Mogharājamāṇavapucchā untranslated

Mogharājamāṇavapucchā. Mogharāja asks the Buddha how he should regard the world in order to escape death. The Buddha replies that the world should be regarded as empty (suññato) and one must get rid of the thought of self (attānudiṭṭhi) (Snp.vss.1116-19; the Buddha’s answer is quoted at Kv.p.64).

It is said that Mogharāja tried twice before to ask the question, once at the conclusion of the preaching of the Ajitasutta and again at the end of the recitation of the Tissametteyyasutta; but the Buddha, knowing that he was not yet ready for conversion, did not give him an opportunity (Snp.vs.1116; Snp­a.ii.601f).