Pañcattayasutta

Majjhima Nikāya 102

The Five and Three · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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just asSeyyathāpi indeednāma of a tradervāṇijassa for tradingvāṇijjāya goinggacchato thusevaṁ it occurshoti:
from this‘ito for meme thisidaṁ will bebhavissati, with thisiminā thisidaṁ I shall getlacchāmī’ti;
just·these + theseevamevime sirsbhonto ascetic·and·brahminsamaṇabrāhmaṇā trader·likevāṇijūpamā I thinkmaññe they appearpaṭibhanti:
thus‘iti after deathpecca we will bebhavissāma, thusiti after deathpecca we will bebhavissāmā’ti.
that thisTayidaṁ, monksbhikkhave, thus·gonetathāgato understandsabhijānāti.
thoseYe indeedkho thosete sirsbhonto ascetic·and·brahminsamaṇabrāhmaṇā of an existingsato beingsattassa annihilationucchedaṁ eradicationvināsaṁ non·existencevibhavaṁ they assertpaññapenti thosete from fear of substantial realitysakkāyabhayā from disgust with substantial realitysakkāyaparijegucchā around substantial reality itselfsakkāyaññeva along·around·runanuparidhāvanti they keep circling aroundanuparivattanti.
just asSeyyathāpi indeednāma thatsā leash·boundgaddulabaddho to a strongdaḷhe postthambhe orvā pillarkhile orvā tetheredupanibaddho, that + sametameva postthambhaṁ orvā pillarkhilaṁ orvā along·around·runanuparidhāvati it keeps circling aroundanuparivattati;
just·these + theseevamevime sirsbhonto ascetic·and·brahminsamaṇabrāhmaṇā from fear of substantial realitysakkāyabhayā from disgust with substantial realitysakkāyaparijegucchā around substantial reality itselfsakkāyaññeva along·around·runanuparidhāvanti they keep circling aroundanuparivattanti.
that this‘Tayidaṁ conditionedsaṅkhataṁ crudeoḷārikaṁ there isatthi indeedkho butpana of conditionssaṅkhārānaṁ cessationnirodho that is realatthetan’ti—
thusiti having understoodviditvā of thattassa escape·seeingnissaraṇadassāvī thus·gonetathāgato gone beyond thattadupātivatto.

whoeverYe indeedhi anykeci, O monksbhikkhave, asceticssamaṇā orvā brahminsbrāhmaṇā orvā final-end·speculatingaparantakappikā theorizing about the final endaparantānudiṭṭhino the final endaparantaṁ concerningārabbha various·hypothesesanekavihitāni proposalsadhivuttipadāni towards·speakabhivadanti, allsabbe theyte just theseimāneva five topicspañcāyatanāni towards·speakabhivadanti of theseetesaṁ orvā one or otheraññataraṁ.

thereTatra, monksbhikkhave, whoye thosete ascetic + brahminsamaṇabrāhmaṇā thus·sayevaṁvādino holding such a viewevaṁdiṭṭhino:
eternal‘sassato the selfattā andca the cosmosloko andca, this + veryidameva truthsaccaṁ anything else is futilemoghamaññan’ti, for themtesaṁ indeedvata apart from faith itselfaññatreva from faithsaddhāya apart fromaññatra from endorsementruciyā apart fromaññatra from oral transmissionanussavā apart fromaññatra reasoned·thoughtākāraparivitakkā apart fromaññatra view·deliberation·acceptancediṭṭhinijjhānakkhantiyā personal·verypaccattaṁyeva knowledgeñāṇaṁ will bebhavissati pureparisuddhaṁ bright—that is notpariyodātanti—netaṁ a possibilityṭhānaṁ existsvijjati.
personalPaccattaṁ indeedkho butpana, monksbhikkhave, in knowledgeñāṇe not·beasati pureparisuddhe brightpariyodāte which + evenyadapi thosete honorablebhonto ascetic + brahminsamaṇabrāhmaṇā theretattha knowledge·portion·only + veryñāṇabhāgamattameva they illuminatepariyodapenti that + tootadapi of themtesaṁ of the honorablebhavataṁ ascetic + brahminsamaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ is said to be graspingupādānamakkhāyati.
that too‘Tayidaṁ conditionedsaṅkhataṁ coarseoḷārikaṁ there isatthi indeedkho butpana of conditionssaṅkhārānaṁ the cessationnirodho this is realatthetan’ti—
thusiti having understoodviditvā of ittassa escape + seeingnissaraṇadassāvī thus·gonetathāgato has gone beyond thattadupātivatto.

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