A Pure Mind · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
here I“Idhāhaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
a certainekaccaṁ
individualpuggalaṁ
pure-mindedpasannacittaṁ
thusevaṁ
with mindcetasā
mindceto
having comprehendedparicca
I understandpajānāmi:
in this‘imamhi
and thiscāyaṁ
at the timesamaye
individualpuggalo
timekālaṁ
should diekareyya
as deliveredyathābhataṁ
placednikkhitto
thusevaṁ
in heavensagge’.
thatTaṁ
of whatkissa
reasonhetu?
mindCittaṁ
for himhissa,
monksbhikkhave,
purepasannaṁ.
purity of mind is the reasonCetopasādahetu
indeedkho
nowpana,
monksbhikkhave,
thus here someevam’idhekacce
beingssattā
of the bodykāyassa
from breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
a good placesugatiṁ
heavenlysaggaṁ
worldlokaṁ
are rebornupapajjantī”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
there thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
is saidvuccati:
with pure mind“Pasannacittaṁ
having knownñatvāna,
one personekaccaṁ
hereidha
individualpuggalaṁ;
and this matterEtamatthañca
explainedbyākāsi,
the Buddhabuddho
of the mendicantsbhikkhūna
in the presencesantike.
in thisImamhi
ifcāyaṁ
at the timesamaye,
diekālaṁ
would dokayirātha
an individualpuggalo;
to heavenSugatiṁ
would be rebornupapajjeyya,
mindcittaṁ
for hishissa
is purepasāditaṁ.
asYathā
having carriedharitvā
would put downnikkhipeyya,
just soevamevaṁ
such a kindtathāvidho;
purity of mind is the reasonCetopasādahetu
forhi,
beingssattā
gogacchanti
to a good placesuggatin”ti.
this tooAyampi
matterattho
was spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
was heard; quotation markersutanti.
firstPaṭhamaṁ.
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