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Majjhima Nikāya 74

Dīghanakhasutta

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there + AggivessanaTatraggivessana, whoye thosete ascetic·brahminsamaṇabrāhmaṇā thus·assertingevaṁvādino thus·viewevaṁdiṭṭhino:
some things‘ekaccaṁ to meme are acceptablekhamati, some thingsekaccaṁ to meme are not acceptablenakkhamatī’ti
theretattha a sensibleviññū personpuriso thusiti back·together·thinkpaṭisañcikkhati:
which‘yā indeedkho I haveme thisayaṁ viewdiṭṭhi—
some thingsekaccaṁ to meme are acceptablekhamati, some thingsekaccaṁ to meme not·be-acceptable·quotation-markernakkhamatīti,
this + ifimañce Iahaṁ viewdiṭṭhiṁ firmlythāmasā with graspingparāmāsā towards·adhereabhinivissa I were to declarevohareyyaṁ—
this + aloneidameva truthsaccaṁ futile·other·quotation-markermoghamaññanti;
with twodvīhi I would haveme there would beassa argumentviggaho—
whoyo and + thiscāyaṁ asceticsamaṇo orvā brahminbrāhmaṇo orvā thus·assertingevaṁvādī thus·view + allevaṁdiṭṭhi—sabbaṁ to meme be-acceptable·quotation-markerkhamatīti,
whoyo and + thiscāyaṁ asceticsamaṇo orvā brahminbrāhmaṇo orvā thus·assertingevaṁvādī thus·view + allevaṁdiṭṭhi—sabbaṁ to meme not·be-acceptable·quotation-markernakkhamatīti—
with theseimehi there would beassa twodvīhi argumentsviggaho.
soIti when there is argumentviggahe when there issati disputevivādo, when there is disputevivāde when there issati distressvighāto, when there is distressvighāte when there issati harmvihesā’.
soIti heso argument + andviggahañca dispute + andvivādañca distress + andvighātañca harm + andvihesañca in himselfattani together·seesampassamāno that + verytañceva viewdiṭṭhiṁ forth·give-uppajahati other + andaññañca viewdiṭṭhiṁ notna graspsupādiyati.
thus + theseEvametāsaṁ of viewsdiṭṭhīnaṁ giving uppahānaṁ there ishoti, thus + theseevametāsaṁ of viewsdiṭṭhīnaṁ letting gopaṭinissaggo there ishoti.

thisAyaṁ indeedkho but, Aggivessana,panaggivessana, bodykāyo has formrūpī made of the four great elementscātumahābhūtiko produced by mother and fathermātāpettikasambhavo built up from rice and porridgeodanakummāsūpacayo liable to impermanence, to wearing away and erosion, to breaking up and destructionaniccucchādanaparimaddanabhedanaviddhaṁsanadhammo, as impermanentaniccato as sufferingdukkhato as diseasedrogato as a boilgaṇḍato as a dartsallato as gloomaghato as an afflictionābādhato as alienparato as breaking apartpalokato as emptysuññato as not-selfanattato should be seensamanupassitabbo.
for him thisTassimaṁ bodykāyaṁ as impermanentaniccato as sufferingdukkhato as diseasedrogato as a boilgaṇḍato as a dartsallato as gloomaghato as an afflictionābādhato as alienparato as breaking apartpalokato as emptysuññato as not-selfanattato seeingsamanupassato whateveryo in the bodykāyasmiṁ desire for the bodykāyachando affection for the bodykāyasneho subservience to the bodykāyanvayatā thatsā is given uppahīyati.

threeTisso indeedkho theseimā, Aggivessanaaggivessana, feelingsvedanā—
pleasantsukhā feelingvedanā, painfuldukkhā feelingvedanā, not·painful·not·pleasantadukkhamasukhā feelingvedanā.
at whichYasmiṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, timesamaye pleasantsukhaṁ feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti, not·indeedneva thattasmiṁ timesamaye painfuldukkhaṁ feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti, notna not·painful·not·pleasantadukkhamasukhaṁ feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti;
pleasant·indeedsukhaṁyeva thattasmiṁ timesamaye feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti.
at whichYasmiṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, timesamaye painfuldukkhaṁ feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti, not·indeedneva thattasmiṁ timesamaye pleasantsukhaṁ feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti, notna not·painful·not·pleasantadukkhamasukhaṁ feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti;
painful·indeeddukkhaṁyeva thattasmiṁ timesamaye feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti.
at whichYasmiṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, timesamaye not·painful·not·pleasantadukkhamasukhaṁ feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti, not·indeedneva thattasmiṁ timesamaye pleasantsukhaṁ feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti, notna painfuldukkhaṁ feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti;
not·painful·not·pleasant·indeedadukkhamasukhaṁyeva thattasmiṁ timesamaye feelingvedanaṁ feelsvedeti.

