Advice from Nandaka · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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simile“Upamā
indeedkho
by meme
thisayaṁ,
sistersbhaginiyo,
madekatā
of the meaningatthassa
for explainingviññāpanāya
this is just the meaning hereayamevettha
meaningattho.
inner‘Antarā
flesh-bodymaṁsakāyo’ti
indeedkho,
sistersbhaginiyo,
this is a designation for sixchannetaṁ
internalajjhattikānaṁ
of the sense-basesāyatanānaṁ
designationadhivacanaṁ;
outer‘bāhiro
hide-bodycammakāyo’ti
indeedkho,
sistersbhaginiyo,
this is a designation for sixchannetaṁ
externalbāhirānaṁ
of the sense-basesāyatanānaṁ
designationadhivacanaṁ;
inner‘antarā
sinews and fleshvilimaṁsaṁ
innerantarā
sinewsnhāru
innerantarā
ligamentbandhanan’ti
indeedkho,
sistersbhaginiyo,
this is a designation for delight and lustnandīrāgassetaṁ
designationadhivacanaṁ;
sharp‘tiṇhaṁ
butcher's knifegovikantanan’ti
indeedkho,
sistersbhaginiyo,
this is a designation for the nobleariyāyetaṁ
wisdompaññāya
designationadhivacanaṁ;
this nobleyāyaṁ
nobleariyā
wisdompaññā
innerantarā
defilementkilesaṁ
innerantarā
fettersaṁyojanaṁ
innerantarā
bondbandhanaṁ
severssañchindati
cutssaṅkantati
cuts apartsampakantati
cuts asundersamparikantati.
sevenSatta
indeedkho
and thesepanime,
sistersbhaginiyo,
factors of awakeningbojjhaṅgā,
of whichyesaṁ
because of developmentbhāvitattā
because of frequent practicebahulīkatattā
a bhikkhubhikkhu
of the taintsāsavānaṁ
from destructionkhayā
taintlessanāsavaṁ
mind-emancipationcetovimuttiṁ
wisdom-emancipationpaññāvimuttiṁ
right herediṭṭheva
in the dhammadhamme
himselfsayaṁ
with direct knowledgeabhiññā
having realizedsacchikatvā
having attainedupasampajja
he dwellsviharati.
whichKatame
sevensatta?
hereIdha,
sistersbhaginiyo,
a bhikkhubhikkhu
mindfulness awakening-factorsatisambojjhaṅgaṁ
developsbhāveti
based on seclusionvivekanissitaṁ
based on dispassionvirāganissitaṁ
based on cessationnirodhanissitaṁ
maturing in relinquishmentvossaggapariṇāmiṁ.
discrimination-of-states awakening-factorDhammavicayasambojjhaṅgaṁ
developsbhāveti
…pe……pe…
energy awakening-factorvīriyasambojjhaṅgaṁ
developsbhāveti
……
rapture awakening-factorpītisambojjhaṅgaṁ
developsbhāveti
……
tranquility awakening-factorpassaddhisambojjhaṅgaṁ
developsbhāveti
……
concentration awakening-factorsamādhisambojjhaṅgaṁ
developsbhāveti
……
equanimity awakening-factorupekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ
developsbhāveti
based on seclusionvivekanissitaṁ
based on dispassionvirāganissitaṁ
based on cessationnirodhanissitaṁ
maturing in relinquishmentvossaggapariṇāmiṁ.
theseIme
indeedkho,
sistersbhaginiyo,
sevensatta
factors of awakeningbojjhaṅgā
of whichyesaṁ
because of developmentbhāvitattā
because of frequent practicebahulīkatattā
a bhikkhubhikkhu
of the taintsāsavānaṁ
from destructionkhayā
taintlessanāsavaṁ
mind-emancipationcetovimuttiṁ
wisdom-emancipationpaññāvimuttiṁ
right herediṭṭheva
in the dhammadhamme
himselfsayaṁ
with direct knowledgeabhiññā
having realizedsacchikatvā
having attainedupasampajja
he dwellsviharatī”ti.
thenAtha
indeedkho
venerableāyasmā
Nandakanandako
thosetā
bhikkhunisbhikkhuniyo
with thisiminā
with exhortationovādena
having exhortedovaditvā
he dismisseduyyojesi:
go“gacchatha,
sistersbhaginiyo;
it is timekālo”ti.
thenAtha
indeedkho
thosetā
nunsbhikkhuniyo
of the venerableāyasmato
Nandakanandakassa
speechbhāsitaṁ
having rejoiced inabhinanditvā
having approvedanumoditvā
having risen from their seatsuṭṭhāyāsanā
the venerableāyasmantaṁ
Nandakanandakaṁ
having salutedabhivādetvā
circumambulationpadakkhiṇaṁ
having donekatvā
whereyena
the Blessed Onebhagavā
they approached himtenupasaṅkamiṁsu;
having approachedupasaṅkamitvā
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
having salutedabhivādetvā
to one sideekamantaṁ
they stoodaṭṭhaṁsu.
to one sideEkamantaṁ
standingṭhitā
indeedkho
thosetā
nunsbhikkhuniyo
the Blessed Onebhagavā
he said thisetadavoca:
go“gacchatha,
nunsbhikkhuniyo;
it is timekālo”ti.
thenAtha
indeedkho
thosetā
nunsbhikkhuniyo
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
having salutedabhivādetvā
circumambulationpadakkhiṇaṁ
having donekatvā
they departedpakkamiṁsu.
thenAtha
indeedkho
the Blessed Onebhagavā
soon after they had leftacirapakkantīsu
thosetāsu
nunsbhikkhunīsu
the mendicantsbhikkhū
addressedāmantesi:
just as“seyyathāpi,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
on the sabbath daytadahuposathe
the fifteenthpannarase
notna
there ishoti
of manybahuno
of peoplejanassa
doubtkaṅkhā
orvā
uncertaintyvimati
orvā:
deficient‘ūno
is it?nu
indeedkho
the mooncando,
fullpuṇṇo
is it?nu
indeedkho
the mooncando’ti,
thenatha
indeedkho
fullpuṇṇo
the mooncando
justtveva
it ishoti;
just soevameva
indeedkho,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
thosetā
nunsbhikkhuniyo
of Nandakanandakassa
by the Dhamma teachingdhammadesanāya
upliftedattamanā
andceva
with fulfilled intentionsparipuṇṇasaṅkappā
andca.
of thoseTāsaṁ,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
of fivepañcannaṁ
of five hundred nunsbhikkhunisatānaṁ
whoeveryā
the lastpacchimikā
nunbhikkhunī
shesā
a stream-enterersotāpannā
not liable to be reborn in the underworldavinipātadhammā
assuredniyatā
destined for awakeningsambodhiparāyanā”ti.
thisIdamavoca
the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamanā
thosete
mendicantsbhikkhū
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
the speechbhāsitaṁ
approvedabhinandunti.
the Discourse of Advice from NandakaNandakovādasuttaṁ
finishedniṭṭhitaṁ
fourthcatutthaṁ.
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