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บรรจบ บรรณรุจิ 151 วารสารราชบัณฑิตยสถาน ป ที่ ๓๘ ฉบับที่ ๒ เม . ย .- มิ . ย . ๒๕๕๖ Abstract K ā la _ AGreat Killer: Who Can Kill It ? Banjob Bannaruji Associate Fellow of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, The Royal Institute, Thailand Thais get so much familiar with the P ā li & Sanskrit words K ā la and velã that they forget to seek Thai meanings for those. In Buddhism, there is the Buddha’s word : Time eats all beings and all things and itself, too. The word “Time eats” has led some Thai Buddhists to indulge in a Hindu belief that describes the time as a great giant with furious face. In fact, such a belief has never been found in the Buddhist teachings. According to the Buddhist tradition, time is formless and invisible, but does exist in all beings and all things and eat them, letting them deteriorate gradually. On the contrary, nobody can eat or beat the time, except an Arahant, who can eat or beat time, focusing mindfulness on the currents moment that he sees them as they are and absolutely destroys the de fi lements. This proves that as long as there remains birth, time exists and is unbeatable, because of their simultaneous appearances; whenever birth is exhausted, time is exhausted too. keywords : K ā la, vel ā , sasambh ā radh ā tu, kha ņ a, night and day, the eater of time, Yama, at ī ta, an ā gata, paccuppanna 134-151 Mac9.indd 151 10/8/13 7:23 PM