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Majjhima Nikāya 51

Kandarakasutta

With Kandaraka · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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of pleasuresukhassa andca forth·give uppahānā of paindukkhassa andca forth·give uppahānā even beforepubbeva happiness + sadnesssomanassadomanassānaṁ disappear·goatthaṅgamā without·pain + pleasure·without·pleasureadukkhamasukhaṁ equanimity + mindfulness·purityupekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ fourthcatutthaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ near·together·enterupasampajja they remain.viharati.

heSo thusevaṁ composedsamāhite mindcitte purifiedparisuddhe brightpariyodāte flawlessanaṅgaṇe rid of corruptionsvigatūpakkilese pliablemudubhūte workablekammaniye steadyṭhite imperturbableāneñjappatte recollection of past lives + knowledgepubbenivāsānussatiñāṇāya mindcittaṁ extends towardabhininnāmeti.
heSo many·kindsanekavihitaṁ before + dwellingpubbenivāsaṁ recollectsanussarati, that is—even oneseyyathidaṁ—ekampi birthjātiṁ two·evendvepi birthsjātiyo three·eventissopi birthsjātiyo four·evencatassopi birthsjātiyo five·evenpañcapi birthsjātiyo ten·evendasapi birthsjātiyo even twentyvīsampi birthsjātiyo even thirtytiṁsampi birthsjātiyo even fortycattālīsampi birthsjātiyo even fiftypaññāsampi birthsjātiyo hundred births·evenjātisatampi thousand births·evenjātisahassampi hundred thousand births·evenjātisatasahassampi many·evenanekepi contraction + eonsaṁvaṭṭakappe many·evenanekepi expansion + eonvivaṭṭakappe many·evenanekepi eons of contraction and expansionsaṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe: there I was‘amutrāsiṁ thus + nameevaṁnāmo clan was thatevaṅgotto thus + appearanceevaṁvaṇṇo thus + foodevamāhāro thus·pleasure·pain + experiencingevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī this was my life spanevamāyupariyanto, heso from theretato passed awaycuto thereamutra I was rebornudapādiṁ; there too I wastatrāpāsiṁ thus + nameevaṁnāmo clan was thatevaṅgotto thus + appearanceevaṁvaṇṇo thus + foodevamāhāro thus·pleasure·pain + experiencingevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī this was my life spanevamāyupariyanto, heso from theretato passed awaycuto reborn hereidhūpapanno’ti. thusIti with featuressākāraṁ with + detailssauddesaṁ many·kindsanekavihitaṁ before + dwellingpubbenivāsaṁ recollectsanussarati.

heSo thusevaṁ concentratedsamāhite mindcitte completely·pureparisuddhe completely·brightpariyodāte without·flawanaṅgaṇe gone·corruptionvigatūpakkilese soft·becomemudubhūte workablekammaniye steadyṭhite imperturbable·attainedāneñjappatte of sentient beingssattānaṁ pass away·rebirth·knowledgecutūpapātañāṇāya mindcittaṁ extends forthabhininnāmeti.
heSo divinedibbena with eyecakkhunā apart·purevisuddhena beyond·gone·not·humanatikkantamānusakena beingssatte seespassati passing awaycavamāne near·goupapajjamāne inferiorhīne superiorpaṇīte good·colorsuvaṇṇe bad·color·colordubbaṇṇe good·gonesugate bad·gone·goneduggate according to·deedsyathākammūpage beingssatte understandspajānāti: these‘ime indeedvata dearbhonto beingssattā by bad conduct of bodykāyaduccaritena endowed withsamannāgatā by bad conduct of speechvacīduccaritena endowed withsamannāgatā by bad conduct of mindmanoduccaritena endowed withsamannāgatā the noble onesariyānaṁ against·speakerupavādakā wrong·viewmicchādiṭṭhikā choosing to act out of wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, theyte of bodykāyassa at breakupbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā place of lossapāyaṁ bad·destinationduggatiṁ down·fallvinipātaṁ hellnirayaṁ rebornupapannā; theseime rather butpana dearbhonto beingssattā body·good·conductkāyasucaritena endowed withsamannāgatā speech·good·conductvacīsucaritena endowed withsamannāgatā mind·good·conductmanosucaritena endowed withsamannāgatā the noble onesariyānaṁ not·denounceranupavādakā right·viewsammādiṭṭhikā choosing to act out of right viewsammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, theyte of bodykāyassa at breakupbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā good·destinationsugatiṁ heavensaggaṁ worldlokaṁ rebornupapannā’ti. thusIti divinedibbena with eyecakkhunā apart·purevisuddhena beyond·gone·not·humanatikkantamānusakena beingssatte seespassati passing awaycavamāne near·goupapajjamāne inferiorhīne superiorpaṇīte good·colorsuvaṇṇe bad·color·colordubbaṇṇe good·gonesugate bad·gone·goneduggate according to·deedsyathākammūpage beingssatte understandspajānāti.

