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Majjhima Nikāya 36

Mahāsaccakasutta

The Longer Discourse With Saccaka · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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of thatTassa meme thusevaṁ knowingjānato thusevaṁ seeingpassato from the defilement of sensualitykāmāsavāpi mindcittaṁ was freedvimuccittha, from the defilement of desire to be rebornbhavāsavāpi mindcittaṁ was freedvimuccittha, from the defilement of ignoranceavijjāsavāpi mindcittaṁ was freedvimuccittha.
when freedVimuttasmiṁ it is freedvimuttamiti knowledgeñāṇaṁ there wasahosi.
ended‘Khīṇā rebirthjāti, completedvusitaṁ the spiritual journeybrahmacariyaṁ, donekataṁ what had to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, nothing furthernāparaṁ for this placeitthattāyā’ti I understoodabbhaññāsiṁ.

thisAyaṁ indeedkho to meme, O Aggivessanaaggivessana, of the nightrattiyā lastpacchime watchyāme thirdtatiyā knowledgevijjā achievedadhigatā;
ignoranceavijjā banishedvihatā, knowledgevijjā aroseuppannā; darknesstamo banishedvihato, lightāloko aroseuppanno; asyathā thattaṁ diligentappamattassa keenātāpino resolutepahitattassa meditatingviharato.
such evenEvarūpāpi indeedkho to meme, O Aggivessanaaggivessana, arisenuppannā pleasantsukhā feelingvedanā mindcittaṁ notna occupyingpariyādāya remainstiṭṭhati.

I recallAbhijānāmi indeedkho and Ipanāhaṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, of many hundredsanekasatāya to an assemblyparisāya the Dhammadhammaṁ I was teachingdesetā.
and thenApissu memaṁ each oneekameko thusevaṁ thinksmaññati:
especially for me‘mamevārabbha the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo the Dhammadhammaṁ is teachingdesetī’ti.
notNa indeedkho but thispanetaṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, thusevaṁ should be seendaṭṭhabbaṁ;
only so far asyāvadeva for the purpose of understandingviññāpanatthāya the Realized Onetathāgato to othersparesaṁ the Dhammadhammaṁ teachesdeseti.
thatSo indeedkho Iahaṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, of that verytassāyeva talkkathāya at the endpariyosāne, in that verytasmiṁyeva previouspurimasmiṁ meditation subject as a basis of immersionsamādhinimitte internally indeedajjhattameva mindcittaṁ I stillsaṇṭhapemi I settlesannisādemi unifiedekodiṁ I makekaromi I immersesamādahāmi, in whichyena regularlysudaṁ constantlyniccakappaṁ I meditateviharāmī”ti.
worthy of belief is this“Okappaniyametaṁ of the venerablebhoto Gotamagotamassa asyathā thattaṁ of a perfected onearahato a fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa.
do you recallAbhijānāti indeedkho butpana the venerablebhavaṁ Gotamagotamo during the daydivā sleepingsupitā”ti?

I remember“Abhijānāmahaṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, of the summergimhānaṁ in the lastpacchime monthmāse after the mealpacchābhattaṁ returned from almsroundpiṇḍapātapaṭikkanto folded in fourcatugguṇaṁ outer robesaṅghāṭiṁ having spread outpaññapetvā on the rightdakkhiṇena sidepassena mindfulsato awaresampajāno sleepniddaṁ I lay downokkamitā”ti.
this“Etaṁ indeedkho, sirbho Gotamagotama, someeke ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇā in a deluded abidingsammohavihārasmiṁ they callvadantī”ti?
not“Na indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, by this muchettāvatā deludedsammūḷho orvā one ishoti undeludedasammūḷho orvā.
butApi andca, Aggivessanaaggivessana, as to howyathā deludedsammūḷho andca one ishoti undeludedasammūḷho andca,
thattaṁ listensuṇāhi, wellsādhukaṁ apply your mindmanasi dokarohi, I will speakbhāsissāmī”ti.
yes“Evaṁ, sirbho”ti indeedkho Saccakasaccako son of a Jainnigaṇṭhaputto to the Blessed Onebhagavato repliedpaccassosi.
the Blessed OneBhagavā said thisetadavoca:

