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Majjhima Nikāya 73

Mahāvacchasutta

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

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vimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,
avimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ avimuttaṁ cittanti pajāneyyan’ti,
tatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇissasi, sati satiāyatane.

So tvaṁ, vaccha, yāvadeva ākaṅkhissasi:
‘anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussareyyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ dvepi jātiyo tissopi jātiyo catassopi jātiyo pañcapi jātiyo dasapi jātiyo vīsampi jātiyo tiṁsampi jātiyo cattālīsampi jātiyo paññāsampi jātiyo jātisatampi jātisahassampi jātisatasahassampi; anekepi saṁvaṭṭakappe anekepi vivaṭṭakappe anekepi saṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe—amutrāsiṁ evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto evaṁvaṇṇo evamāhāro evaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī evamāyupariyanto, so tato cuto amutra udapādiṁ; tatrāpāsiṁ evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto evaṁvaṇṇo evamāhāro evaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī evamāyupariyanto, so tato cuto idhūpapannoti; iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussareyyan’ti,
tatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇissasi, sati satiāyatane.

So tvaṁ, vaccha, yāvadeva ākaṅkhissasi:
‘dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passeyyaṁ cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate yathākammūpage satte pajāneyyaṁ—ime vata bhonto sattā kāyaduccaritena samannāgatā vacīduccaritena samannāgatā manoduccaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ upavādakā micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannā; ime vā pana bhonto sattā kāyasucaritena samannāgatā vacīsucaritena samannāgatā manosucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ anupavādakā sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapannāti; iti dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passeyyaṁ cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate yathākammūpage satte pajāneyyan’ti,
tatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇissasi, sati satiāyatane.

So tvaṁ, vaccha, yāvadeva ākaṅkhissasi:
‘āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyan’ti,
tatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇissasi, sati satiāyatane”ti.

Atha kho āyasmā vacchagotto bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.

Atha kho āyasmā vacchagotto eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.
“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.
Aññataro kho panāyasmā vacchagotto arahataṁ ahosi.

Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ dassanāya gacchanti.
Addasā kho āyasmā vacchagotto te bhikkhū dūratova āgacchante.
Disvāna yena te bhikkhū tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā te bhikkhū etadavoca:
“handa kahaṁ pana tumhe āyasmanto gacchathā”ti?
“Bhagavantaṁ kho mayaṁ, āvuso, dassanāya gacchāmā”ti.
“Tenahāyasmanto mama vacanena bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatha, evañca vadetha:
‘vacchagotto, bhante, bhikkhu bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati, evañca vadeti—
pariciṇṇo me bhagavā, pariciṇṇo me sugato’”ti.

“Evamāvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato vacchagottassa paccassosuṁ.
Atha kho te bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:
“āyasmā, bhante, vacchagotto bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati, evañca vadeti:
‘pariciṇṇo me bhagavā, pariciṇṇo me sugato’”ti.
“Pubbeva me, bhikkhave, vacchagotto bhikkhu cetasā ceto paricca vidito:
‘tevijjo vacchagotto bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo’ti.
Devatāpi me etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ:
‘tevijjo, bhante, vacchagotto bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo’”ti.
Idamavoca bhagavā.
Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.
Mahāvacchasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ tatiyaṁ.

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