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 so theseevamevime sirsbhonto ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇā like tradersvāṇijūpamā I thinkmaññe they appearpaṭibhanti:
thus‘iti after deathpecca we will bebhavissāma, thusiti after deathpecca we will bebhavissāmā’ti.
that thisTayidaṁ, monksbhikkhave, the Realized Onetathāgato understandsabhijānāti.
thoseYe indeedkho thosete sirsbhonto ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇā of an existingsato beingsattassa annihilationucchedaṁ eradicationvināsaṁ nonexistencevibhavaṁ they assertpaññapenti thosete from fear of substantial realitysakkāyabhayā from disgust with substantial realitysakkāyaparijegucchā around substantial reality itselfsakkāyaññeva they keep running aroundanuparidhāvanti they keep circling aroundanuparivattanti.
just asSeyyathāpi indeednāma thatsā mutt on a leashgaddulabaddho to a strongdaḷhe postthambhe orvā pillarkhile orvā tetheredupanibaddho, around that sametameva postthambhaṁ orvā pillarkhilaṁ orvā it keeps running aroundanuparidhāvati it keeps circling aroundanuparivattati;
just so theseevamevime sirsbhonto ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇā from fear of substantial realitysakkāyabhayā from disgust with substantial realitysakkāyaparijegucchā around substantial reality itselfsakkāyaññeva they keep running aroundanuparidhāvanti 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 seeing the escapenissaraṇadassāvī the Realized Onetathāgato gone beyond thattadupātivatto.

whoeverYe indeedhi anykeci, O monksbhikkhave, asceticssamaṇā orvā brahminsbrāhmaṇā orvā speculating about the final endaparantakappikā theorizing about the final endaparantānudiṭṭhino the final endaparantaṁ concerningārabbha various hypothesesanekavihitāni proposalsadhivuttipadāni proposeabhivadanti, allsabbe theyte just theseimāneva five topicspañcāyatanāni proposeabhivadanti of theseetesaṁ orvā one or otheraññataraṁ.

thereTatra, monksbhikkhave, whoye thosete ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇā holding such a doctrineevaṁvādino 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 from reasoned train of thoughtākāraparivitakkā apart fromaññatra from acceptance of a view after deliberationdiṭṭhinijjhānakkhantiyā personal knowledge itselfpaccattaṁyeva knowledgeñāṇaṁ will bebhavissati pureparisuddhaṁ bright—that is notpariyodātanti—netaṁ a possibilityṭhānaṁ existsvijjati.
personalPaccattaṁ indeedkho butpana, monksbhikkhave, in knowledgeñāṇe being absentasati pureparisuddhe brightpariyodāte whateveryadapi thosete honorablebhonto ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇā theretattha only the portion of knowledgeñāṇabhāgamattameva they illuminatepariyodapenti that tootadapi of themtesaṁ of the honorablebhavataṁ of the ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ 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 seeing the escapenissaraṇadassāvī the Realized Onetathāgato has gone beyond thattadupātivatto.

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