Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Great Chapter - 148
Ādittapariyāyaṁ
38: The Instruction About Burning
Atha kho Bhagavā Uruvelāyaṁ yathābhirantaṁ viharitvā,
Then the Gracious One, having dwelt at Uruvelā for as long as he liked,
yena Gayāsīsaṁ tena cārikaṁ pakkāmi,
left on walking tour for Gayā’s Head,
mahatā Bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ,
together with a great Community of monks,
bhikkhusahassena sabbeheva purāṇajaṭilehi.
with a thousand monks all of whom were formerly yogis.
Tatra sudaṁ Bhagavā Gayāyaṁ viharati,
There the Gracious One dwelt near Gayā,
Gayāsīse saddhiṁ bhikkhusahassena.
on Gayā’s Head together with a thousand monks.
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:
There the Gracious One addressed the monks, (saying):
“Sabbaṁ bhikkhave ādittaṁ.
“All is burning, monks.
Kiñ-ca bhikkhave sabbaṁ ādittaṁ
What all is burning, monks
Cakkhuṁ bhikkhave ādittaṁ, rūpā ādittā,
The eye is burning, monks, forms are burning, 188
cakkhuviññāṇaṁ ādittaṁ, cakkhusamphasso āditto,
eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning,
yam-pidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ,
and whatever feeling arises dependent on eye-contact,
sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā, tam-pi ādittaṁ.
whether pleasant, unpleasant, or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant, that also is burning.
Kena ādittaṁ
With what is it burning
188 The analysis that follows here is of the internal and external sense-spheres (āyatanāni)
skilfully applied to the fire-worshippers, showing what is really burning, and what it is
burning with.