Puṇṇakamāṇavapucchā
PersonThe questions put by Puṇṇaka, a pupil of Bāvarī, to the Buddha, concerning why those who make sacrifices for the sake of pleasure and praise fail to escape birth and decay, and the Buddha’s teaching that only the calm and the liberated succeed in doing so.
The questions asked by Puṇṇaka, pupil of Bāvarī (q.v.), and the Buddha’s answers thereto.
Those who make sacrifices and exert themselves for gain of pleasure and praise do not succeed in escaping birth and decay.
Only the calm and the free can so escape. SN.vs.1043-48. They are explained in CNid.11 ff.
The questions are referred to at A.i.133.
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