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Majjhima Nikāya 29

Mahāsāropamasutta

The Longer Simile of the Heartwood · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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heSo by thattāya attainment of immersionsamādhisampadāya satisfiedattamano ishoti, notno butca indeedkho having fulfilled intentionparipuṇṇasaṅkappo.
heSo by thattāya attainment of immersionsamādhisampadāya notna glorifies himselfattānukkaṁseti, notna anotherparaṁ disparagesvambheti.
heSo by thattāya attainment of immersionsamādhisampadāya notna is intoxicatedmajjati nor is heedlessnappamajjati notna negligencepamādaṁ falls intoāpajjati, diligentappamatto beingsamāno knowledge and visionñāṇadassanaṁ achievesārādheti.
heSo by thattena knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena satisfiedattamano ishoti, notno butca indeedkho having fulfilled intentionparipuṇṇasaṅkappo.
heSo by thattena knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena notna glorifies himselfattānukkaṁseti, notna anotherparaṁ disparagesvambheti.
heSo by thattena knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena notna is intoxicatedmajjati nor is heedlessnappamajjati notna negligencepamādaṁ falls intoāpajjati, diligentappamatto beingsamāno irreversible freedomasamayavimokkhaṁ achievesārādheti.
it is impossibleAṭṭhānametaṁ, monksbhikkhave, no possibilityanavakāso thatyaṁ thatso monkbhikkhu from thattāya irreversible freedomasamayavimuttiyā would fall awayparihāyetha.
just asSeyyathāpi, monksbhikkhave, a personpuriso in need of heartwoodsāratthiko seeking heartwoodsāragavesī search for heartwoodsārapariyesanaṁ wanderingcaramāno largemahato of a treerukkhassa standingtiṭṭhato with heartwoodsāravato just the heartwoodsāraññeva having cutchetvā having takenādāya would departpakkameyya 'heartwood'‘sāran’ti knowingjānamāno.
himTamenaṁ with eyescakkhumā a personpuriso having seendisvā thusevaṁ would sayvadeyya:

They’re happy with that, but they haven’t got all they wished for. They don’t glorify themselves and put others down on account of that. Nor do they become indulgent and fall into negligence regarding that accomplishment in immersion. Being diligent, they achieve knowledge and vision. They’re happy with that, but they haven’t got all they wished for. They don’t glorify themselves and put others down on account of that. Nor do they become indulgent and fall into negligence regarding that knowledge and vision. Being diligent, they achieve irreversible freedom. And it’s impossible for that mendicant to fall away from that irreversible freedom. Suppose there was a person in need of heartwood. And while wandering in search of heartwood he’d come across a large tree standing with heartwood. He’d cut out just the heartwood and leave knowing it was heartwood. If a person with clear eyes saw him they’d say,

knew‘aññāsi indeed thisvatāyaṁ gentlemanbhavaṁ personpuriso heartwoodsāraṁ, knewaññāsi softwoodphegguṁ, knewaññāsi barktacaṁ, knewaññāsi shootspapaṭikaṁ, knewaññāsi branches and leavessākhāpalāsaṁ.
thereforeTathā thishayaṁ gentlemanbhavaṁ personpuriso needing heartwoodsāratthiko seeking heartwoodsāragavesī search for heartwoodsārapariyesanaṁ wanderingcaramāno greatmahato treerukkhassa standingtiṭṭhato having heartwoodsāravato just heartwoodsāraññeva having cutchetvā having takenādāya departedpakkanto it is heartwood“sāran”ti knowingjānamāno.
and whateverYañcassa with heartwoodsārena needed to be made of heartwoodsārakaraṇīyaṁ and thattañcassa benefitatthaṁ will experienceanubhavissatī’ti.
likewiseEvameva indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, some person hereidhekacco clansmankulaputto with faithsaddhā from homeagārasmā homelessnessanagāriyaṁ gone forthpabbajito ishoti:
I am immersed‘otiṇṇomhi in birthjātiyā in agingjarāya in deathmaraṇena in sorrowssokehi in lamentationsparidevehi in painsdukkhehi in griefsdomanassehi in despairsupāyāsehi, immersed in sufferingdukkhotiṇṇo overcome by sufferingdukkhapareto,
perhapsappeva indeednāma of thisimassa entirekevalassa mass of sufferingdukkhakkhandhassa endingantakiriyā might be discernedpaññāyethā’ti.
heSo thusevaṁ gone forthpabbajito beingsamāno gain, honor, and renownlābhasakkārasilokaṁ producesabhinibbatteti.
heSo by thattena by gain, honor, and renownlābhasakkārasilokena notna satisfiedattamano ishoti, notna one with fulfilled intentionparipuṇṇasaṅkappo.
heSo by thattena by gain, honor, and renownlābhasakkārasilokena notna exalts himselfattānukkaṁseti, notna anotherparaṁ disparagesvambheti.
heSo by thattena by gain, honor, and renownlābhasakkārasilokena notna is intoxicatedmajjati is not heedlessnappamajjati notna heedlessnesspamādaṁ falls intoāpajjati, heedfulappamatto beingsamāno attainment of virtuesīlasampadaṁ achievesārādheti.

