Mahāvacchasutta

Majjhima Nikāya 73

The Longer Discourse With Vacchagotta · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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becauseYasmā andca indeedkho, worthybho Gotamagotama, thisimaṁ teachingdhammaṁ worthy + and·and·justbhavañceva Gotamagotamo has succeededārādhako, monksbhikkhū andca have succeededārādhakā, nunsbhikkhuniyo andca have succeededārādhikā, laymenupāsakā andca laygihī white·wearingodātavasanā holy·livingbrahmacārino have succeededārādhakā, laymenupāsakā andca laygihī white·wearingodātavasanā sensual-pleasure·enjoyingkāmabhogino have succeededārādhakā, laywomenupāsikā andca laygihiniyo white·wearingodātavasanā holy·livingbrahmacāriniyo have succeededārādhikā, laywomenupāsikā andca laygihiniyo white·wearingodātavasanā sensual-pleasure·enjoyingkāmabhoginiyo have succeededārādhikā;
thus + this·thisevamidaṁ holy·lifebrahmacariyaṁ all-round·fullparipūraṁ in that respecttenaṅgena.

just asSeyyathāpi, good sirbho Gotamagotama, Gangesgaṅgā rivernadī ocean·slantssamuddaninnā ocean·slopessamuddapoṇā ocean·inclinessamuddapabbhārā the oceansamuddaṁ having pressed againstāhacca standstiṭṭhati, in the same way thisevamevāyaṁ of Worthybhoto Gotama'sgotamassa assemblyparisā with·laypeople·renunciatessagahaṭṭhapabbajitā extinguishment·slantsnibbānaninnā extinguishment·slopesnibbānapoṇā extinguishment·inclinesnibbānapabbhārā extinguishmentnibbānaṁ having pressed againstāhacca standstiṭṭhati.

excellentAbhikkantaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama …pe……pe…
I thisesāhaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ refugesaraṇaṁ I gogacchāmi and the teachingdhammañca and the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghañca.
may I receiveLabheyyāhaṁ of the worthybhoto of Gotamagotamassa in the presencesantike the going forthpabbajjaṁ, I might receivelabheyyaṁ the ordinationupasampadan”ti.

who“Yo indeedkho, Vacchavaccha, other·sectarianaññatitthiyapubbo in thisimasmiṁ teaching and trainingdhammavinaye wishesākaṅkhati the going forthpabbajjaṁ, wishesākaṅkhati the ordinationupasampadaṁ, heso fourcattāro monthsmāse lives on probationparivasati. of fourCatunnaṁ monthsmāsānaṁ after the passingaccayena satisfied·mindāraddhacittā mendicantsbhikkhū give the going forthpabbājenti give the ordinationupasampādenti to monkhoodbhikkhubhāvāya;
howeverapi andca here to memettha individual·differencepuggalavemattatā knownviditā”ti.
if“Sace, sirbhante, other·sectarianaññatitthiyapubbā in thisimasmiṁ teaching and trainingdhammavinaye wishingākaṅkhantā the going forthpabbajjaṁ, wishingākaṅkhantā the ordinationupasampadaṁ fourcattāro monthsmāse live on probationparivasanti, of fourcatunnaṁ monthsmāsānaṁ after the passingaccayena satisfied·mindāraddhacittā mendicantsbhikkhū give the going forthpabbājenti give the ordinationupasampādenti to monkhoodbhikkhubhāvāya; Iahaṁ fourcattāri yearsvassāni I will live on probationparivasissāmi. of fourCatunnaṁ yearsvassānaṁ after the passingaccayena satisfied·mindāraddhacittā mendicantsbhikkhū let them give the going forthpabbājentu let them give the ordinationupasampādentu to monkhoodbhikkhubhāvāyā”ti.
receivedAlattha indeedkho Vacchagottavacchagotto wandererparibbājako of the Blessed Onebhagavato in the presencesantike the going forthpabbajjaṁ receivedalattha the ordinationupasampadaṁ.

not·long·ordainedAcirūpasampanno indeedkho and·venerablepanāyasmā Vacchagottavacchagotto fortnight·ordainedaddhamāsūpasampanno whereyena the Buddhabhagavā there he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā the Buddhabhagavantaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā to one sideekamantaṁ he sat downnisīdi. to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinno indeedkho venerableāyasmā Vacchagottavacchagotto to the Buddhabhagavantaṁ he said thisetadavoca:
as far as possible“yāvatakaṁ, sirbhante, of a traineesekhena with knowledgeñāṇena of a traineesekhāya with understandingvijjāya to be reachedpattabbaṁ, reachedanuppattaṁ thattaṁ by memayā;
furtheruttari andca to meme the Buddhabhagavā dhammadhammaṁ let him teachdesetū”ti.

by that“Tena thenhi youtvaṁ, Vacchavaccha, twodve thingsdhamme furtheruttari develop·serenity·andbhāvehi—samathañca discernment·andvipassanañca.
theseIme indeedkho by youte, Vacchavaccha, twodve thingsdhammā furtheruttari developed·serenitybhāvitā—samatho andca discernmentvipassanā and·many-element-penetrationca—anekadhātupaṭivedhāya they will leadsaṁvattissanti.

thatSo youtvaṁ, Vacchavaccha, as far asyāvadeva you will wishākaṅkhissasi:
of many kinds‘anekavihitaṁ power·kindiddhividhaṁ experience + one·toopaccanubhaveyyaṁ—ekopi having beenhutvā manifoldbahudhā may I beassaṁ, manifold + toobahudhāpi having beenhutvā oneeko may I beassaṁ; visibleāvibhāvaṁ, invisibletirobhāvaṁ; through·walltirokuṭṭaṁ through·ramparttiropākāraṁ through·mountaintiropabbataṁ not·stickingasajjamāno may I gogaccheyyaṁ, just asseyyathāpi in spaceākāse; earth + toopathaviyāpi emerging·divingummujjanimujjaṁ may I dokareyyaṁ, just asseyyathāpi in waterudake; on water + tooudakepi not·breakingabhijjamāne may I gogaccheyyaṁ, just asseyyathāpi on earthpathaviyaṁ; in space + tooākāsepi cross-leggedpallaṅkena may I walkkameyyaṁ, just asseyyathāpi wingedpakkhī birdsakuṇo; these + tooimepi moon·suncandimasūriye so·mightyevaṁmahiddhike so·powerfulevaṁmahānubhāve with the handpāṇinā may I touchparimaseyyaṁ, may I strokeparimajjeyyaṁ; as far asyāva realm of divinity + evenbrahmalokāpi with the bodykāyena controlvasaṁ may I wieldvatteyyan’ti,
in thattatra right theretatreva witness·capabilitysakkhibhabbataṁ you will attainpāpuṇissasi, when there issati the basis of mindfulnesssatiāyatane.

youSo youtvaṁ, Vacchavaccha, wheneveryāvadeva you will wishākaṅkhissasi:
with divine‘dibbāya ear-elementsotadhātuyā purifiedvisuddhāya superhumanatikkantamānusikāya bothubho soundssadde may I hearsuṇeyyaṁ—dibbe andca humanmānuse andca, whichye fardūre nearsantike andcā’ti, theretatra right theretatreva capability of witnessingsakkhibhabbataṁ you will attainpāpuṇissasi, when there issati the basis of mindfulnesssatiāyatane.

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