ʻO Rahula: ke keiki a Buddha
ʻO Rahula ke kaikamahine mōʻaukala o ka Buddha wale nō. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma mua iki o ka haʻalele ʻana o kona makuakāne e ʻimi i ka mālamalama. ʻOiai, ʻo ko Rahula hānau ʻana, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu i hāpai i ka manaʻo paʻa o Prince Siddhartha e lilo i mea ʻaihue ʻauana.
Haʻalele ʻo Buddha i kāna Keiki
Wahi a ka moʻolelo Buddhist, ua haʻalulu loa ʻo Prince Siddhartha e ka ʻike ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke pakele i ka maʻi, ʻelemakule a me ka make. A ke hoʻomaka nei ʻo ia e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka haʻalele ʻana i kāna ola kūpono e ʻimi i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo. I ka hānau ʻana o kāna wahine ʻo Yasodhara he keikikāne, ua kāhea nui ke Keiki Aliʻi i ke keiki ʻo Rahula, ʻo ia hoʻi "ke kaulahao".
Ua haʻalele koke ʻo Prince Siddhartha i kāna wahine a me kāna keiki e lilo i Buddha. Ua kapa aku kekahi mau ʻuhane o kēia au iā Buddha he "makuakāne make". Akā ʻo ka pēpē Rahula ka moʻopuna a ka Mōī Suddhodana o ka ʻohana Shakya. Mālama maikaʻi ʻia.
I ko Rahula ʻeiwa mau makahiki, ua hoʻi kona makuakāne i kona kauhale o Kapilavastu. Ua lawe ʻo Yasodhara iā Rahula e ʻike i kona makuakāne, ʻo ia ka Buddha i kēia manawa. Ua haʻi ʻo ia iā Rahula e noi i kona makuakāne i hoʻoilina nona e lilo ʻo ia i mōʻī ke make ʻo Suddhodana.
No laila ke keiki, e like me ka makemake o nā keiki, ua pili i kona makuakāne. Ua ukali ʻo ia i ka Buddha, me ka noi mau ʻana i kona hoʻoilina. Ma hope o kekahi manawa ua hoʻolohe ka Buddha ma ke koho ʻana i ke keikikāne ma ke ʻano mōneka. ʻO kāna ka hoʻoilina o ka dharma.
Aʻo ʻo Rahula i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo
ʻAʻole hōʻike ka Buddha i kāna keiki i kekahi punahele, a ua ukali ʻo Rahula i nā lula e like me nā mōneka hou ʻē aʻe a noho i nā ʻano like, kahi mamao loa mai kona ola i loko o kahi hale aliʻi.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi moneka makua i lawe i kahi wahi e hiamoe ai i ka wā o ka hekili, e koi ana iā Rahula e ʻimi i kahi puʻuhonua. Ua hoʻāla ʻia ʻo ia e ka leo o kona makuakāne, e nīnau ana ʻO wai lā?
Naʻu, e Rahula, i pane aku ke keiki. ʻIke wau, pane ka Buddha, ua hele ʻo ia. ʻOiai ua hoʻoholo paʻa ka Buddha e hōʻike ʻole i kāna keiki i nā pono kūikawā, ua lohe paha ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Rahula i ka ua a ua hele ʻo ia e nānā i ke keiki. Ke loaʻa nei iā ia kahi palekana, ʻoiai inā ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ua haʻalele ʻo Buddha iā ia ma laila.
He keikikāne maikaʻi ʻo Rahula i makemake i nā mea hoʻomākeʻaka. Ua alakaʻi hewa hewa ʻo ia i kahi layman i hele mai e ʻike i ka Buddha. I ka ʻike ʻana i kēia, ua hoʻoholo ka Buddha ua hiki i ka manawa no kahi makuakāne, a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he kumu, e noho pū me Rahula. ʻO ka mea i hala aʻe nei i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta ma ka Pali Tipitika.
Ua pūʻiwa ʻo Rahula akā ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ke kāhea ʻana o kona makuakāne iā ia. Ua hoʻopiha ʻo ia i ke kīʻaha me ka wai a holoi i nā wāwae o kona makuakāne. A pau kāna, kuhikuhi ke Buddha i ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai i waiho ʻia i kahi pā.
"E Rahula, ʻike aku nei ʻoe i kēia wahi wai i koe?"
"ʻAe, e ka haku."
"Heʻuʻuku kēlā o kahi mōneka i hilahila ʻole ʻo ia e haʻi wahaheʻe."
I ka hoʻolei ʻia ʻana o ka wai i koe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Buddha, "Rahula, ʻike anei ʻoe i ka hoʻolei ʻia ʻana o kēia wai liʻiliʻi?"
"ʻAe, e ka haku."
"ʻO Rahula, ʻo kēlā me kēia mea o ka mōneka i ka mea hilahila ʻole e haʻi wahaheʻe, kiola ʻia e like me kēia."
Ua hoʻohuli ʻo Budha i ka ladle i lalo a ʻōlelo iā Rahula: "ʻIke ʻoe i ke ʻano o ka huli ʻana o kēia ladle i lalo?"
"ʻAe, e ka haku."
"ʻO Rahula, ʻo kēlā me kēia mea o ka mōneka i kēlā me kēia kanaka hilahila ʻole e haʻi wahaheʻe huli ʻia i lalo e like me kēlā."
A laila hoʻohuli aʻe ka Buddha i ka ʻūpā ʻaoʻao ʻākau i luna. "E Rahula, ʻike aku ʻoe i ka lapuwale a me ka hakahaka o kēia ladle?"
"ʻAe, e ka haku."
"ʻO Rahula, ʻo ka mea o ka mōneka i kēlā me kēia kanaka hilahila ʻole e haʻi wahaheʻe wahaheʻe ʻole a hakahaka e like me kēlā."
A laila aʻo aku ʻo Buddha iā Rahula pehea e noʻonoʻo pono ai i nā mea āpau āna i manaʻo ai, i ʻōlelo ai a noʻonoʻo ai i nā hopena a me nā hopena o kāna hana iā ia iho a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Hoʻopaʻi ʻia, ua aʻo ʻo Rahula i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kāna hana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua loaʻa iā ia ka mālamalama i 18 mau makahiki wale nō.
ʻO Rahula makua
ʻIke iki mākou e pili ana iā Rahula i kona ola hope. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma o kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana ua lilo kona makuahine ʻo Yasodhara i nunui a ua loaʻa pū kekahi i ka mālamalama. Kapa aku kona mau hoa iā ia Rahula ka mea laki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua laki ʻelua ʻo ia, ua hānau ʻia ke keiki a Buddha a ke ʻike nei hoʻi i ka mālamalama.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ua make ʻōpio ʻo ia, ʻoiai e ola ana kona makuakāne. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua kūkulu ʻo Emepela Ashoka Nui i kahi stupa no ko Rahula hanohano, hoʻolaʻa ʻia i nā mōneka novice.