The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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heSo
with thisiminā
andca
nobleariyena
with the aggregate of ethicssīlakkhandhena
endowedsamannāgato,
with thisimāya
andca
nobleariyāya
with contentmentsantuṭṭhiyā
endowedsamannāgato,
with thisiminā
andca
nobleariyena
with sense restraintindriyasaṁvarena
endowedsamannāgato,
with thisiminā
andca
nobleariyena
with mindfulness and situational awarenesssatisampajaññena
endowedsamannāgato,
secludedvivittaṁ
lodgingsenāsanaṁ
they frequent—a wildernessbhajati—araññaṁ
the root of a treerukkhamūlaṁ
a hillpabbataṁ
a ravinekandaraṁ
a mountain cavegiriguhaṁ
a charnel groundsusānaṁ
a forestvanapatthaṁ
the open airabbhokāsaṁ
a heap of strawpalālapuñjaṁ.
heSo
after the mealpacchābhattaṁ
returned from almsroundpiṇḍapātapaṭikkanto
sits downnisīdati
cross-leggedpallaṅkaṁ
having foldedābhujitvā,
straightujuṁ
bodykāyaṁ
having setpaṇidhāya,
to the presentparimukhaṁ
mindfulnesssatiṁ
having broughtupaṭṭhapetvā.
heSo
covetousnessabhijjhaṁ
in the worldloke
having given uppahāya
with a heart rid of covetousnessvigatābhijjhena
with a heartcetasā
they meditateviharati,
of covetousnessabhijjhāya
the mindcittaṁ
cleansingparisodheti;
ill will and malevolencebyāpādapadosaṁ
having given uppahāya
with a mind rid of ill willabyāpannacitto
they meditateviharati,
full of sympathy for all living beingssabbapāṇabhūtahitānukampī,
of ill willbyāpādapadosā
the mindcittaṁ
cleansingparisodheti;
dullness and drowsinessthinamiddhaṁ
having given uppahāya
with a mind rid of dullness and drowsinessvigatathinamiddho
they meditateviharati
perceiving lightālokasaññī,
mindfulsato
awaresampajāno,
of dullness and drowsinessthinamiddhā
the mindcittaṁ
cleansingparisodheti;
restlessness and remorseuddhaccakukkuccaṁ
having given uppahāya
without restlessnessanuddhato
they meditateviharati
internallyajjhattaṁ
their mind settledvūpasantacitto,
of restlessness and remorseuddhaccakukkuccā
the mindcittaṁ
cleansingparisodheti;
doubtvicikicchaṁ
having given uppahāya
having gone beyond doubttiṇṇavicikiccho
they meditateviharati
not undecidedakathaṅkathī
about skillful qualitieskusalesu
about skillful qualitiesdhammesu,
of doubtvicikicchāya
the mindcittaṁ
cleansingparisodheti.
heSo
theseime
fivepañca
hindrancesnīvaraṇe
having given uppahāya
of the heartcetaso
corruptionsupakkilese
of wisdompaññāya
that weakendubbalīkaraṇe,
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
they remainviharati.
furthermorePuna
andcaparaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
a mendicantbhikkhu
of placing the mind and keeping it connectedvitakkavicārānaṁ
stilledvūpasamā
internallyajjhattaṁ
serenitysampasādanaṁ
of the heartcetaso
unificationekodibhāvaṁ
without placing the mindavitakkaṁ
without keeping it connectedavicāraṁ
born of concentrationsamādhijaṁ
rapture and blisspītisukhaṁ
seconddutiyaṁ
absorptionjhānaṁ
……pe…
thirdtatiyaṁ
absorptionjhānaṁ
……pe…
fourthcatutthaṁ
absorptionjhānaṁ
having enteredupasampajja
they remainviharati.
theySo
with the eyecakkhunā
a sightrūpaṁ
having seendisvā
in a pleasant formpiyarūpe
in a formrūpe
notna
is attachedsārajjati,
in an unpleasant formappiyarūpe
in a formrūpe
notna
is aversebyāpajjati,
with mindfulness of the body establishedupaṭṭhitakāyasati
andca
dwellsviharati
with a limitless heartappamāṇacetaso.
