The Great Forty · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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thusEvaṁ
by meme
heard—sutaṁ—
oneekaṁ
timesamayaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
at Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ
was stayingviharati
in Jeta's Grovejetavane
of Anāthapiṇḍikaanāthapiṇḍikassa
monastery.ārāme.
thereTatra
indeedkho
the Blessed Onebhagavā
mendicantsbhikkhū
addressed:āmantesi:
"mendicants"“bhikkhavo”ti.
"venerable sir"“Bhadante”ti
theyte
mendicantsbhikkhū
to the Blessed Onebhagavato
replied.paccassosuṁ.
the Blessed OneBhagavā
said this:etadavoca:
noble“ariyaṁ
to youvo,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
right immersionsammāsamādhiṁ
I will teachdesessāmi
with its vital conditionssaupanisaṁ
with its prerequisitessaparikkhāraṁ.
thatTaṁ
listensuṇātha,
wellsādhukaṁ
mindmanasi
applykarotha,
I will speakbhāsissāmī”ti.
yes“Evaṁ,
sirbhante”ti
indeedkho
thosete
mendicantsbhikkhū
to the Buddhabhagavato
repliedpaccassosuṁ.
the BuddhaBhagavā
said thisetadavoca:
what“Katamo
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
nobleariyo
right immersionsammāsamādhi
with its vital conditionssaupaniso
with its prerequisites?saparikkhāro?
that is, right view,Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi,
right purpose,sammāsaṅkappo,
right speech,sammāvācā,
right action,sammākammanto,
right livelihood,sammāājīvo,
right effort,sammāvāyāmo,
right mindfulness;sammāsati;
whichyā
indeedkho,
monksbhikkhave,
with theseimehi
with seven factorssattahaṅgehi
of mindcittassa
unificationekaggatā
as prerequisites—parikkhatā—
thisayaṁ
is called,vuccati,
monksbhikkhave,
nobleariyo
right immersionsammāsamādhi
with its vital conditionssaupaniso
alsoitipi,
with its prerequisitessaparikkhāro
also.itipi.
thereTatra,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
going firstpubbaṅgamā
ishoti.
and howKathañca,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
going firstpubbaṅgamā
ishoti?
wrong viewMicchādiṭṭhiṁ
as wrong view‘micchādiṭṭhī’ti
understandspajānāti,
right viewsammādiṭṭhiṁ
as right view‘sammādiṭṭhī’ti
this is hispajānāti—sāssa
ishoti
right viewsammādiṭṭhi.
whatKatamā
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhi?
there is not‘Natthi
givingdinnaṁ,
there is notnatthi
sacrificeyiṭṭhaṁ,
there is notnatthi
offeringhutaṁ,
there is notnatthi
of good and badsukatadukkaṭānaṁ
of deedskammānaṁ
fruitphalaṁ
resultvipāko,
there is notnatthi
thisayaṁ
worldloko,
there is notnatthi
otherparo
worldloko,
there is notnatthi
mothermātā,
there is notnatthi
fatherpitā,
there is notnatthi
beingssattā
spontaneously rebornopapātikā,
there is notnatthi
in the worldloke
ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇā
rightly comportedsammaggatā
rightly practicedsammāpaṭipannā
whoye
and thisimañca
worldlokaṁ
and the otherparañca
worldlokaṁ
oneselfsayaṁ
with insightabhiññā
having realizedsacchikatvā
describepavedentī’ti—
thisayaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhi.
whichKatamā
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi?
right view, I say, is twofoldSammādiṭṭhimpahaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
twofolddvāyaṁ
I sayvadāmi—
there isatthi,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
accompanied by defilementssāsavā
partakes of good deedspuññabhāgiyā
ripens in attachmentsupadhivepakkā;
there isatthi,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
nobleariyā
undefiledanāsavā
transcendentlokuttarā
a factor of the pathmaggaṅgā.
whatKatamā
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
accompanied by defilementssāsavā
partaking of good deedspuññabhāgiyā
ripening in attachmentsupadhivepakkā?
there is‘Atthi
givingdinnaṁ,
there isatthi
sacrificeyiṭṭhaṁ,
there isatthi
offeringhutaṁ,
there isatthi
of good and bad deedssukatadukkaṭānaṁ
of deedskammānaṁ
fruitphalaṁ
resultvipāko,
there isatthi
thisayaṁ
worldloko,
there isatthi
otherparo
worldloko,
there isatthi
mothermātā,
there isatthi
fatherpitā,
there isatthi
beingssattā
spontaneously rebornopapātikā,
there isatthi
in the worldloke
ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇā
rightly comportedsammaggatā
rightly practicedsammāpaṭipannā
whoye
thisimañca
worldlokaṁ
otherparañca
worldlokaṁ
with their ownsayaṁ
insightabhiññā
having realizedsacchikatvā
they describepavedentī’ti—
thisayaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
accompanied by defilementssāsavā
partaking of good deedspuññabhāgiyā
ripening in attachmentsupadhivepakkā.
whatKatamā
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
nobleariyā
undefiledanāsavā
transcendentlokuttarā
a factor of the pathmaggaṅgā?
