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Majjhima Nikāya 73

Mahāvacchasutta

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

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freedvimuttaṁ orvā mindcittaṁ freedvimuttaṁ mindcittanti I would understandpajāneyyaṁ,
unfreedavimuttaṁ orvā mindcittaṁ unfreedavimuttaṁ mindcittanti I would understandpajāneyyan’ti,
theretatra right theretatreva ability to witnesssakkhibhabbataṁ you will attainpāpuṇissasi, when there issati occasionsatiāyatane.

thatSo youtvaṁ, Vacchavaccha, as far asyāvadeva you will wishākaṅkhissasi:
'many kinds of‘anekavihitaṁ past livespubbenivāsaṁ may I recollectanussareyyaṁ, that is—oneseyyathidaṁ—ekampi birthjātiṁ twodvepi birthsjātiyo threetissopi birthsjātiyo fourcatassopi birthsjātiyo fivepañcapi birthsjātiyo tendasapi birthsjātiyo twentyvīsampi birthsjātiyo thirtytiṁsampi birthsjātiyo fortycattālīsampi birthsjātiyo fiftypaññāsampi birthsjātiyo a hundred birthsjātisatampi a thousand birthsjātisahassampi a hundred thousand birthsjātisatasahassampi; manyanekepi eons of the world contractingsaṁvaṭṭakappe manyanekepi eons of the world expandingvivaṭṭakappe manyanekepi eons of the world contracting and expanding—there I wassaṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe—amutrāsiṁ named thisevaṁnāmo clan was thatevaṅgotto looked like thisevaṁvaṇṇo food was thatevamāhāro felt pleasure and painevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī life endedevamāyupariyanto, that oneso from that placetato passed awaycuto somewhere elseamutra I was rebornudapādiṁ; there too I wastatrāpāsiṁ named thisevaṁnāmo clan was thatevaṅgotto looked like thisevaṁvaṇṇo food was thatevamāhāro felt pleasure and painevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī life endedevamāyupariyanto, that oneso from that placetato passed awaycuto I was reborn hereidhūpapannoti; thusiti with featuressākāraṁ with detailssauddesaṁ many kinds ofanekavihitaṁ past livespubbenivāsaṁ may I recollectanussareyyan’ti,
theretatra in each casetatreva capability to witnesssakkhibhabbataṁ you will realizepāpuṇissasi, there beingsati a suitable basissatiāyatane.

thatSo youtvaṁ, Vacchavaccha, just as much asyāvadeva you will wishākaṅkhissasi:
with divine‘dibbena eyecakkhunā purifiedvisuddhena surpassing humanatikkantamānusakena beingssatte may I seepasseyyaṁ passing awaycavamāne being rebornupapajjamāne inferiorhīne superiorpaṇīte beautifulsuvaṇṇe uglydubbaṇṇe in a good placesugate in a bad placeduggate according to their deedsyathākammūpage beingssatte may I understand—thesepajāneyyaṁ—ime indeedvata dearbhonto beingssattā by bodily misconductkāyaduccaritena endowedsamannāgatā by verbal misconductvacīduccaritena endowedsamannāgatā by mental misconductmanoduccaritena endowedsamannāgatā of the noble onesariyānaṁ denouncersupavādakā wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhikā choosing wrong-view actionmicchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, theyte of the bodykāyassa at the breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā to a place of lossapāyaṁ to a bad placeduggatiṁ to ruinvinipātaṁ to hellnirayaṁ rebornupapannā; theseime howevervā thenpana dearbhonto beingssattā by bodily good conductkāyasucaritena endowedsamannāgatā by verbal good conductvacīsucaritena endowedsamannāgatā by mental good conductmanosucaritena endowedsamannāgatā of the noble onesariyānaṁ not denouncinganupavādakā right viewsammādiṭṭhikā choosing right-view actionsammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, theyte of the bodykāyassa at the breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā to a good placesugatiṁ to heavensaggaṁ to the worldlokaṁ rebornupapannāti; thusiti with divinedibbena eyecakkhunā purifiedvisuddhena surpassing humanatikkantamānusakena beingssatte may I seepasseyyaṁ passing awaycavamāne being rebornupapajjamāne inferiorhīne superiorpaṇīte beautifulsuvaṇṇe uglydubbaṇṇe in a good placesugate in a bad placeduggate according to their deedsyathākammūpage beingssatte may I understandpajāneyyan’ti,
theretatra right theretatreva the ability to witnesssakkhibhabbataṁ you will attainpāpuṇissasi, being presentsati with a basis of mindfulnesssatiāyatane.

