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Itivuttaka 72

Nissaraṇiyasutta

Elements of Escape · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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said·thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

three“Tisso theseimā, mendicantsbhikkhave, of escapenissaraṇiyā elementsdhātuyo.
whichKatamā threetisso?
sensual pleasures + thisKāmānametaṁ escapenissaraṇaṁ that isyadidaṁ renunciationnekkhammaṁ, forms + thisrūpānametaṁ escapenissaraṇaṁ that isyadidaṁ formlessnessāruppaṁ, whichyaṁ indeedkho nowpana whateverkiñci createdbhūtaṁ conditionedsaṅkhataṁ dependent·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,
form + andrūpānañca transcendenceatikkamaṁ;
the stilling of all activitiesSabbasaṅkhārasamathaṁ,
touchesphusaṁ towards·keenātāpi alwayssabbadā.

heSa indeedve one who sees rightlysammaddaso mendicantbhikkhu,
whenyato theretattha apart·is releasedvimuccati;
perfect insight + perfectedAbhiññāvosito 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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