whichYā
indeedkho,
monksbhikkhave,
intent on the nobleariyacittassa
intent on the undefiledanāsavacittassa
who possesses the noble pathariyamaggasamaṅgino
the noble pathariyamaggaṁ
developingbhāvayato
wisdompaññā
the faculty of wisdompaññindriyaṁ
the power of wisdompaññābalaṁ
the awakening factor of investigation of principlesdhammavicayasambojjhaṅgo
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
as a factor of the pathmaggaṅgaṁ—
thisayaṁ
is calledvuccati,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
nobleariyā
undefiledanāsavā
transcendentlokuttarā
a factor of the pathmaggaṅgā.
heSo
wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhiyā
for the abandoning ofpahānāya
strivesvāyamati,
right viewsammādiṭṭhiyā,
for the attainment ofupasampadāya,
that for him issvāssa
ishoti
right effortsammāvāyāmo.
heSo
mindfulsato
wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhiṁ
gives uppajahati,
mindfulsato
right viewsammādiṭṭhiṁ
having embracedupasampajja
dwellsviharati,
that for him issāssa
ishoti
right mindfulnesssammāsati.
thus theseItiyime
threetayo
thingsdhammā
right viewsammādiṭṭhiṁ
run afteranuparidhāvanti
circle aroundanuparivattanti,
namelyseyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi,
right effortsammāvāyāmo,
right mindfulnesssammāsati.
in this contextTatra,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
comes firstpubbaṅgamā
ishoti.
and howKathañca,
monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
comes firstpubbaṅgamā
ishoti?
wrong purposeMicchāsaṅkappaṁ
'wrong purpose'‘micchāsaṅkappo’ti
one understandspajānāti,
right purposesammāsaṅkappaṁ
'right purpose'‘sammāsaṅkappo’ti
one understandspajānāti,
that is one'ssāssa
ishoti
right viewsammādiṭṭhi.
whichKatamo
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
wrong purposemicchāsaṅkappo?
purpose of sensualityKāmasaṅkappo,
purpose of malicebyāpādasaṅkappo,
purpose of crueltyvihiṁsāsaṅkappo—
thisayaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
wrong purposemicchāsaṅkappo.
whichKatamo
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
right purposesammāsaṅkappo?
right purposeSammāsaṅkappampahaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
twofolddvāyaṁ
I sayvadāmi—
there isatthi,
monksbhikkhave,
right purposesammāsaṅkappo
accompanied by defilementssāsavo
partaking of good deedspuññabhāgiyo
ripening in attachmentsupadhivepakko;
there isatthi,
monksbhikkhave,
right purposesammāsaṅkappo
nobleariyo
undefiledanāsavo
transcendentlokuttaro
factor of the pathmaggaṅgo.
whatKatamo
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
right purposesammāsaṅkappo
accompanied by defilementssāsavo
partaking of good deedspuññabhāgiyo
ripening in attachmentsupadhivepakko?
purpose of renunciationNekkhammasaṅkappo,
purpose of good willabyāpādasaṅkappo,
purpose of harmlessnessavihiṁsāsaṅkappo:
this‘ayaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
right purposesammāsaṅkappo
accompanied by defilementssāsavo
partaking of good deedspuññabhāgiyo
ripening in attachmentsupadhivepakko’.
whatKatamo
andca,
monksbhikkhave,
right purposesammāsaṅkappo
nobleariyo
undefiledanāsavo
transcendentlokuttaro
a factor of the pathmaggaṅgo?
whichYo
indeedkho,
monksbhikkhave,
of one intent on the nobleariyacittassa
of one intent on the undefiledanāsavacittassa
who possesses the noble pathariyamaggasamaṅgino
the noble pathariyamaggaṁ
developingbhāvayato
thinkingtakko
placing of the mindvitakko
thoughtsaṅkappo
plantingappanā
implantingbyappanā
of the mindcetaso
embeddingabhiniropanā
verbal processvacīsaṅkhāro—
thisayaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
right purposesammāsaṅkappo
nobleariyo
undefiledanāsavo
transcendentlokuttaro
a factor of the pathmaggaṅgo.
heSo
of wrong purposemicchāsaṅkappassa
for the giving uppahānāya
makes an effortvāyamati,
of right purposesammāsaṅkappassa
for the embracingupasampadāya,
for him thissvāssa
ishoti
right effortsammāvāyāmo.
heSo
mindfulsato
wrong purposemicchāsaṅkappaṁ
gives uppajahati,
mindfulsato
right purposesammāsaṅkappaṁ
having embracedupasampajja
dwellsviharati;
for him thissāssa
ishoti
right mindfulnesssammāsati.
these indeedItiyime
threetayo
thingsdhammā
around right purposesammāsaṅkappaṁ
keep runninganuparidhāvanti
keep circlinganuparivattanti,
namely right viewseyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi,
right effortsammāvāyāmo,
right mindfulnesssammāsati.
there; in that contextTatra,
O monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
comes first; is the forerunnerpubbaṅgamā
ishoti.
and howKathañca,
O monksbhikkhave,
right viewsammādiṭṭhi
comes first; is the forerunnerpubbaṅgamā
ishoti?
wrong speechMicchāvācaṁ
as wrong speech‘micchāvācā’ti
understandspajānāti,
right speechsammāvācaṁ
as right speech‘sammāvācā’ti
understandspajānāti;
for him thatsāssa
ishoti
right viewsammādiṭṭhi.
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