The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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whichKatame andca, brahminbrāhmaṇa, thingsdhammā than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena betteruttaritarā andca finerpaṇītatarā andca?
hereIdha,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
mendicantbhikkhu
quite secludedvivicceva
from sensual pleasureskāmehi
secludedvivicca
from unskillful qualitiesakusalehi
from qualitiesdhammehi
with placing the mindsavitakkaṁ
with keeping it connectedsavicāraṁ
born of seclusionvivekajaṁ
rapture and blisspītisukhaṁ
firstpaṭhamaṁ
absorptionjhānaṁ
having enteredupasampajja
remainsviharati.
this tooAyampi
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
qualitydhammo
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritaro
andca
finerpaṇītataro
andca.
furthermorePuna
and moreovercaparaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a mendicantbhikkhu
of placing the mind and keeping it connectedvitakkavicārānaṁ
through stillingvūpasamā
internallyajjhattaṁ
claritysampasādanaṁ
of mindcetaso
at oneekodibhāvaṁ
without placing the mindavitakkaṁ
without keeping it connectedavicāraṁ
born of immersionsamādhijaṁ
rapture and blisspītisukhaṁ
seconddutiyaṁ
absorptionjhānaṁ
having enteredupasampajja
remainsviharati.
this tooAyampi
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a qualitydhammo
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritaro
andca
finerpaṇītataro
andca.
furthermorePuna
and moreovercaparaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a mendicantbhikkhu
of rapturepītiyā
andca
from fading awayvirāgā
equanimousupekkhako
andca
dwellsviharati,
mindfulsato
andca
awaresampajāno
and blisssukhañca
with the bodykāyena
experiencespaṭisaṁvedeti,
whichyaṁ
thattaṁ
the noble onesariyā
declareācikkhanti:
equanimous‘upekkhako
mindfulsatimā
one who dwells in blisssukhavihārī’ti
thirdtatiyaṁ
absorptionjhānaṁ
having entered uponupasampajja
dwellsviharati.
this tooAyampi
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
thingdhammo
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritaro
andca
finerpaṇītataro
andca.
furthermorePuna
and moreovercaparaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a mendicantbhikkhu
of pleasuresukhassa
andca
with the giving uppahānā
of paindukkhassa
andca
with the giving uppahānā
previouslypubbeva
of happiness and sadnesssomanassadomanassānaṁ
with the disappearanceatthaṅgamā
without pleasure or painadukkhamasukhaṁ
with pure equanimity and mindfulnessupekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ
fourthcatutthaṁ
absorptionjhānaṁ
enteringupasampajja
he remainsviharati.
this tooAyampi
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
thingdhammo
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritaro
andca
finerpaṇītataro
andca.
furthermorePuna
andcaparaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a mendicantbhikkhu
totallysabbaso
of perceptions of formrūpasaññānaṁ
from going beyondsamatikkamā
of perceptions of impingementpaṭighasaññānaṁ
from the disappearanceatthaṅgamā
of perceptions of diversitynānattasaññānaṁ
from not focusingamanasikārā
infinite‘ananto
space; quotation markerākāso’ti
the dimension of infinite spaceākāsānañcāyatanaṁ
having enteredupasampajja
remainsviharati.
this tooAyampi
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a thingdhammo
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritaro
andca
finerpaṇītataro
andca.
furthermorePuna
and moreovercaparaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a mendicantbhikkhu
totallysabbaso
the dimension of infinite spaceākāsānañcāyatanaṁ
going totally beyondsamatikkamma
infinite‘anantaṁ
consciousness is infiniteviññāṇan’ti
the dimension of infinite consciousnessviññāṇañcāyatanaṁ
entersupasampajja
remainsviharati.
this tooAyampi
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a dhammadhammo
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritaro
andca
finerpaṇītataro
andca.
furthermorePuna
and moreovercaparaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
mendicantbhikkhu
totallysabbaso
the dimension of infinite consciousnessviññāṇañcāyatanaṁ
having gone totally beyondsamatikkamma
there is not‘natthi
anythingkiñcī’ti
the dimension of nothingnessākiñcaññāyatanaṁ
having enteredupasampajja
he remainsviharati.
this tooAyampi
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
dhammadhammo
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritaro
andca
finerpaṇītataro
andca.
furthermorePuna
andcaparaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a mendicantbhikkhu
totallysabbaso
the dimension of nothingnessākiñcaññāyatanaṁ
having gone beyondsamatikkamma
the dimension of neither perception nor non-perceptionnevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ
having enteredupasampajja
he dwellsviharati.
this tooAyampi
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a thingdhammo
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritaro
andca
finerpaṇītataro
andca.
furthermorePuna
and moreovercaparaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
a mendicantbhikkhu
totallysabbaso
the dimension of neither perception nor non-perceptionnevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ
having gone beyondsamatikkamma
the cessation of perception and feelingsaññāvedayitanirodhaṁ
having enteredupasampajja
he dwellsviharati,
with wisdompaññāya
and for himcassa
having seendisvā
defilementsāsavā
destroyedparikkhīṇā
they arehonti.
this tooAyampi
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
thingdhammo
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritaro
andca
finerpaṇītataro
andca.
theseIme
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
thingsdhammā
than knowledge and visionñāṇadassanena
betteruttaritarā
andca
finerpaṇītatarā
andca.
just asSeyyathāpi
thatso,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
personpuriso
needing heartwoodsāratthiko
seeking heartwoodsāragavesī
search for heartwoodsārapariyesanaṁ
wanderingcaramāno
largemahato
of a treerukkhassa
standingtiṭṭhato
with heartwoodsāravato
just the heartwoodsāraṁyeva
having cutchetvā
having takenādāya
leftpakkanto
'heartwood'‘sāran’ti
knowingjānamāno.
and whatever for himYañcassa
with heartwoodsārena
to be made from heartwoodsārakaraṇīyaṁ
and that for himtañcassa
benefitatthaṁ
he will experienceanubhavissati.
of such a kind, I sayTathūpamāhaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
thisimaṁ
individualpuggalaṁ
I sayvadāmi.
thusIti
indeedkho,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
this is notnayidaṁ
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,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
unshakableakuppā
freedom of heartcetovimutti—
this is the goaletadatthamidaṁ,
brahminbrāhmaṇa,
spiritual lifebrahmacariyaṁ,
thisetaṁ
coresāraṁ
thisetaṁ
final endpariyosānan”ti.
thusEvaṁ
when saidvutte,
Piṅgalakocchapiṅgalakoccho
brahminbrāhmaṇo
to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
said thisetadavoca:
excellent“abhikkantaṁ,
worthybho
Gotamagotama,
excellentabhikkantaṁ,
worthybho
Gotamagotama
…pe……pe…
lay followerupāsakaṁ
memaṁ
worthybhavaṁ
Gotamagotamo
may he rememberdhāretu
from this day forthajjatagge
for lifepāṇupetaṁ
refugesaraṇaṁ
gonegatan”ti.
Shorter Simile of the Heartwood discourseCūḷasāropamasuttaṁ
finishedniṭṭhitaṁ
tenthdasamaṁ.
chapter of similesOpammavaggo
finishedniṭṭhito
thirdtatiyo.
its summaryTassuddānaṁ
and Moḷiyaphagguna and AriṭṭhaMoḷiyaphaggunariṭṭhañca
namednāmo,
in Blind Men's GroveAndhavane
the full talkkathipuṇṇaṁ
the baitnivāpo;
Rāsiya, the great elephant, namedRāsikaṇerumahāgajanāmo,
the simile of the heartwoodSārūpamo
againpuna
Piṅgalakocchapiṅgalakoccho.
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