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Majjhima Nikāya 51

Kandarakasutta

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of pleasuresukhassa andca with the giving uppahānā of paindukkhassa andca with the giving uppahānā even beforepubbeva of happiness and sadnesssomanassadomanassānaṁ with the disappearanceatthaṅgamā without pleasure or painadukkhamasukhaṁ with pure equanimity and mindfulnessupekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ fourthcatutthaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ having enteredupasampajja they remain.viharati.

heSo thusevaṁ composedsamāhite mindcitte purifiedparisuddhe brightpariyodāte flawlessanaṅgaṇe rid of corruptionsvigatūpakkilese pliablemudubhūte workablekammaniye steadyṭhite imperturbableāneñjappatte toward knowledge of recollection of past livespubbenivāsānussatiñāṇāya mindcittaṁ extends towardabhininnāmeti.
heSo many kinds ofanekavihitaṁ past livespubbenivāsaṁ recollectsanussarati, that is—even oneseyyathidaṁ—ekampi birthjātiṁ even twodvepi birthsjātiyo even threetissopi birthsjātiyo even fourcatassopi birthsjātiyo even fivepañcapi birthsjātiyo even tendasapi birthsjātiyo even twentyvīsampi birthsjātiyo even thirtytiṁsampi birthsjātiyo even fortycattālīsampi birthsjātiyo even fiftypaññāsampi birthsjātiyo even a hundred birthsjātisatampi even a thousand birthsjātisahassampi even a hundred thousand birthsjātisatasahassampi even manyanekepi eons of contractionsaṁvaṭṭakappe even manyanekepi eons of expansionvivaṭṭakappe even manyanekepi eons of contraction and expansionsaṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe: there I was‘amutrāsiṁ named thisevaṁnāmo clan was thatevaṅgotto looked like thisevaṁvaṇṇo this was my foodevamāhāro experiencing pleasure and pain like thisevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī this was my life spanevamāyupariyanto, heso from theretato passed awaycuto thereamutra I was rebornudapādiṁ; there too I wastatrāpāsiṁ named thisevaṁnāmo clan was thatevaṅgotto looked like thisevaṁvaṇṇo this was my foodevamāhāro experiencing pleasure and pain like thisevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī this was my life spanevamāyupariyanto, heso from theretato passed awaycuto reborn hereidhūpapanno’ti. thusIti with featuressākāraṁ with detailssauddesaṁ many kinds ofanekavihitaṁ past livespubbenivāsaṁ recollectsanussarati.

heSo thusevaṁ concentratedsamāhite mindcitte purifiedparisuddhe brightpariyodāte flawlessanaṅgaṇe rid of corruptionsvigatūpakkilese pliablemudubhūte workablekammaniye steadyṭhite imperturbableāneñjappatte of sentient beingssattānaṁ to knowledge of death and rebirthcutūpapātañāṇāya mindcittaṁ extends forthabhininnāmeti.
heSo divinedibbena with eyecakkhunā purifiedvisuddhena superhumanatikkantamānusakena beingssatte seespassati passing awaycavamāne being rebornupapajjamāne inferiorhīne superiorpaṇīte beautifulsuvaṇṇe uglydubbaṇṇe in a good placesugate in a bad placeduggate according to their 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 denouncersupavādakā wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhikā choosing to act out of wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, theyte of bodykāyassa at breakupbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā place of lossapāyaṁ bad destinationduggatiṁ underworldvinipātaṁ hellnirayaṁ rebornupapannā; theseime rathervā butpana dearbhonto beingssattā by good conduct of bodykāyasucaritena endowed withsamannāgatā by good conduct of speechvacīsucaritena endowed withsamannāgatā by good conduct of mindmanosucaritena endowed withsamannāgatā the noble onesariyānaṁ not denouncinganupavādakā 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 purifiedvisuddhena superhumanatikkantamānusakena beingssatte seespassati passing awaycavamāne being rebornupapajjamāne inferiorhīne superiorpaṇīte beautifulsuvaṇṇe uglydubbaṇṇe in a good placesugate in a bad placeduggate according to their 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 trulyyathābhūtaṁ they understandpajānāti. 'this‘Ayaṁ is the origin of defilements'āsavasamudayo’ti trulyyathābhūtaṁ they understandpajānāti. 'this‘Ayaṁ is the cessation of defilements'āsavanirodho’ti trulyyathābhūtaṁ they understandpajānāti. 'this‘Ayaṁ is the practice that leads to the cessation of defilementsāsavanirodhagāminī is the practice'paṭipadā’ti trulyyathābhūtaṁ they understandpajānāti.
for one who knowsTassa thusevaṁ knowingjānato thusevaṁ seeingpassato from the defilements of sensualitykāmāsavāpi mindcittaṁ is freedvimuccati, from the defilements of desire to be rebornbhavāsavāpi 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-mortifyingparantapo notna not committed to the practice of mortifying othersparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto.
heSo self-mortifyingattantapo not other-mortifyingaparantapo in this very lifediṭṭheva in the dhammadhamme without wishesnicchāto quenchednibbuto cooledsītībhūto experiencing blisssukhappaṭisaṁvedī with self become divinebrahmabhūtena with selfattanā he dwellsviharatī”ti.
thisIdamavoca the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamanā thosete mendicantsbhikkhū of the Blessed Onebhagavato the speechbhāsitaṁ they approvedabhinandunti.
the Kandaraka SuttaKandarakasuttaṁ is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ firstpaṭhamaṁ.

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