhedanatā ahosi. Sakkā nu tīṃsa puggalā muhuttaṃ ekaṃ sādhukaṃ kāyaṃ bhaveyyuṃ? Ayaṃ aññataro kathākathanassa ākāro. Na eko puggalo kathaṃ niyameti, sabbe pana kiñci amhākaṃ antare uppannaṃ pāṭiggaṇhiṃsu. Mayaṃ saṃgahitakathaṃ kathemu. Nāṭakato Dhammato Anāgate, mayaṃ ākaṅkhāma Dhammāya Nāṭaka-Avagāhanaṃ, nāṭakaṃ, kathākathanaṃ, iñjanaṃ, bhāvanāpaṭipadañca upanetuṃ ajjhattikaparivattanassa ca samūhamāpanassa ca upāyato. Itihāsato, nāṭakaṃ na kevalaṃ kīḷanaṃ ahosi. Sā samūhānaṃ atthavante saṅkametuṃ, bhāvehi kamituṃ, sambandhe māpetuṃ, attānaṃ pajānituṃ sahāyī. Brian amhepi sārayi yadi loko dukkhito vā. Amhākaṃ kammajīvitaṃ ca kula-jīvitaṃ ca bahūni sikkhāpadāni dhārenti. Ādhunikā samūho sakkā khipiṭṭhāne bhavituṃ yattha mayaṃ kāyaṃ iñjema, cintāya paribhuñjāma, saha hasema, ca puna kīḷāya vimuttiṃ vindema. Katarā Kathā Mayaṃ Kathema? Sannipātassa ante, mayaṃ taṃ gambhīrataraṃ pañhaṃ yaṃ sabbassa Divasassa antare ahosi puna āgacchiṃsu: Sabbe mayaṃ kathaṃ kathema. Katarā kathā mayaṃ kathema? Yadā mayaṃ bhāvanāya ārabhāma, yadā ca cittaṃ olokema, tadā vindāma kathaṃ nirantaraṃ amhākaṃ jīvitaṃ kathema. Idaṃ mayhaṃ jātaṃ. So puggalo evarūpo. Ahaṃ evarūpo puggalo. Dhammā sadā evaṃ bhavissanti. Anavabodhā, mayaṃ sakkā kathāyaṃ ajjhupagantuṃ yaṃ purā paramparāya labhimha vā ciraṃ kathetvā mayaṃ saṇṭhāpayimha—kathā yo no saṃyamanti. Paṭipadā thokaṃ okāsaṃ karoti. Mayaṃ kathaṃ kathāto dassanāya ārabhāma na kevalaṃ sabbassa saccassa. Tasmiṃ okāse, aññā iva vavatthānamāpajjati: mayaṃ thokaṃ vimuttiṃ labhāma kathaṃ kathaṃ paṭipajjāma kathañca naṃ anupāletuṃ. Sakkā nu mayaṃ kathaṃ kathetuṃ karuṇāya mūlā na verena? Kataññutāya kathā na abhāvena? Kathā yattha amhākaṃ vāṇā satiyo, na pana kevalaṃ yaṃ mayaṃ homa? Kathā yattha mayaṃ sambandhino homa? Etaṃ na aṭṭhaṃ hoti rattapadumavasanaṃ dhāretuṃ vā dukkhato paṭivattuṃ. Pavitthā kathākathanā amhe nimanteti amhākaṃ anubhavaṃ gambhīraṃ oloketuṃ paccupaṭṭhānassa atthañca sambandhañca vavatthānañca yaṃ tattheva atthi vindituṃ. Kathaṃ Amhehi Mahantataraṃ Mayaṃ divasaṃ niṭṭhāpimha yaṃ kiñci kusalaṃ amhākaṃ sahajīvita kālaṃ āgataṃ taṃ samappetuṃ. Manussā mātāpitaro, paṭivadantā, putte, mitte, ācariye, ye rogāya cikicchāya ca āsannā, ye jīvitassa antaṃ āsannā, ye yuddhena chāya ca phuṭṭhā, Saṅghaṃ, vanaṃ, sabbe jīve ca nāmesuṃ. Eko puggalo samappesi: “Cūḷakassa amhākaṃ sabbesaṃ.” Yathā cūḷako, mayaṃ sakkā uparimaṃ redwood-rukkhaṃ oloketuṃ, aññassa kathaṃ sotuṃ, vā kevalaṃ amhākaṃ assāsaṃ manasikātuṃ ca lokaṃ navakaṃ jīvantañca paccanubhotuṃ. Pavitthā kathākathanā amhe sārayati acchariyaṃ sabbato amhe parivāritan-ti. Mayaṃ sakkā amhākaṃ pāṭiṭṭhāne kathāyo kathetuṃ, atha ca anukkamena vindāma natthi ekatthā nissāya tiṭṭhati. Yathā redwood-vanassa antare mūlāni, tathā amhākaṃ jīvitāni vināmitāni. Redwood Vihara-yaṃ, mayaṃ saṃgahitakathāya aṅgā homa: mayaṃ sambandhino homa; saha pabujjhāma; saha ca sakkā kathaṃ amhehi aññatarena mahantataraṃ sevituṃ.