‘This gentleman knows what heartwood, softwood, bark, shoots, and branches and leaves are. That’s why he cut out just the heartwood and left knowing it was heartwood. Whatever he needs to make from heartwood, he will succeed.’ …

heSo by thattāya by accomplishment in virtuesīlasampadāya satisfiedattamano ishoti, notno butca indeedkho one of fulfilled intentionparipuṇṇasaṅkappo.
heSo by thattāya by accomplishment in virtuesīlasampadāya notna exalts himselfattānukkaṁseti, notna anotherparaṁ disparagesvambheti.
heSo by thattāya by accomplishment in virtuesīlasampadāya notna is intoxicatedmajjati is not negligentnappamajjati notna negligencepamādaṁ falls intoāpajjati, heedfulappamatto beingsamāno accomplishment in concentrationsamādhisampadaṁ achievesārādheti.
heSo by thattāya by accomplishment in concentrationsamādhisampadāya satisfiedattamano ishoti, notno butca indeedkho one of fulfilled intentionparipuṇṇasaṅkappo.
heSo by thattāya by accomplishment in concentrationsamādhisampadāya notna exalts himselfattānukkaṁseti, notna anotherparaṁ disparagesvambheti.
heSo by thattāya by accomplishment in concentrationsamādhisampadāya notna is intoxicatedmajjati is not negligentnappamajjati notna negligencepamādaṁ falls intoāpajjati, heedfulappamatto beingsamāno knowledge and visionñāṇadassanaṁ achievesārādheti.
heSo by thattena by knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena satisfiedattamano ishoti, notno butca indeedkho one of fulfilled intentionparipuṇṇasaṅkappo.
heSo by thattena by knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena notna exalts himselfattānukkaṁseti, notna anotherparaṁ disparagesvambheti.
heSo by thattena by knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena notna is intoxicatedmajjati is not negligentnappamajjati notna negligencepamādaṁ falls intoāpajjati, heedfulappamatto beingsamāno irreversible liberationasamayavimokkhaṁ achievesārādheti.
it is impossibleAṭṭhānametaṁ, monksbhikkhave, there is no possibilityanavakāso thatyaṁ thatso monkbhikkhu from thattāya from irreversible freedomasamayavimuttiyā would fall awayparihāyetha.

It’s impossible for that mendicant to fall away from that irreversible freedom.

thusIti indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, this is notnayidaṁ the spiritual lifebrahmacariyaṁ for the sake of possessions, honor, and popularitylābhasakkārasilokānisaṁsaṁ, notna for accomplishment in ethicssīlasampadānisaṁsaṁ, notna for accomplishment in immersionsamādhisampadānisaṁsaṁ, notna for knowledge and visionñāṇadassanānisaṁsaṁ.
whichYā andca indeedkho thisayaṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, unshakableakuppā freedom of heartcetovimutti—
this is the goaletadatthamidaṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, the spiritual lifebrahmacariyaṁ, thisetaṁ the coresāraṁ thisetaṁ the final endpariyosānan”ti.
this he saidIdamavoca the Buddhabhagavā.
satisfiedAttamanā thosete mendicantsbhikkhū of the Buddhabhagavato the speechbhāsitaṁ they approvedabhinandunti.
The Longer Simile of the HeartwoodMahāsāropamasuttaṁ is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ the ninthnavamaṁ.

And so, mendicants, this spiritual life is not lived for the sake of possessions, honor, and popularity, or for accomplishment in ethics, or for accomplishment in immersion, or for knowledge and vision. It is this unshakable freedom of heart that is the goal of the spiritual life, the core and the final end.” That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.

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