Complete Understanding of Conceit · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mānaṁ,
bhikkhave,
anabhijānaṁ
aparijānaṁ
tattha
cittaṁ
avirājayaṁ
appajahaṁ
abhabbo
dukkhakkhayāya.
Mānañca
kho,
bhikkhave,
abhijānaṁ
parijānaṁ
tattha
cittaṁ
virājayaṁ
pajahaṁ
bhabbo
dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.
Etamatthaṁ
bhagavā
avoca.
Tatthetaṁ
iti
vuccati:
“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding conceit, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering. By directly knowing and completely understanding conceit, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Mānupetā
ayaṁ
pajā,
mānaganthā
bhave
ratā;
Mānaṁ
aparijānantā,
āgantāro
punabbhavaṁ.
“These folk are caught up in conceit, tied by conceit, delighting in existence. Not completely understanding conceit, they return in future lives.
Ye
ca
mānaṁ
pahantvāna,
vimuttā
mānasaṅkhaye;
Te
mānaganthābhibhuno,
sabbadukkhamupaccagun”ti.
Those who have given up conceit, freed with the ending of conceit, vanquishers of the tie of conceit, have risen above all suffering.”
Ayampi
attho
vutto
bhagavatā,
iti
me
sutanti.
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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