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:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
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:
“Mendicants, when I’ve comprehended the mind of an individual whose mind is pure, I understand: ‘If this individual were to die right now, they would be placed in heaven as if delivered there.’ Why is that? Because their mind is pure. Purity of mind is the reason why some sentient beings, when their body breaks up, after death, are reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
with pure mind“Pasannacittaṁ
having knownñatvāna,
one personekaccaṁ
hereidha
individualpuggalaṁ;
and this matterEtamatthañca
explainedbyākāsi,
the Buddhabuddho
of the mendicantsbhikkhūna
in the presencesantike.
“Knowing an individual’s pure mind, the Buddha explained this matter in the mendicants’ presence.
in thisImamhi
ifcāyaṁ
at the timesamaye,
diekālaṁ
would dokayirātha
an individualpuggalo;
to heavenSugatiṁ
would be rebornupapajjeyya,
mindcittaṁ
for hishissa
is purepasāditaṁ.
If that individual were to die at this time, they’d be reborn in heaven, for their mind is pure.
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.
That sort is raised up as surely as if they’d been carried and put there. For purity of mind is the reason sentient beings go to a good place.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
was spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
was heard; quotation markersutanti.
firstPaṭhamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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