Elements of Escape · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā it was said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
three“Tisso
theseimā,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
of escapenissaraṇiyā
elementsdhātuyo.
whichKatamā
threetisso?
for sensual pleasures thisKāmānametaṁ
escapenissaraṇaṁ
that isyadidaṁ
renunciationnekkhammaṁ,
for forms thisrūpānametaṁ
escapenissaraṇaṁ
that isyadidaṁ
formlessnessāruppaṁ,
whichyaṁ
indeedkho
nowpana
whateverkiñci
createdbhūtaṁ
conditionedsaṅkhataṁ
dependently originatedpaṭiccasamuppannaṁ
cessationnirodho
for ittassa
escapenissaraṇaṁ—
theseimā
indeedkho,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
threetisso
of escapenissaraṇiyā
elementsdhātuyo”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Buddhabhagavā
spokeavoca.
there thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
is saidvuccati:
the escape from sensuality“Kāmanissaraṇaṁ
having knownñatvā,
and of formsrūpānañca
transcendenceatikkamaṁ;
the stilling of all activitiesSabbasaṅkhārasamathaṁ,
touchesphusaṁ
keenātāpi
alwayssabbadā.
heSa
indeedve
one who sees rightlysammaddaso
mendicantbhikkhu,
whenyato
theretattha
is freedvimuccati;
with perfect insightAbhiññāvosito
peacefulsanto,
hesa
indeedve
one who has overcome the yokeyogātigo
sagemunī”ti.
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
indeediti
by meme
it is heardsutanti.
ThirdTatiyaṁ.
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