heSo thusevaṁ concentratedsamāhite mindcitte purifiedparisuddhe brightpariyodāte flawlessanaṅgaṇe rid of corruptionsvigatūpakkilese pliablemudubhūte workablekammaniye steadyṭhite imperturbableāneñjappatte of the defilementsāsavānaṁ for knowledge of destructionkhayañāṇāya mindcittaṁ extends towardabhininnāmeti.
heSo this‘idaṁ sufferingdukkhan’ti trulyyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti. this‘Ayaṁ the origin of sufferingdukkhasamudayo’ti trulyyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti. this‘Ayaṁ the cessation of sufferingdukkhanirodho’ti trulyyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti. this‘Ayaṁ leading to the cessation of sufferingdukkhanirodhagāminī practicepaṭipadā’ti trulyyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti.

'these‘Ime are defilements'āsavā’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ they understandpajānāti. 'this‘Ayaṁ defilement·origināsavasamudayo’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ they understandpajānāti. 'this‘Ayaṁ defilement·cessationāsavanirodho’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ they understandpajānāti. 'this‘Ayaṁ defilement·cessation·leading toāsavanirodhagāminī is the practice'paṭipadā’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ they understandpajānāti.
for one who knowsTassa thusevaṁ knowingjānato thusevaṁ seeingpassato sensuality·defilementkāmāsavāpi mindcittaṁ is freedvimuccati, becoming·defilementbhavāsavāpi mindcittaṁ is freedvimuccati, from the defilements of ignoranceavijjāsavāpi mindcittaṁ is freedvimuccati.
when freedVimuttasmiṁ it is freed'vimuttamiti knowledgeñāṇaṁ there ishoti.
'ended‘Khīṇā is rebirth,jāti, completedvusitaṁ the spiritual journey,brahmacariyaṁ, donekataṁ is what had to be done,karaṇīyaṁ, there is nothing furthernāparaṁ for this place'itthattāyā’ti they understandpajānāti.

thisAyaṁ is calledvuccati, monksbhikkhave, an individualpuggalo neither self-mortifyingnevattantapo not committed to the practice of mortifying themselvesnāttaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto, notna other·mortifying·mortifyingparantapo notna not committed to the practice of mortifying othersparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto.
heSo self·mortifying·mortifyingattantapo not·other·mortifying·mortifyingaparantapo seen·verydiṭṭheva in the dhammadhamme without wishesnicchāto quenchednibbuto cool·becomesītībhūto bliss·experiencingsukhappaṭisaṁvedī divine·becomebrahmabhūtena with selfattanā he dwellsviharatī”ti.
thisIdamavoca the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamanā thosete mendicantsbhikkhū of the Blessed Onebhagavato the speechbhāsitaṁ they approvedabhinandunti.
Kandaraka·suttaKandarakasuttaṁ is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ firstpaṭhamaṁ.

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