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# Snp 5:15 · 5:15 Mogharāja’s Question
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/snp-5-15/
- Published: 2026-06-01T01:09:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:49:09.000Z
- Description: Sutta Nipāta · Snp 5:15. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Sutta Nipāta, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:29

Twice now, Sakyan,

I’ve asked you,

but you, One with Eyes,

haven’t answered me.

“When asked the third time,

the divine seer answers”:

So I have heard.

This world, the next world,

the Brahmā world with its devas:

I don’t know how they’re viewed

by the prestigious Gotama.

So to the one who has seen

to the far extreme,

I’ve come with a desire for a question:

One who regards the world in what way

isn’t seen by Death’s King?

The Buddha:

Always mindful, Mogharāja,[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5%5F15.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co)

regard the world as

empty,

having removed any view

in terms of self.

This way

one is above & beyond death.

One who regards the world

in this way

isn’t seen by Death’s King.

vv. 1116–1119

Note

1\. Cited by the Buddha at AN 1:149 (1:234) as foremost among the monks in wearing coarse robes.

See also: [DN 15](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dn-15/); [MN 22](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-22/); [MN 26](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-26/); [MN 49](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-49/); [MN 121](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-121/); [SN 22:1](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-22-1/); [SN 4:19](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-4-19/); [SN 5:10](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-5-10/); [SN 12:15](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-12-15/); [SN 35:23](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-35-23/); [SN 35:82](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-35-82/); [SN 35:85](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-35-85/); [AN 9:39](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-9-39/)

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