The Eye · 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.
these three“Tīṇimāni,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
eyescakkhūni.
whichKatamāni
threetīṇi?
the eye of fleshMaṁsacakkhu,
the eye of clairvoyancedibbacakkhu,
the eye of wisdompaññācakkhu—
theseimāni
indeedkho,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
threetīṇi
eyescakkhūnī”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
thereon thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
is saidvuccati:
“Mendicants, there are these three eyes. What three? The eye of the flesh, the eye of clairvoyance, and the eye of wisdom. These are the three eyes.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
eye of flesh“Maṁsacakkhu
clairvoyant eyedibbacakkhu,
eye of wisdompaññācakkhu
supremeanuttaraṁ;
theseEtāni
threetīṇi
eyescakkhūni,
taughtakkhāsi
supreme personpurisuttamo.
“The eye of flesh, the clairvoyant eye, the supreme eye of wisdom: these three eyes were taught by the supreme person.
of the flesh-eyeMaṁsacakkhussa
arisinguppādo,
pathmaggo
clairvoyantdibbassa
of the eyecakkhuno;
whenYato
knowledgeñāṇaṁ
aroseudapādi,
the eye of wisdompaññācakkhu
supremeanuttaraṁ;
one whoYassa
of the eyecakkhussa
by gainingpaṭilābhā,
from all sufferingsabbadukkhā
is releasedpamuccatī”ti.
The arising of the eye of flesh is the path to the clairvoyant eye. When knowledge arises— the supreme eye of wisdom— one who gains that eye is released from all suffering.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
heardsutanti.
secondDutiyaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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