Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta

Majjhima Nikāya 38

Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta

The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thatTaṁ teachingdhammaṁ hearssuṇāti a householdergahapati orvā householder·childgahapatiputto orvā in someaññatarasmiṁ orvā familykule rebornpaccājāto.
theySo thattaṁ teachingdhammaṁ having heardsutvā thus·gonetathāgate faithsaddhaṁ gainspaṭilabhati.
theySo with thattena faith·gainsaddhāpaṭilābhena endowedsamannāgato thusiti reflectspaṭisañcikkhati:
cramped‘sambādho life at homegharāvāso dirtyrajāpatho, wide openabbhokāso life gone forthpabbajjā.
not·thisNayidaṁ easysukaraṁ while living at homeagāraṁ living at homeajjhāvasatā utter·fullekantaparipuṇṇaṁ utter·pureekantaparisuddhaṁ shell·polishedsaṅkhalikhitaṁ holy·lifebrahmacariyaṁ to leadcarituṁ.
why don't IYannūnāhaṁ hair and beardkesamassuṁ having shaved offohāretvā, ocher robeskāsāyāni clothesvatthāni having dressed inacchādetvā, from homeagārasmā to homelessnessanagāriyaṁ should go forthpabbajeyyan’”ti.
theySo after some timeaparena timesamayena smallappaṁ orvā fortunebhogakkhandhaṁ having given uppahāya, largemahantaṁ orvā fortunebhogakkhandhaṁ having given uppahāya, smallappaṁ orvā family circleñātiparivaṭṭaṁ having given uppahāya, largemahantaṁ orvā family circleñātiparivaṭṭaṁ having given uppahāya, hair and beardkesamassuṁ having shaved offohāretvā, ocher robeskāsāyāni clothesvatthāni having dressed inacchādetvā, from homeagārasmā to homelessnessanagāriyaṁ goes forthpabbajati.

heSo thusevaṁ out·go·gopabbajito beingsamāno of monksbhikkhūnaṁ training·livelihood·enteredsikkhāsājīvasamāpanno killing living creaturespāṇātipātaṁ having given uppahāya from killing living creaturespāṇātipātā against·restrainedpaṭivirato ishoti, laid down·rodnihitadaṇḍo laid down·swordnihitasattho scrupulouslajjī kindness·endoweddayāpanno full of sympathy for all living beingssabbapāṇabhūtahitānukampī dwellsviharati.
taking what is not givenAdinnādānaṁ having given uppahāya not·given·takingadinnādānā against·restrainedpaṭivirato ishoti, given·takingdinnādāyī expecting only what is givendinnapāṭikaṅkhī not·thievingathenena clean·beingsucibhūtena by oneselfattanā dwellsviharati.
unchastityAbrahmacariyaṁ having given uppahāya holy·livingbrahmacārī ishoti, far·livingārācārī refrainingvirato from sexmethunā the vulgar actgāmadhammā.
lyingMusāvādaṁ having given uppahāya false·speechmusāvādā against·restrainedpaṭivirato ishoti, truth·speakingsaccavādī truth·joiningsaccasandho honesttheto dependablepaccayiko not·apart·together·speakingavisaṁvādako of the worldlokassa.
backbitingPisuṇaṁ speechvācaṁ having given uppahāya from backbiting speechpisuṇāya speechvācāya against·restrainedpaṭivirato is—from herehoti—ito having heardsutvā notna thereamutra a reporterakkhātā of theseimesaṁ for dividingbhedāya, thereamutra orvā having heardsutvā notna of theseimesaṁ a reporterakkhātā of thoseamūsaṁ for dividingbhedāya. thusIti of those who are dividedbhinnānaṁ orvā a reconcilersandhātā, of those who are unitedsahitānaṁ orvā a supporteranuppadātā harmony·delightingsamaggārāmo loving harmonysamaggarato rejoicing in harmonysamagganandī, promoting harmonysamaggakaraṇiṁ speechvācaṁ a speakerbhāsitā ishoti.

heSo content·pleasedsantuṭṭho ishoti body·looking afterkāyaparihārikena with robescīvarena belly·looking afterkucchiparihārikena with almsfood.piṇḍapātena. heSo whereveryena whereveryeneva forth·gopakkamati taking only these thingssamādāyeva forth·gopakkamati.
just asSeyyathāpi indeednāma wingedpakkhī birdsakuṇo whereveryena whereveryeneva fliesḍeti wings as its only burdensapattabhārova flies;ḍeti;
in the same wayevameva a mendicantbhikkhu content·pleasedsantuṭṭho ishoti body·looking afterkāyaparihārikena with robes,cīvarena, belly·looking afterkucchiparihārikena with almsfood.piṇḍapātena. heSo whereveryena whereveryeneva forth·gopakkamati taking only these thingssamādāyeva forth·gopakkamati.
heSo with thisiminā nobleariyena ethics + aggregatesīlakkhandhena with·endowedsamannāgato internallyajjhattaṁ blameless·happinessanavajjasukhaṁ experiencespaṭisaṁvedeti.

heSo with the eyecakkhunā a sightrūpaṁ having seendisvā notna sign·graspernimittaggāhī ishoti not·detail·graspernānubyañjanaggāhī.
for whatever reasonYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ see·facultycakkhundriyaṁ not·restrainedasaṁvutaṁ dwellingviharantaṁ covetousness·displeasureabhijjhādomanassā badpāpakā not·skillfulakusalā qualitiesdhammā along·flowanvāssaveyyuṁ for himtassa for restraintsaṁvarāya he practicespaṭipajjati, he protectsrakkhati the faculty of sightcakkhundriyaṁ, see·facultycakkhundriye restraintsaṁvaraṁ he achievesāpajjati.
with the earSotena a soundsaddaṁ having heardsutvā ……pe…
with the noseghānena an odorgandhaṁ having smelledghāyitvā ……pe…
with the tonguejivhāya a flavorrasaṁ having tastedsāyitvā ……pe…
with the bodykāyena a touchphoṭṭhabbaṁ having feltphusitvā ……pe…
with the mindmanasā an ideadhammaṁ having knownviññāya notna sign·graspernimittaggāhī ishoti not·detail·graspernānubyañjanaggāhī.
for whatever reasonYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ mind·facultymanindriyaṁ not·restrainedasaṁvutaṁ dwellingviharantaṁ covetousness·displeasureabhijjhādomanassā badpāpakā not·skillfulakusalā qualitiesdhammā along·flowanvāssaveyyuṁ for himtassa for restraintsaṁvarāya he practicespaṭipajjati, he protectsrakkhati mind·facultymanindriyaṁ mind·facultymanindriye restraintsaṁvaraṁ he achievesāpajjati.
heSo with thisiminā nobleariyena faculty·restraintindriyasaṁvarena endowedsamannāgato internallyajjhattaṁ unsullied·blissabyāsekasukhaṁ he experiencespaṭisaṁvedeti.

heSo out·goingabhikkante back·goingpaṭikkante awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, when looking aheadālokite aside·lookingvilokite awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, when bendingsamiñjite forth·extendingpasārite awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, outer robe·bowl·robe·bearingsaṅghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇe awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, when eatingasite when drinkingpīte when chewingkhāyite when tastingsāyite awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, defecating·urinating·actionuccārapassāvakamme awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, when walkinggate when standingṭhite when sittingnisinne when sleepingsutte when wakingjāgarite when speakingbhāsite silent·beingtuṇhībhāve awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti.

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