and thatTañca
freedom of heartcetovimuttiṁ
freedom by wisdompaññāvimuttiṁ
as it truly isyathābhūtaṁ
understandspajānāti
where for themyatthassa
thosete
badpāpakā
unskillfulakusalā
qualitiesdhammā
without remainderaparisesā
ceasenirujjhanti.
theySo
thusevaṁ
having given up favoring and opposinganurodhavirodhavippahīno
whateveryaṁ
anykiñci
feelingvedanaṁ
feelsvedeti,
pleasantsukhaṁ
orvā
unpleasantdukkhaṁ
orvā
neutraladukkhamasukhaṁ
orvā,
theyso
thattaṁ
feelingvedanaṁ
do not approvenābhinandati
do not welcomenābhivadati
not clingingnājjhosāya
they remaintiṭṭhati.
for themTassa
thattaṁ
feelingvedanaṁ
not approvinganabhinandato
not welcominganabhivadato
not clinginganajjhosāya
remainingtiṭṭhato
whateveryā
in feelingsvedanāsu
relishingnandī
thatsā
ceasesnirujjhati.
for themTassa
from the cessation of relishingnandīnirodhā
cessation of graspingupādānanirodho,
from the cessation of graspingupādānanirodhā
cessation of continued existencebhavanirodho,
from the cessation of continued existencebhavanirodhā
cessation of rebirthjātinirodho,
from the cessation of rebirthjātinirodhā
old age and deathjarāmaraṇaṁ
sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distresssokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā
ceasenirujjhanti.
thus for themEvametassa
entirekevalassa
of the mass of sufferingdukkhakkhandhassa
cessationnirodho
ishoti.
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
in a pleasant formpiyarūpe
ideadhamme
notna
they desiresārajjati,
in an unpleasant formappiyarūpe
ideadhamme
notna
they dislikebyāpajjati,
with mindfulness of the body establishedupaṭṭhitakāyasati
andca
they liveviharati
with a limitless heartappamāṇacetaso,
and thattañca
freedom of heartcetovimuttiṁ
freedom by wisdompaññāvimuttiṁ
as it truly isyathābhūtaṁ
they understandpajānāti
where for themyatthassa
thosete
badpāpakā
unskillfulakusalā
qualitiesdhammā
without remainderaparisesā
they ceasenirujjhanti.
heSo
thusevaṁ
having given up favoring and opposinganurodhavirodhavippahīno
whateveryaṁ
anykiñci
feelingvedanaṁ
they experiencevedeti,
pleasantsukhaṁ
orvā
painfuldukkhaṁ
orvā
neutraladukkhamasukhaṁ
orvā,
heso
thattaṁ
feelingvedanaṁ
does not approvenābhinandati
does not welcomenābhivadati
does not keep clingingnājjhosāya
he standstiṭṭhati.
for himTassa
thattaṁ
feelingvedanaṁ
not approvinganabhinandato
not welcominganabhivadato
not clinginganajjhosāya
standingtiṭṭhato
thatyā
in feelingsvedanāsu
relishingnandī
thatsā
ceasesnirujjhati.
for himTassa
from the cessation of relishingnandīnirodhā
cessation of graspingupādānanirodho,
from the cessation of graspingupādānanirodhā
cessation of continued existencebhavanirodho,
from the cessation of continued existencebhavanirodhā
cessation of rebirthjātinirodho,
from the cessation of rebirthjātinirodhā
old age and deathjarāmaraṇaṁ
sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distresssokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā
they ceasenirujjhanti.
thus of thisEvametassa
entirekevalassa
mass of sufferingdukkhakkhandhassa
cessationnirodho
ishoti.
thisImaṁ
indeedkho
by meme
youtumhe,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
in briefsaṅkhittena
freedom through the ending of cravingtaṇhāsaṅkhayavimuttiṁ
should memorizedhāretha,
Sātisātiṁ
butpana
mendicantbhikkhuṁ
fisherman's sonkevaṭṭaputtaṁ
caught in a vast net of craving, a tangle of cravingmahātaṇhājālataṇhāsaṅghāṭappaṭimukkan”ti.
this saidIdamavoca
the Buddhabhagavā.
satisfiedAttamanā
thosete
mendicantsbhikkhū
of the Buddhabhagavato
speechbhāsitaṁ
approvedabhinandunti.
the Longer Discourse on the Ending of CravingMahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasuttaṁ
finishedniṭṭhitaṁ
eighthaṭṭhamaṁ.
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