of whoever“Yassa anyonekassaci, Aggivessanaaggivessana, whichye defilementsāsavā corruptingsaṅkilesikā leading to future livesponobbhavikā hurtfulsadarā resulting in sufferingdukkhavipākā in the futureāyatiṁ future rebirth old age and deathjātijarāmaraṇiyā not given upappahīnā, that one I saytamahaṁ deluded‘sammūḷho’ti I sayvadāmi.
for of defilementsĀsavānañhi, Aggivessanaaggivessana, from not giving upappahānā deludedsammūḷho ishoti.
of whoeverYassa anyonekassaci, Aggivessanaaggivessana, whichye defilementsāsavā corruptingsaṅkilesikā leading to future livesponobbhavikā hurtfulsadarā resulting in sufferingdukkhavipākā in the futureāyatiṁ future rebirth old age and deathjātijarāmaraṇiyā given uppahīnā, that one I saytamahaṁ not deluded‘asammūḷho’ti I sayvadāmi.
for of defilementsĀsavānañhi, Aggivessanaaggivessana, from giving uppahānā not deludedasammūḷho ishoti.
of the Realized OneTathāgatassa indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, whichye defilementsāsavā corruptingsaṅkilesikā leading to future livesponobbhavikā hurtfulsadarā resulting in sufferingdukkhavipākā in the futureāyatiṁ future rebirth old age and deathjātijarāmaraṇiyā given uppahīnā cut off at the rootucchinnamūlā made like a palm stumptālāvatthukatā obliteratedanabhāvaṅkatā in the futureāyatiṁ unable to ariseanuppādadhammā.
just asSeyyathāpi, Aggivessanaaggivessana, a palm treetālo with its crown cut offmatthakacchinno incapableabhabbo againpuna of further growthvirūḷhiyā;
in the same wayevameva indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, of the Realized Onetathāgatassa whichye defilementsāsavā corruptingsaṅkilesikā leading to future livesponobbhavikā hurtfulsadarā resulting in sufferingdukkhavipākā in the futureāyatiṁ future rebirth old age and deathjātijarāmaraṇiyā given uppahīnā cut off at the rootucchinnamūlā made like a palm stumptālāvatthukatā obliteratedanabhāvaṅkatā in the futureāyatiṁ unable to ariseanuppādadhammā”ti.

thusEvaṁ when spokenvutte, Saccakasaccako son of a Jainnigaṇṭhaputto to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
wonderful“acchariyaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, amazingabbhutaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama.
how much indeed thisYāvañcidaṁ of the worthybhoto Gotamagotamassa thusevaṁ having assailedāsajja having assailedāsajja to one being addressedvuccamānassa, with inappropriateupanītehi with ways of speechvacanappathehi to one being addressedsamudācariyamānassa, complexion of skinchavivaṇṇo andceva brightenspariyodāyati, color of facemukhavaṇṇo andca becomes clearvippasīdati, just asyathā thattaṁ of a perfected onearahato of a fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa.
I recallAbhijānāmahaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, Pūraṇapūraṇaṁ Kassapakassapaṁ in debatevādena debatevādaṁ I took onsamārabhitā.
he tooSopi by memayā in debatevādena debatevādaṁ taken onsamāraddho one thing with anotheraññenaññaṁ he dodgedpaṭicari, outsidebahiddhā discussionkathaṁ distractedapanāmesi, angerkopañca hatreddosañca bitternessappaccayañca he displayedpātvākāsi.
of the worthyBhoto butpana Gotamagotamassa thusevaṁ having assailedāsajja having assailedāsajja to one being addressedvuccamānassa, with inappropriateupanītehi with ways of speechvacanappathehi to one being addressedsamudācariyamānassa, complexion of skinchavivaṇṇo andceva brightenspariyodāyati, color of facemukhavaṇṇo andca becomes clearvippasīdati, just asyathā thattaṁ of a perfected onearahato of a fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa.
I recallAbhijānāmahaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, Makkhalinmakkhaliṁ Gosālagosālaṁ …pe……pe…
Ajitanajitaṁ of the hair blanketkesakambalaṁ ……
Pakudhanpakudhaṁ Kaccāyanakaccāyanaṁ ……
Sañjayansañjayaṁ Belaṭṭhaputtabelaṭṭhaputtaṁ ……
Jainnigaṇṭhaṁ Nāṭaputtanāṭaputtaṁ in debatevādena debatevādaṁ I took onsamārabhitā.

he tooSopi by memayā with speechvādena speechvādaṁ took upsamāraddho one thing with anotheraññenaññaṁ dodgedpaṭicari, outsidebahiddhā talkkathaṁ divertedapanāmesi, and angerkopañca and ill-willdosañca and bitternessappaccayañca displayedpātvākāsi.
of the worthyBhoto butpana Gotamagotamassa thusevaṁ attackingāsajja attackingāsajja being spoken tovuccamānassa, with inappropriateupanītehi criticismsvacanappathehi being addressedsamudācariyamānassa, complexion of skinchavivaṇṇo andceva brightenspariyodāyati, color of facemukhavaṇṇo andca becomes clearvippasīdati, just asyathā thattaṁ of a perfected onearahato of a fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa.
well nowHanda andca nowdāni wemayaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, we gogacchāma.
having many dutiesBahukiccā wemayaṁ, having much to dobahukaraṇīyā”ti.
now please you“Yassadāni youtvaṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, timekālaṁ you thinkmaññasī”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Saccakasaccako son of Jain parentsnigaṇṭhaputto of the Blessed Onebhagavato speechbhāsitaṁ having approvedabhinanditvā having agreedanumoditvā having risen from seatuṭṭhāyāsanā departedpakkāmīti.
the Longer Saccaka DiscourseMahāsaccakasuttaṁ finishedniṭṭhitaṁ sixthchaṭṭhaṁ.

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