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Majjhima Nikāya 22

Alagaddūpamasutta

The Simile of the Snake · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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So evaṁ samanupassanto asati na paritassatī”ti.

Evaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“siyā nu kho, bhante, bahiddhā asati paritassanā”ti?
“Siyā, bhikkhū”ti—bhagavā avoca.
“Idha bhikkhu ekaccassa evaṁ hoti:
‘ahu vata me, taṁ vata me natthi;
siyā vata me, taṁ vatāhaṁ na labhāmī’ti.
So socati kilamati paridevati urattāḷiṁ kandati sammohaṁ āpajjati.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhu, bahiddhā asati paritassanā hotī”ti.

“Siyā pana, bhante, bahiddhā asati aparitassanā”ti?
“Siyā, bhikkhū”ti—bhagavā avoca.
“Idha bhikkhu ekaccassa na evaṁ hoti:
‘ahu vata me, taṁ vata me natthi;
siyā vata me, taṁ vatāhaṁ na labhāmī’ti.
So na socati na kilamati na paridevati na urattāḷiṁ kandati na sammohaṁ āpajjati.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhu, bahiddhā asati aparitassanā hotī”ti.

“Siyā nu kho, bhante, ajjhattaṁ asati paritassanā”ti?
“Siyā, bhikkhū”ti—bhagavā avoca.
“Idha, bhikkhu, ekaccassa evaṁ diṭṭhi hoti:
‘so loko so attā, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassāmī’ti.
So suṇāti tathāgatassa vā tathāgatasāvakassa vā sabbesaṁ diṭṭhiṭṭhānādhiṭṭhānapariyuṭṭhānābhinivesānusayānaṁ samugghātāya sabbasaṅkhārasamathāya sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggāya taṇhākkhayāya virāgāya nirodhāya nibbānāya dhammaṁ desentassa.
Tassa evaṁ hoti:
‘ucchijjissāmi nāmassu, vinassissāmi nāmassu, nassu nāma bhavissāmī’ti.
So socati kilamati paridevati urattāḷiṁ kandati sammohaṁ āpajjati.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhu, ajjhattaṁ asati paritassanā hotī”ti.

“Siyā pana, bhante, ajjhattaṁ asati aparitassanā”ti?
“Siyā, bhikkhū”ti bhagavā avoca.
“Idha, bhikkhu, ekaccassa na evaṁ diṭṭhi hoti:
‘so loko so attā, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassāmī’ti.
So suṇāti tathāgatassa vā tathāgatasāvakassa vā sabbesaṁ diṭṭhiṭṭhānādhiṭṭhānapariyuṭṭhānābhinivesānusayānaṁ samugghātāya sabbasaṅkhārasamathāya sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggāya taṇhākkhayāya virāgāya nirodhāya nibbānāya dhammaṁ desentassa.
Tassa na evaṁ hoti:
‘ucchijjissāmi nāmassu, vinassissāmi nāmassu, nassu nāma bhavissāmī’ti.
So na socati na kilamati na paridevati na urattāḷiṁ kandati na sammohaṁ āpajjati.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhu, ajjhattaṁ asati aparitassanā hoti.

Taṁ, bhikkhave, pariggahaṁ pariggaṇheyyātha, yvāssa pariggaho nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva tiṭṭheyya.
Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, taṁ pariggahaṁ yvāssa pariggaho nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva tiṭṭheyyā”ti?
“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
“Sādhu, bhikkhave.
Ahampi kho taṁ, bhikkhave, pariggahaṁ na samanupassāmi yvāssa pariggaho nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo sassatisamaṁ tatheva tiṭṭheyya.

Taṁ, bhikkhave, attavādupādānaṁ upādiyetha, yaṁsa attavādupādānaṁ upādiyato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.
Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, taṁ attavādupādānaṁ yaṁsa attavādupādānaṁ upādiyato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā”ti?
“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
“Sādhu, bhikkhave.
Ahampi kho taṁ, bhikkhave, attavādupādānaṁ na samanupassāmi yaṁsa attavādupādānaṁ upādiyato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.

Taṁ, bhikkhave, diṭṭhinissayaṁ nissayetha yaṁsa diṭṭhinissayaṁ nissayato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.
Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, taṁ diṭṭhinissayaṁ yaṁsa diṭṭhinissayaṁ nissayato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā”ti?
“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
“Sādhu, bhikkhave.
Ahampi kho taṁ, bhikkhave, diṭṭhinissayaṁ na samanupassāmi yaṁsa diṭṭhinissayaṁ nissayato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.

Attani vā, bhikkhave, sati ‘attaniyaṁ me’ti assā”ti?
“Evaṁ, bhante”.
“Attaniye vā, bhikkhave, sati ‘attā me’ti assā”ti?
“Evaṁ, bhante”.
“Attani ca, bhikkhave, attaniye ca saccato thetato anupalabbhamāne, yampi taṁ diṭṭhiṭṭhānaṁ:
‘so loko so attā, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassāmī’ti—
nanāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kevalo paripūro bāladhammo”ti?
“Kiñhi no siyā, bhante, kevalo hi, bhante, paripūro bāladhammo”ti.

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