From:
MilindapaƱha Questions of Milinda
Buddhavagga Buddha Chapter
5. Asaį¹
kamanapaį¹isandahanapaƱha Question on Reconnecting and Not Transmigrating
RÄjÄ ÄhaāThe king asked:
ābhante nÄgasena, na ca saį¹
kamati paį¹isandahati cÄāti? āVenerable NÄgasena, is it so that one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects?ā
āÄma, mahÄrÄja, na ca saį¹
kamati paį¹isandahati cÄāti. āYes, your majesty, one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects.ā
āKathaį¹, bhante nÄgasena, na ca saį¹
kamati paį¹isandahati ca, opammaį¹ karohÄ«āti? āHow, venerable NÄgasena, is it that one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects? Please give me an analogy.ā
āYathÄ, mahÄrÄja, kocideva puriso padÄ«pato padÄ«paį¹ padÄ«peyya, kiį¹ nu kho so, mahÄrÄja, padÄ«po padÄ«pamhÄ saį¹
kantoāti? āJust as, your majesty, if a person kindled one lamp from another would that lamp have transmigrated from the other lamp?ā
āNa hi, bhanteāti. āCertainly not, venerable sir.ā
āEvameva kho, mahÄrÄja, na ca saį¹
kamati paį¹isandahati cÄāti. āIn the same way, your majesty, one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects.ā
āBhiyyo opammaį¹ karohÄ«āti. āGive me another analogy.ā
āAbhijÄnÄsi nu tvaį¹, mahÄrÄja, daharako santo silokÄcariyassa santike kiƱci silokaį¹ gahitanāti? āDo you remember, your majesty, learning some verse from your teacher of verses?ā
āÄma, bhanteāti. āYes, venerable sir.ā
āKiį¹ nu kho, mahÄrÄja, so siloko ÄcariyamhÄ saį¹
kantoāti? āThen, your majesty, has that verse transmigrated from the teacher?ā
āNa hi, bhanteāti. āCertainly not, venerable sir.ā
āEvameva kho, mahÄrÄja, na ca saį¹
kamati paį¹isandahati cÄāti. āIn the same way, your majesty, one does not transmigrate and yet one reconnects.ā
āKallosi, bhante nÄgasenÄāti. āYou are clever, venerable NÄgasena.ā
Asaį¹
kamanapaį¹isandahanapaƱho paƱcamo. Question on Reconnecting and Not Transmigrating fifth