The Shorter Discourse on the Ending of Craving · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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thusEvaṁ
by meme
heard—sutaṁ—
oneekaṁ
timesamayaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
at Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ
separately·dwellviharati
in the Eastern Monasterypubbārāme
Migāra·mother·longhousemigāramātupāsāde.
thenAtha
indeedkho
Sakkasakko
gods·lorddevānamindo
whereyena
the Buddhabhagavā
went up to himtenupasaṅkami;
having approachedupasaṅkamitvā
the Buddhabhagavantaṁ
having bowedabhivādetvā
one·sideekamantaṁ
stoodaṭṭhāsi.
one·sideEkamantaṁ
stoodṭhito
indeedkho
Sakkasakko
gods·lorddevānamindo
the Buddhabhagavantaṁ
this·saidetadavoca:
how“kittāvatā
is itnu
indeedkho,
sirbhante,
a mendicantbhikkhu
brieflysaṅkhittena
craving·ending·freedtaṇhāsaṅkhayavimutto
ishoti
ultimate·endaccantaniṭṭho
ultimate·sanctuary from the yokeaccantayogakkhemī
ultimate·spiritual lifeaccantabrahmacārī
ultimate·goalaccantapariyosāno
bestseṭṭho
among gods and humansdevamanussānan”ti?
here“Idha,
lord of godsdevānaminda,
to a mendicantbhikkhuno
has been heardsutaṁ
ishoti:
all‘sabbe
thingsdhammā
are not worthnālaṁ
for insisting onabhinivesāyā’ti.
thus, hereEvañcetaṁ,
lord of godsdevānaminda,
to a mendicantbhikkhuno
has been heardsutaṁ
ishoti:
all‘sabbe
thingsdhammā
are not worthnālaṁ
for insisting onabhinivesāyā’ti.
heSo
allsabbaṁ
thingdhammaṁ
directly knowsabhijānāti;
allsabbaṁ
thingdhammaṁ
directly·knowabhiññāya
allsabbaṁ
thingdhammaṁ
completely understandsparijānāti;
allsabbaṁ
thingdhammaṁ
completely·knowpariññāya
whateveryaṁ
anykiñci
feelingvedanaṁ
experiencesvedeti—
pleasantsukhaṁ
orvā
unpleasantdukkhaṁ
orvā
not·unpleasant-pleasantadukkhamasukhaṁ
orvā,
heso
in thosetāsu
feelingsvedanāsu
observing impermanenceaniccānupassī
meditatesviharati,
observing dispassionvirāgānupassī
meditatesviharati,
observing cessationnirodhānupassī
meditatesviharati,
observing letting gopaṭinissaggānupassī
meditatesviharati.
heSo
in thosetāsu
feelingsvedanāsu
observing impermanenceaniccānupassī
meditatingviharanto,
observing dispassionvirāgānupassī
meditatingviharanto,
observing cessationnirodhānupassī
meditatingviharanto,
observing letting gopaṭinissaggānupassī
meditatingviharanto
notna
anythingkiñci
in the worldloke
grasps atupādiyati.
not graspingAnupādiyaṁ
notna
is anxiousparitassati,
not·being anxiousaparitassaṁ
personal + justpaccattaññeva
becomes extinguishedparinibbāyati:
ended‘khīṇā
rebirthjāti,
has been completedvusitaṁ
spiritual journeybrahmacariyaṁ,
has been donekataṁ
what had to be donekaraṇīyaṁ,
there is nothing furthernāparaṁ
for this placeitthattāyā’ti
understandspajānāti.
to this extentEttāvatā
indeedkho,
lord of godsdevānaminda,
mendicantbhikkhu
in briefsaṅkhittena
craving·ending·freedtaṇhāsaṅkhayavimutto
ishoti
ultimate·endaccantaniṭṭho
ultimate·sanctuary from the yokeaccantayogakkhemī
ultimate·spiritual lifeaccantabrahmacārī
ultimate·goalaccantapariyosāno
bestseṭṭho
among gods and humansdevamanussānan”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Sakkasakko lord of godsdevānamindo of the Blessed Onebhagavato speechbhāsitaṁ having approvedabhinanditvā having agreedanumoditvā the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā respectful circlingpadakkhiṇaṁ having donekatvā vanished right theretatthevantaradhāyi.
at thatTena
thenkho
nowpana
at the timesamayena
venerableāyasmā
great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno
of the Buddhabhagavato
not·faravidūre
seatednisinno
he washoti.
thenAtha
nowkho
to venerableāyasmato
great·Moggallānamahāmoggallānassa
this occurredetadahosi:
“what“kiṁ
thennu
indeedkho
thatso
spirityakkho
of the Buddhabhagavato
what was saidbhāsitaṁ
fully·with·comprehendabhisamecca
along·rejoicedanumodi
orudāhu
notno;
which·then·Iyannūnāhaṁ
thattaṁ
spirityakkhaṁ
might knowjāneyyaṁ—
whetheryadi
orvā
thatso
spirityakkho
of the Buddhabhagavato
what was saidbhāsitaṁ
fully·with·comprehendabhisamecca
along·rejoicedanumodi
whetheryadi
orvā
not?”no”ti?
thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Mahāmoggallāna—just asmahāmoggallāno—seyyathāpi indeednāma strongbalavā personpuriso bentsamiñjitaṁ orvā armbāhaṁ would extendpasāreyya, extendedpasāritaṁ orvā armbāhaṁ would bendsamiñjeyya; just + Eastern Monasteryevameva—pubbārāme Migāra·mother·mansionmigāramātupāsāde vanishedantarahito among the godsdevesu among the thirty-threetāvatiṁsesu reappearedpāturahosi.
at thatTena
indeedkho
nowpana
timesamayena
Sakkasakko
of-gods·lorddevānamindo
single·lotusekapuṇḍarīke
parkuyyāne
heavenlydibbehi
fivepañcahi
instrument·hundredtūriyasatehi
fully·suppliedsamappito
provided withsamaṅgībhūto
amusing himselfparicāreti.
sawAddasā
indeedkho
Sakkasakko
of-gods·lorddevānamindo
venerableāyasmantaṁ
great·Moggallānamahāmoggallānaṁ
from a distancedūratova
comingāgacchantaṁ.
having seenDisvāna
thosetāni
heavenlydibbāni
fivepañca
instrument·hundredtūriyasatāni
back·wavedpaṭippaṇāmetvā
where venerableyenāyasmā
great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno
there approachedtenupasaṅkami;
near·movedupasaṅkamitvā
venerableāyasmantaṁ
great·Moggallānamahāmoggallānaṁ
this saidetadavoca:
come“ehi
indeedkho,
good sirmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
welcomesvāgataṁ,
good sirmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna.
in a long timeCirassaṁ
indeedkho,
good sirmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
thisimaṁ
opportunitypariyāyaṁ
madeakāsi
which·thisyadidaṁ
for coming hereidhāgamanāya.
sitNisīda,
good sirmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
this·seatidamāsanaṁ
is preparedpaññattan”ti.
sat downNisīdi
indeedkho
venerableāyasmā
great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno
preparedpaññatte
seatāsane.
Sakka·tooSakkopi
indeedkho
of-gods·lorddevānamindo
a certainaññataraṁ
lownīcaṁ
seatāsanaṁ
having takengahetvā
to one sideekamantaṁ
sat downnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ
seatednisinnaṁ
indeedkho
Sakkasakkaṁ
of-gods·lorddevānamindaṁ
venerableāyasmā
great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno
this saidetadavoca:
how“yathā
howkathaṁ
thenpana
indeedkho,
Kosiyakosiya,
the Blessed Onebhagavā
brieflysaṅkhittena
craving·ending·freedomtaṇhāsaṅkhayavimuttiṁ
explainedabhāsi?
pleaseSādhu
we·toomayampi
of thisetissā
talkkathāya
sharersbhāgino
we may beassāma
for hearingsavanāyā”ti.
we“Mayaṁ
indeedkho,
my goodmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
many·dutybahukiccā
having much to dobahukaraṇīyā—
not onlyappeva
with one's ownsakena
dutykaraṇīyena,
butapi
andca
gods·onlydevānaṁyeva
of the thirty-threetāvatiṁsānaṁ
with the dutykaraṇīyena.
butApi
andca,
my goodmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
properly·heard·onlysussutaṁyeva
ishoti
properly·learnedsuggahitaṁ
properly·attendedsumanasikataṁ
properly memorizedsūpadhāritaṁ,
whichyaṁ
for usno
sudden·onlykhippameva
vanishesantaradhāyati.
once upon a timeBhūtapubbaṁ,
my goodmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
battle between gods and titansdevāsurasaṅgāmo
together·arrayedsamupabyūḷho
wasahosi.
in thatTasmiṁ
indeedkho
thenpana,
my goodmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
in the battlesaṅgāme
the godsdevā
wonjiniṁsu,
the titansasurā
lostparājiniṁsu.
thatSo
indeedkho
Iahaṁ,
my goodmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
thattaṁ
battlesaṅgāmaṁ
over·completely·conquerabhivijinitvā
conquered·battlevijitasaṅgāmo
from theretato
back·turnpaṭinivattitvā
Victoryvejayantaṁ
namednāma
palacepāsādaṁ
I createdmāpesiṁ.
of the VictoryVejayantassa
indeedkho,
my goodmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
of the palacepāsādassa
one·hundredekasataṁ
towersniyyūhaṁ.
in eachEkekasmiṁ
towerniyyūhe
sevensatta
sevensatta
hundred chamberskūṭāgārasatāni.
in eachEkamekasmiṁ
chamberkūṭāgāre
sevensatta
sevensatta
nymphsaccharāyo.
of eachEkamekissā
nymphaccharāya
sevensatta
sevensatta
maidsparicārikāyo.
would you wishIccheyyāsi
indeedno
youtvaṁ,
sirmārisa
Moggallānamoggallāna,
of Vejayantavejayantassa
of the palacepāsādassa
lovelinessrāmaṇeyyakaṁ
to see?daṭṭhun”ti?
consentedAdhivāsesi
indeedkho
venerableāyasmā
great·Moggallānamahāmoggallāno
with silencetuṇhībhāvena.
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