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Majjhima Nikāya 1

Mūlapariyāyasutta

The Root of All Things · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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Āpaṁ …pe…

He directly knows water …

tejaṁ

fire …

vāyaṁ

air …

bhūte

creatures …

deve

gods …

pajāpatiṁ

the Progenitor …

brahmaṁ

the Divinity …

ābhassare

those of sublime luminosity …

subhakiṇhe

those replete with glory …

vehapphale

those of abundant fruit …

abhibhuṁ

the Vanquisher …

ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ

the dimension of infinite space …

viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ

the dimension of infinite consciousness …

ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ

the dimension of nothingness …

nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ

the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception …

diṭṭhaṁ

the seen …

sutaṁ

the heard …

mutaṁ

the thought …

viññātaṁ

the known …

ekattaṁ

oneness …

nānattaṁ

diversity …

sabbaṁ

all …

nibbānaṁ nibbānato abhijānāti;
nibbānaṁ nibbānato abhiññāya nibbānaṁ na maññati, nibbānasmiṁ na maññati, nibbānato na maññati, nibbānaṁ meti na maññati, nibbānaṁ nābhinandati.
Taṁ kissa hetu?
‘Pariññātantaṁ tathāgatassā’ti vadāmi.
Tathāgatavasena sattamanayabhūmiparicchedo niṭṭhito.

He directly knows extinguishment as extinguishment. Having directly known extinguishment as extinguishment, he does not conceive it to be extinguishment, he does not conceive it in extinguishment, he does not conceive it as extinguishment, he does not conceive that ‘extinguishment is mine’, he does not approve extinguishment. Why is that? Because the Realized One has completely understood it to the end, I say.

Tathāgatopi, bhikkhave, arahaṁ sammāsambuddho pathaviṁ pathavito abhijānāti;
pathaviṁ pathavito abhiññāya pathaviṁ na maññati, pathaviyā na maññati, pathavito na maññati, pathaviṁ meti na maññati, pathaviṁ nābhinandati.
Taṁ kissa hetu?
‘Nandī dukkhassa mūlan’ti—
iti viditvā ‘bhavā jāti bhūtassa jarāmaraṇan’ti.
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘tathāgato sabbaso taṇhānaṁ khayā virāgā nirodhā cāgā paṭinissaggā anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddho’ti vadāmi.

The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha directly knows earth as earth. Having directly known earth as earth, he does not conceive it to be earth, he does not conceive it in earth, he does not conceive it as earth, he does not conceive that ‘earth is mine’, he does not approve earth. Why is that? Because he has understood that approval is the root of suffering, and that rebirth comes from continued existence; whoever has come to be gets old and dies. That’s why the Realized One—with the ending, fading away, cessation, giving up, and letting go of all cravings—has awakened to the supreme perfect awakening, I say.

Āpaṁ …pe…

He directly knows water …

tejaṁ

fire …

vāyaṁ

air …

bhūte

creatures …

deve

gods …

pajāpatiṁ

the Progenitor …

brahmaṁ

the Divinity …

ābhassare

those of sublime luminosity …

subhakiṇhe

those replete with glory …

vehapphale

those of abundant fruit …

abhibhuṁ

the Vanquisher …

ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ

the dimension of infinite space …

viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ

the dimension of infinite consciousness …

ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ

the dimension of nothingness …

nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ

the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception …

diṭṭhaṁ

the seen …

sutaṁ

the heard …

mutaṁ

the thought …

viññātaṁ

the known …

ekattaṁ

oneness …

nānattaṁ

diversity …

sabbaṁ

all …

nibbānaṁ nibbānato abhijānāti;
nibbānaṁ nibbānato abhiññāya nibbānaṁ na maññati, nibbānasmiṁ na maññati, nibbānato na maññati, nibbānaṁ meti na maññati, nibbānaṁ nābhinandati.
Taṁ kissa hetu?
‘Nandī dukkhassa mūlan’ti—
iti viditvā ‘bhavā jāti bhūtassa jarāmaraṇan’ti.
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘tathāgato sabbaso taṇhānaṁ khayā virāgā nirodhā cāgā paṭinissaggā anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddho’ti vadāmī”ti.
Tathāgatavasena aṭṭhamanayabhūmiparicchedo niṭṭhito.
Idamavoca bhagavā.
Na te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.
Mūlapariyāyasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ paṭhamaṁ.

He directly knows extinguishment as extinguishment. Having directly known extinguishment as extinguishment, he does not conceive it to be extinguishment, he does not conceive it in extinguishment, he does not conceive it as extinguishment, he does not conceive that ‘extinguishment is mine’, he does not approve extinguishment. Why is that? Because he has understood that approval is the root of suffering, and that rebirth comes from continued existence; whoever has come to be gets old and dies. That’s why the Realized One—with the ending, fading away, cessation, giving up, and letting go of all cravings—has awakened to the supreme perfect Awakening, I say.” That is what the Buddha said. But the mendicants did not approve what the Buddha said.

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