SA 312（三一二） 摩罗迦舅

Thus have I heard:

At one time the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in the Jeta Grove near Śrāvastī.

At that time, Māraka Jñāti came to where the Buddha was, bowed his head at the Buddha’s feet, and sat to one side. He said to the Buddha, “Excellent! World-Honored One! Please teach the Dharma for me. After hearing the Dharma, I will dwell in solitude, diligently contemplating and not being negligent, and so on, until I do not accept future existence.”

At that time, the World-Honored One said to Māraka Jñāti, "Young people who are intelligent and sharp-witted, who have not long left home to join my Dharma and Vinaya, still do not become lazy in my Dharma and Vinaya, let alone you who are now old and mature, and wish to hear my brief teachings and admonitions."

Māraka Jñāti said to the Buddha, "World-Honored One! Although I am old and mature, I still wish to hear the World-Honored One's brief teachings and admonitions. I only pray that the World-Honored One will briefly teach and admonish me. After hearing the Dharma, I will dwell in solitude, diligently contemplating and not being negligent, and so on, until I know for myself that I will not accept future existence." He made this request a second and third time.

The Buddha said to Māraka Jñāti, "Stop now!" He did this a second and third time, but still did not speak.

At that time, the World-Honored One said to Māraka Jñāti, "I will ask you now, answer me as you wish."

The Buddha said to Māraka Jñāti, "If the eye has not yet seen form, you should wish to see it. Do you give rise to desire, attachment, and defilement towards that form?"

He replied, "No, World-Honored One!"

It is the same for the ear and sound, the nose and smell, the tongue and taste, the body and touch, and the mind and dharmas.

The Buddha said to Māraka-Gautama, "Excellent! Excellent! Māraka-Gautama! Seeing takes seeing as its measure, hearing takes hearing as its measure, cognition takes cognition as its measure, and consciousness takes consciousness as its measure." He then spoke a verse:

If you are not there, and they are also not here, and
not in between the two, then that is the end of suffering.

Māraka-Gautama said to the Buddha, "I understand, World-Honored One! I understand, Well-Gone One!"

The Buddha said to Māraka-Gautama, "How do you understand the meaning of my brief teaching?"

At that time, Māraka-Gautama spoke a verse to the Buddha, saying:

At
that
time
Māraka-Gautama
spoke
a
verse
to
the
Buddha saying:

This is what the World-Honored One has briefly taught and extensively explained the meaning of the Dharma.

The Buddha told Māraka-Gautama: "You truly have extensively explained the meaning of the Dharma that I have briefly taught. Why is that? As you have said in the verse:

If the eyes see various forms, and lose right mindfulness, then with regard
to the forms seen, they grasp at the characteristics of affection and attachment.

As explained in detail above.

At that time, Venerable Māraka-mātaṅga heard what the Buddha said, rejoiced, paid homage, and departed.

At that time, Venerable Māraka-mātaṅga, having understood the meaning of the Tathāgata's brief teaching on the Dharma, dwelt in solitude, diligently contemplating and not being negligent, until he attained arahantship and his mind was liberated.