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Majjhima Nikāya 47

Vīmaṁsakasutta

The Inquirer · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thereTatra, monksbhikkhave, the Realized One himselftathāgatova furtheruttariṁ should be askedpaṭipucchitabbo:
which‘ye corruptsaṅkiliṭṭhā cognizable by eye and earcakkhusotaviññeyyā thingsdhammā, are foundsaṁvijjanti orvā thesete in the Realized Onetathāgatassa notno or not?'vā’ti?
answeringByākaramāno, monksbhikkhave, the Realized Onetathāgato thusevaṁ would answerbyākareyya:
which‘ye corruptsaṅkiliṭṭhā cognizable by eye and earcakkhusotaviññeyyā thingsdhammā, notna thesete in the Realized Onetathāgatassa are found'saṁvijjantī’ti.

what‘Ye mixedvītimissā cognizable by eye and earcakkhusotaviññeyyā thingsdhammā, are foundsaṁvijjanti orvā theyte in the Realized Onetathāgatassa notno or not?vā’ti?
answeringByākaramāno, monksbhikkhave, the Realized Onetathāgato thusevaṁ would answerbyākareyya:
what‘ye mixedvītimissā cognizable by eye and earcakkhusotaviññeyyā thingsdhammā, notna theyte in the Realized Onetathāgatassa are foundsaṁvijjantī’ti.

'which‘Ye cleanvodātā cognizable by eye and earcakkhusotaviññeyyā thingsdhammā, are foundsaṁvijjanti orvā thosete in the Realized Onetathāgatassa notno or not?'vā’ti?
answeringByākaramāno, monksbhikkhave, the Realized Onetathāgato thusevaṁ would answerbyākareyya:
'which‘ye cleanvodātā cognizable by eye and earcakkhusotaviññeyyā thingsdhammā, are foundsaṁvijjanti thosete in the Realized One;tathāgatassa;
thisetaṁ I am the path in thispathohamasmi, thisetaṁ the rangegocaro, notno andca by thattena made of that.'tammayo’ti.

of such a doctrineEvaṁvādiṁ indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, teachersatthāraṁ ought toarahati a disciplesāvako to approachupasaṅkamituṁ for listening to the teachingdhammassavanāya.
to themTassa the teachersatthā the teachingdhammaṁ teachesdeseti higher and higheruttaruttariṁ better and betterpaṇītapaṇītaṁ with dark and bright sideskaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāgaṁ.
asYathā asyathā indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, of a monkbhikkhuno the teachersatthā the teachingdhammaṁ teachesdeseti higher and higheruttaruttariṁ better and betterpaṇītapaṇītaṁ with dark and bright sideskaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāgaṁ sotathā sotathā heso in thattasmiṁ teachingdhamme having directly knownabhiññāya here a certainidhekaccaṁ principledhammaṁ among the teachingsdhammesu conclusionniṭṭhaṁ comes togacchati, in the teachersatthari has confidencepasīdati:
a fully awakened one‘sammāsambuddho the Blessed Onebhagavā, well explainedsvākkhāto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā the teachingdhammo, practicing wellsuppaṭipanno the Saṅghasaṅgho’ti.

if thatTañce, monksbhikkhave, mendicantbhikkhuṁ otherspare thusevaṁ should askpuccheyyuṁ:
what‘ke but the venerable haspanāyasmato reasonsākārā, whatke evidenceanvayā, because of which the venerableyenāyasmā thusevaṁ you sayvadesi—
fully awakenedsammāsambuddho the Blessed Onebhagavā, well explainedsvākkhāto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā the Dhammadhammo, practicing wellsuppaṭipanno the Saṅghasaṅgho’ti?
rightlySammā answeringbyākaramāno, monksbhikkhave, a mendicantbhikkhu thusevaṁ should answerbyākareyya:
here I‘idhāhaṁ, reverendsāvuso, whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā I approached himtenupasaṅkamiṁ to listen to the Dhammadhammassavanāya.
to meTassa meme the Blessed Onebhagavā the Dhammadhammaṁ teachesdeseti higher and higheruttaruttariṁ better and betterpaṇītapaṇītaṁ with dark and bright sideskaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāgaṁ.
asYathā asyathā to meme, reverendsāvuso, the Blessed Onebhagavā the Dhammadhammaṁ teachesdeseti higher and higheruttaruttariṁ better and betterpaṇītapaṇītaṁ with dark and bright sideskaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāgaṁ sotathā so Itathāhaṁ in thattasmiṁ Dhammadhamme having directly knownabhiññāya here a certainidhekaccaṁ principledhammaṁ among teachingsdhammesu I came to a conclusionniṭṭhamagamaṁ, in the Teachersatthari I had confidencepasīdiṁ—
fully awakenedsammāsambuddho the Blessed Onebhagavā, well explainedsvākkhāto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, the Dhammadhammo, practicing wellsuppaṭipanno the Saṅghasaṅgho’ti.

of whoeverYassa whoeverkassaci, monksbhikkhave, in thisimehi in mannerākārehi in thisimehi in wordpadehi in thisimehi in phrasebyañjanehi in the Realized Onetathāgate faithsaddhā settledniviṭṭhā ishoti rootedmūlajātā plantedpatiṭṭhitā, thisayaṁ is saidvuccati, monksbhikkhave, groundedākāravatī faithsaddhā based on evidencedassanamūlikā;
strongdaḷhā unshakeableasaṁhāriyā by an asceticsamaṇena orvā by a brahminbrāhmaṇena orvā by a goddevena orvā by Māramārena orvā by a divinitybrahmunā orvā by anyonekenaci orvā in the worldlokasmiṁ.
thusEvaṁ indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, of the Realized Onetathāgate legitimate scrutinydhammasamannesanā there ishoti.
and thusEvañca thenpana the Realized Onetathāgato legitimately well-scrutinizeddhammatāsusamanniṭṭho ishotī”ti.
the Blessed One said thisIdamavoca the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamanā thosete monksbhikkhū of the Blessed Onebhagavato speechbhāsitaṁ approvedabhinandunti.
the Inquirer DiscourseVīmaṁsakasuttaṁ finishedniṭṭhitaṁ seventhsattamaṁ.

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