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:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
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:
“Mendicants, there are these three elements of escape. What three? Renunciation is the escape from sensual pleasures. Formlessness is the escape from form. Cessation is the escape from whatever is created, conditioned, and dependently originated. These are the three elements of escape.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
the escape from sensuality“Kāmanissaraṇaṁ
having knownñatvā,
and of formsrūpānañca
transcendenceatikkamaṁ;
the stilling of all activitiesSabbasaṅkhārasamathaṁ,
touchesphusaṁ
keenātāpi
alwayssabbadā.
“Knowing the escape from sensuality, and form’s transcendence, one always keen touches the stilling of all activities.
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.
That mendicant sees rightly, and when freed in regards to that, that peaceful sage, with perfect insight, has truly slipped their yoke.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
indeediti
by meme
it is heardsutanti.
ThirdTatiyaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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