More Peaceful · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā this was said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme was heardsutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
than states of form“Rūpehi,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
formless statesarūpā
more peacefulsantatarā,
than formless statesarūpehi
cessationnirodho
more peacefulsantataro”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Buddhabhagavā
spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
it is saidvuccati:
“Mendicants, formless states are more peaceful than states of form; cessation is more peaceful than formless states.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
who“Ye
andca
gone to formrūpūpagā
beingssattā,
whoye
andca
standing in formlessarūpaṭṭhāyino;
cessationNirodhaṁ
not understandingappajānantā,
returnersāgantāro
to renewed existencepunabbhavaṁ.
“There are beings in the realm of luminous form, and others stuck in the formless. Not understanding cessation, they return in future lives.
whoYe
andca
formrūpe
having completely understoodpariññāya,
in the formlessarūpesu
not stuckasaṇṭhitā;
in cessationNirodhe
whoye
are releasedvimuccanti,
theyte
peoplejanā
conquerors of deathmaccuhāyino.
But the people who completely understand form, not stuck in the formless, released in cessation— they are conquerors of death.
by bodyKāyena
the deathless elementamatadhātuṁ,
having touchedphusayitvā
free from attachmentsnirūpadhiṁ;
relinquishment of attachmentsUpadhippaṭinissaggaṁ,
having realizedsacchikatvā
undefiledanāsavo;
teachesDeseti
the fully awakened onesammāsambuddho,
sorrowlessasokaṁ
stainlessvirajaṁ
the statepadan”ti.
Having directly experienced the element free of death, free of attachments; having realized relinquishment of attachments, the undefiled fully awakened Buddha teaches the sorrowless, stainless state.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
was heardsutanti.
fourthCatutthaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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