The Analysis of the Elements · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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where‘Yattha
standingṭhitaṁ
the streams of conceivingmaññassavā
do not flownappavattanti,
the streams of conceivingmaññassave
indeedkho
andpana
not flowingnappavattamāne
a sagemuni
at peacesantoti
is calledvuccatī’ti—
thusiti
thatyaṁ
whichtaṁ
was saidvuttaṁ,
thisidametaṁ
because ofpaṭicca
was saidvuttaṁ.
thisImaṁ
indeedkho
by meme
youtvaṁ,
mendicantbhikkhu,
in briefsaṅkhittena
brief analysis of the six elementschadhātuvibhaṅgaṁ
should rememberdhārehī”ti.
‘Where they stand, the streams of conceiving do not flow. And where the streams of conceiving do not flow, they are called a sage at peace.’ That’s what I said, and this is why I said it. Mendicant, you should remember this brief analysis of the six elements.”
thenAtha
indeedkho
venerableāyasmā
Pukkusātipukkusāti:
the Teacher“satthā
it seemskira
to meme
has comeanuppatto,
the Holy Onesugato
it seemskira
to meme
has comeanuppatto,
the fully awakened onesammāsambuddho
it seemskira
to meme
has come”anuppatto”ti
having risen from the seatuṭṭhāyāsanā
over one shoulderekaṁsaṁ
robecīvaraṁ
having arrangedkatvā
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
at the feetpādesu
with the headsirasā
having bowednipatitvā
to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
said thisetadavoca:
a mistake“accayo
memaṁ,
sirbhante,
overcameaccagamā
like a foolyathābālaṁ
like one bewilderedyathāmūḷhaṁ
like one unskillfulyathāakusalaṁ,
that Iyohaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
with the address “reverend”āvusovādena
should be addressedsamudācaritabbaṁ
I presumedamaññissaṁ.
of thatTassa
meme,
sirbhante,
the Blessed Onebhagavā
the mistakeaccayaṁ
as a mistakeaccayato
may acceptpaṭiggaṇhātu
in the futureāyatiṁ
for restraint”saṁvarāyā”ti.
indeed“Taggha
youtvaṁ,
mendicantbhikkhu,
a mistakeaccayo
overcameaccagamā
like a foolyathābālaṁ
like one bewilderedyathāmūḷhaṁ
like one unskillfulyathāakusalaṁ,
thatyaṁ
memaṁ
youtvaṁ
with the address “reverend”āvusovādena
should be addressedsamudācaritabbaṁ
you presumedamaññittha.
sinceYato
andca
indeedkho
youtvaṁ,
mendicantbhikkhu,
the mistakeaccayaṁ
as a mistakeaccayato
having seendisvā
according to the dhammayathādhammaṁ
you deal withpaṭikarosi,
ittaṁ
from youte
wemayaṁ
acceptpaṭiggaṇhāma.
this is growthVuddhihesā,
mendicantbhikkhu,
of the noble oneariyassa
in the trainingvinaye
whoyo
a mistakeaccayaṁ
as a mistakeaccayato
having seendisvā
according to the dhammayathādhammaṁ
deals withpaṭikaroti,
in the futureāyatiṁ
restraintsaṁvaraṁ
undertakes”āpajjatī”ti.
Then Venerable Pukkusāti thought, “It seems the Teacher has come to me! The Holy One has come to me! The fully awakened Buddha has come to me!” He got up from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, bowed with his head to the Buddha’s feet, and said, “I made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me to presume to address the Buddha as ‘reverend’. Please, sir, accept my mistake for what it is, so I will restrain myself in future.” “Indeed, mendicant, you made a mistake. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of you to act in that way. But since you have recognized your mistake for what it is, and have dealt with it properly, I accept it. For it is growth in the training of the Noble One to recognize a mistake for what it is, deal with it properly, and commit to restraint in the future.”
may I receive“Labheyyāhaṁ,
sirbhante,
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
in the presencesantike
the ordinationupasampadan”ti.
full set“Paripuṇṇaṁ
butpana
you havete,
mendicantbhikkhu,
bowl and robespattacīvaran”ti?
no“Na
indeedkho
for meme,
sirbhante,
full setparipuṇṇaṁ
bowl and robespattacīvaran”ti.
no“Na
indeedkho,
mendicantbhikkhu,
the Realized Onestathāgatā
one without a full set of bowl and robesaparipuṇṇapattacīvaraṁ
ordainupasampādentī”ti.
“Sir, may I receive the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence?” “But mendicant, do you have a full set of bowl and robes?” “No, sir, I do not.” “The Realized Ones do not ordain those without a full set of bowl and robes.”
thenAtha
indeedkho
venerableāyasmā
Pukkusātipukkusāti
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
speechbhāsitaṁ
having approvedabhinanditvā
having agreedanumoditvā
having risen from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
having bowedabhivādetvā
respectful circlingpadakkhiṇaṁ
having donekatvā
in search of a bowl and robespattacīvarapariyesanaṁ
he leftpakkāmi.
thenAtha
indeedkho
venerableāyasmantaṁ
Pukkusātipukkusātiṁ
in search of a bowl and robespattacīvarapariyesanaṁ
wanderingcarantaṁ
strayvibbhantā
cowgāvī
of lifejīvitā
deprivedvoropesi.
And then Venerable Pukkusāti approved and agreed with what the Buddha said. He got up from his seat, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving. But while he was wandering in search of a bowl and robes, a stray cow took his life.
thenAtha
indeedkho
manysambahulā
mendicantsbhikkhū
whereyena
the Blessed Onebhagavā
they approached himtenupasaṅkamiṁsu;
having approachedupasaṅkamitvā
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
having bowedabhivādetvā
to one sideekamantaṁ
they sat downnisīdiṁsu.
to one sideEkamantaṁ
seatednisinnā
indeedkho
thosete
mendicantsbhikkhū
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
said this to himetadavocuṁ:
who“yo
heso,
sirbhante,
Pukkusātipukkusāti
namednāma
gentlemankulaputto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā
in briefsaṅkhittena
with adviceovādena
advisedovadito
heso
has passed awaykālaṅkato.
hisTassa
whatkā
destinationgati,
whatko
next lifeabhisamparāyo”ti?
astute“Paṇḍito,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
Pukkusātipukkusāti
gentlemankulaputto
practicedpaccapādi
in line with the teachingdhammassānudhammaṁ,
notna
andca
memaṁ
about the teachingsdhammādhikaraṇaṁ
troubledvihesesi.
PukkusātiPukkusāti,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
gentlemankulaputto
of the fivepañcannaṁ
lowerorambhāgiyānaṁ
fetterssaṁyojanānaṁ
with the endingparikkhayā
spontaneously rebornopapātiko
theretattha
will become extinguishedparinibbāyī
not liable to returnanāvattidhammo
from thattasmā
worldlokā”ti.
said thisIdamavoca
the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamanā
thosete
mendicantsbhikkhū
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
speechbhāsitaṁ
approvedabhinandunti.
The Discourse on the Analysis of the ElementsDhātuvibhaṅgasuttaṁ
is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ
tenthdasamaṁ.
Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, “Sir, the gentleman named Pukkusāti, who was advised in brief by the Buddha, has passed away. Where has he been reborn in his next life?” “Mendicants, Pukkusāti was astute. He practiced in line with the teaching, and did not trouble me about the teachings. With the ending of the five lower fetters, he’s been reborn spontaneously and will become extinguished there, not liable to return from that world.” That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.
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