thatSo youtvaṁ, Vacchavaccha, as far as justyāvadeva you will wishākaṅkhissasi:
of the defilements‘āsavānaṁ from the endingkhayā undefiledanāsavaṁ freedom of heartcetovimuttiṁ freedom by wisdompaññāvimuttiṁ in this very lifediṭṭheva in the dhammadhamme myselfsayaṁ with direct knowledgeabhiññā having realizedsacchikatvā having attainedupasampajja may I livevihareyyan’ti,
theretatra right theretatreva the capability of witnessingsakkhibhabbataṁ you will reachpāpuṇissasi, when there issati when there is a basissatiāyatane”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Vacchagottavacchagotto of the Buddhabhagavato what was saidbhāsitaṁ having approvedabhinanditvā having agreedanumoditvā having risen from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā the Buddhabhagavantaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā respectfully circling, keeping him on his rightpadakkhiṇaṁ having donekatvā he leftpakkāmi.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Vacchagottavacchagotto aloneeko withdrawnvūpakaṭṭho diligentappamatto keenātāpī resolutepahitatto livingviharanto soonnacirasseva—yassatthāya gentlemenkulaputtā rightlysammadeva from homeagārasmā to homelessnessanagāriyaṁ go forthpabbajanti, supreme culmination of the spiritual pathtadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ in this very lifediṭṭheva dhammadhamme himselfsayaṁ with his own insightabhiññā having realizedsacchikatvā having attainedupasampajja he livedvihāsi.
ended“Khīṇā birthjāti, completedvusitaṁ spiritual journeybrahmacariyaṁ, donekataṁ what had to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, nothing furthernāparaṁ for this placeitthattāyā”ti he understoodabbhaññāsi.
a certainAññataro indeedkho venerablepanāyasmā Vacchagottavacchagotto one of the perfectedarahataṁ becameahosi.

by thatTena nowkho thenpana at the timesamayena severalsambahulā mendicantsbhikkhū the Buddhabhagavantaṁ to seedassanāya are goinggacchanti.
sawAddasā nowkho venerableāyasmā Vacchagottavacchagotto thosete mendicantsbhikkhū from afardūratova comingāgacchante.
having seenDisvāna whereyena thosete mendicantsbhikkhū he approached themtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā thosete mendicantsbhikkhū said thisetadavoca:
hello“handa wherekahaṁ thenpana youtumhe venerablesāyasmanto are goinggacchathā”ti?
the Buddha“Bhagavantaṁ nowkho wemayaṁ, reverendāvuso, to seedassanāya we are goinggacchāmā”ti.
well then, venerables“Tenahāyasmanto mymama with the wordvacanena the Buddha'sbhagavato feetpāde with the headsirasā bowvandatha, and thusevañca sayvadetha:
Vacchagotta‘vacchagotto, sirbhante, the mendicantbhikkhu the Buddha'sbhagavato feetpāde with the headsirasā bowsvandati, and thusevañca saysvadeti—
servedpariciṇṇo by meme the Blessed Onebhagavā, servedpariciṇṇo by meme the Holy Onesugato’”ti.

“Yes, reverend,”“Evamāvuso”ti indeedkho thosete mendicantsbhikkhū of the venerableāyasmato Vacchagottavacchagottassa they repliedpaccassosuṁ.
thenAtha indeedkho thosete mendicantsbhikkhū whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā they approachedtenupasaṅkamiṁsu; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā to one sideekamantaṁ they sat downnisīdiṁsu. to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinnā indeedkho thosete mendicantsbhikkhū the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ they said thisetadavocuṁ:
“Sir,”“āyasmā, reverendbhante, Vacchagottavacchagotto of the Blessed Onebhagavato feetpāde with the headsirasā bowsvandati, and thusevañca he saysvadeti:
‘I have served‘pariciṇṇo by meme the Blessed Onebhagavā, I have servedpariciṇṇo by meme the Holy One.’”sugato’”ti.
“Already“Pubbeva by me,me, mendicants,bhikkhave, Vacchagottavacchagotto mendicantbhikkhu by the mindcetasā the mindceto having encompassedparicca knownvidito:
‘has the three knowledges‘tevijjo Vacchagottavacchagotto mendicantbhikkhu very mightymahiddhiko very powerful.’”mahānubhāvo’ti.
Deities tooDevatāpi meme this matteretamatthaṁ toldārocesuṁ:
‘has the three knowledges,‘tevijjo, reverend,bhante, Vacchagottavacchagotto mendicantbhikkhu very mightymahiddhiko very powerful.’”mahānubhāvo’”ti.
This he saidIdamavoca the Blessed Onebhagavā.
Satisfied,Attamanā thosete mendicantsbhikkhū of the Blessed Onebhagavato speechbhāsitaṁ they approvedabhinandunti.
The Longer Discourse With VacchagottaMahāvacchasuttaṁ is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ the thirdtatiyaṁ.

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