18/05/2026
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒋𝒂 𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆?
भिक्षुले बुद्धलाई सोधे, "अग्नि-जन्ममा कुन कर्म जम्मा भएको थियो जसले गर्दा उनी आफ्नी आमासँगै आगोमा जलेका थिए? उनले कस्तो कर्म सिर्जना गरेका थिए जसले गर्दा उनी धेरै धनी परिवारमा जन्मिए र अर्हत्व प्राप्त गरे?"
त्यसपछि बुद्धले निम्न कथा सुनाए:
विपश्यिन बुद्धको समयमा, एक वृद्ध र एक राजा थिए जसले बुद्धलाई भेटी चढाउन प्रतिस्पर्धा गरे। राजा आफ्नो भेटीमा वृद्धलाई उछिन्न सकेनन् र यसले उनलाई धेरै चिन्तित बनायो। उनी आफ्ना मन्त्रीहरूतिर फर्किए जसले उनलाई देशभरि दाउराको बिक्रीमा प्रतिबन्ध लगाउन सल्लाह दिए ताकि वृद्धले अब विपश्यिन बुद्धलाई चढाउन स्वादिष्ट खाना तयार गर्न नसकोस्। यो आफ्नो प्रतिस्पर्धीलाई हराउने एक मात्र तरिका हुन सक्छ भन्ने सोचेर राजाले तदनुसार आदेश दिए। यद्यपि, वृद्धमा ठूलो योग्यता भएकोले, उनको घरमा धेरै महँगो चन्दनको भण्डार थियो जुन उनले विपश्यिन बुद्धलाई चढाउन अझ स्वादिष्ट खाना तयार गर्न जलाए।
वृद्धसँग जलाउनको लागि चन्दन भएको देखेर, राजा फेरि एक पटक धेरै चिन्तित भए किनभने उनको दरबारमा चन्दन छैन। त्यसपछि उनका मन्त्रीहरूले उनलाई जानकारी दिए कि वृद्धको कुनै उत्तराधिकारी नभएकोले, उनको मृत्युपछि, उनका सबै सामान राजाको सम्पत्ति हुनेछ। त्यसैले, उनीहरूले राजालाई दाउरा बेच्न अनुमति दिन सुझाव दिए ताकि वृद्धले खाना पकाउनको लागि साधारण काठ प्रयोग गरून्
र आफ्नो बहुमूल्य चन्दन प्रयोग नगरून्।
त्यसपछि वृद्धको मृत्यु भएपछि, राजाले सबै चन्दनको स्वामित्व लिन सक्थे। राजाले यो सल्लाह पालन गरे र दाउराको बिक्रीलाई अनुमति दिए।
राजाको आदेशको बारेमा सुनेपछि, वृद्धा धेरै रिसाएर भने, "मेरो घरमा भएका सबै चन्दनले म राजा र उनकी आमा दुवैलाई सँगै जलाउन सक्छु!" विपश्यिन बुद्धलाई बलि चढाउँदै गर्दा उनले यो श्राप दिए।
तथापि, प्रसाद चढाएपछि, उनले निम्न आकांक्षा गरे, "यी प्रसादहरू मार्फत, मेरो भविष्यका सबै जीवनहरूमा म धेरै धन भएको परिवारमा पुनर्जन्म लिन सकूँ। म उदात्त धर्म प्राप्त गर्न सकूँ र विनाशकारी भावनाहरूबाट मुक्त हुन सकूँ।"
त्यो वृद्धा अब अग्निजन्ममा छ। राजा र उनकी आमालाई सँगै जलाउने बारेमा उसले दिएको भयानक श्रापको कारणले गर्दा, उसले पाँच सय जन्महरूमा त्यही भाग्य भोग्यो। यो जीवन त्यो चक्रको अन्तिम थियो। साथै, विपश्यिन बुद्धलाई चढाएको र उनले गरेका आकांक्षाहरूको परिणामस्वरूप, उसको प्रत्येक जीवनमा एक धनी परिवारमा जन्म भयो र अन्ततः मेरो शिक्षाहरू पालना गरेर अर्हतत्व प्राप्त गर्यो।
ज्येष्ठ अंगजा, अग्नि-जन्मको यो जीवन कथा कर्मको नियम (कारण र प्रभाव) को अचुकताको बलियो उदाहरण हो।
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒋𝒂 𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆?
Bhikkhus asked the Buddha, “What karma had Fire-Born accumulated that resulted in him being burned in a fire with his mother? What karma had he created that caused him to be born in a very wealthy family and to attain arhathood?”
The Buddha then recounted the following story:
During the time of Vipashyin Buddha, there was an elder and a king who competed over making offerings to the Buddha. The king was unable to surpass the elder in his offerings and this made him very anxious. He turned to his ministers who advised him to ban the sale of firewood throughout the country so the elder would no longer be able to prepare delicious food to offer to Vipashyin Buddha. Thinking this might be the only way to defeat his competitor, the king gave the order accordingly. However, since the elder possessed great merit, he had a store of very expensive sandalwood in his house which he burned to prepare even more delicious food to offer to Vipashyin Buddha.
Seeing that the elder had sandalwood to burn, the king once again became very worried since he had no sandalwood in his palace. His ministers then informed him that since the elder had no heir, upon his death, all his belongings would become property of the king. They suggested, therefore, that the king permit the sale of firewood so that the elder would use ordinary wood for cooking
and not use up his valuable sandalwood.
Then once the elder had died, the king could take possession of all the sandalwood. The king followed this advice and permitted the sale of firewood.
When he heard about the king’s order, the elder became very angry and said, “With all the sandalwood I have in my house, I could burn both the king and his mother together!” He made this curse whilst he was making offerings to Vipashyin Buddha.
Having made the offerings, however, he then made the following aspiration, “Through these offerings, in all my future lives may I be reborn in families with great wealth. May I obtain the sublime Dharma and be freed from destructive emotions.”
That elder is now Fire-Born. Because of the terrible curse that he made about burning the king and his mother together, he experienced that same fate over the course of five hundred lifetimes. This life was the last of that cycle. At the same time, as a result of his offerings to Vipashyin Buddha and the aspirations that he made, he was born into a wealthy family in each of his lives and eventually attained arhathood by following my teachings.
This life story of the elder Angaja, Fire-Born is a strong example of the infallibility of the law of karma (cause and effect).
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