pleasant·tooSukhāpi indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, feelingvedanā impermanentaniccā conditionedsaṅkhatā dependently originatedpaṭiccasamuppannā liable to endkhayadhammā liable to vanishvayadhammā liable to fade awayvirāgadhammā liable to cease;nirodhadhammā;
painful·toodukkhāpi indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, feelingvedanā impermanentaniccā conditionedsaṅkhatā dependently originatedpaṭiccasamuppannā liable to endkhayadhammā liable to vanishvayadhammā liable to fade awayvirāgadhammā liable to cease;nirodhadhammā;
neither-painful-nor-pleasant·tooadukkhamasukhāpi indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, feelingvedanā impermanentaniccā conditionedsaṅkhatā dependently originatedpaṭiccasamuppannā liable to endkhayadhammā liable to vanishvayadhammā liable to fade awayvirāgadhammā liable to cease.nirodhadhammā.

thusEvaṁ seeingpassaṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, learnedsutavā noble discipleariyasāvako with pleasant toosukhāyapi with feelingvedanāya down·bindnibbindati, with painful toodukkhāyapi with feelingvedanāya down·bindnibbindati, with neutral tooadukkhamasukhāyapi with feelingvedanāya down·bindnibbindati;
being disillusionednibbindaṁ apart·desirevirajjati, apart·passionvirāgā apart·freevimuccati. when freedVimuttasmiṁ, freed + quotation markervimuttamiti knowledgeñāṇaṁ there ishoti.
ended‘Khīṇā rebirthjāti, completedvusitaṁ holy·conductbrahmacariyaṁ, donekataṁ what had to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, nothing furthernāparaṁ for this placeitthattāyā’ti forth·knowpajānāti.

thusEvaṁ apart·released·mindvimuttacitto indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, mendicantbhikkhu notna with anyonekenaci sides withsaṁvadati, notna with anyonekenaci disputes withvivadati, what·andyañca in the worldloke is saidvuttaṁ with thattena communicatesvoharati, not·graspingaparāmasan”ti.

by thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena venerableāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto of the Blessed Onebhagavato behindpiṭṭhito standingṭhito washoti the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ fanningbījayamāno.
thenAtha indeedkho of the venerableāyasmato of Sāriputtasāriputtassa this occurred:etadahosi:
of these“tesaṁ of thesetesaṁ it seemskira to usno the Blessed Onebhagavā of dhammasdhammānaṁ through direct knowledgeabhiññā speaks of giving uppahānamāha, of thesetesaṁ of thesetesaṁ it seemskira to usno the Well-Gone Onesugato of dhammasdhammānaṁ through direct knowledgeabhiññā speaks of letting go.”paṭinissaggamāhā”ti.
thusIti thishidaṁ of the venerableāyasmato of Sāriputtasāriputtassa reflectingpaṭisañcikkhato by not graspinganupādāya from the defilementsāsavehi mindcittaṁ was freedvimucci.

to DīghanakhaDīghanakhassa thenpana of the wandererparibbājakassa without·dustvirajaṁ immaculatevītamalaṁ Dhamma·eyedhammacakkhuṁ up·ariseudapādi:
whatever“yaṁ anythingkiñci arising·naturesamudayadhammaṁ allsabbaṁ thattaṁ is liable to ceasenirodhadhamman”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Dīghanakhadīghanakho the wandererparibbājako saw the Dhammadiṭṭhadhammo attained the Dhammapattadhammo understood the Dhammaviditadhammo fathomed the Dhammapariyogāḷhadhammo went beyond doubttiṇṇavicikiccho got rid of indecisionvigatakathaṅkatho became self-assuredvesārajjappatto independent of othersaparappaccayo in the Teacher's instructionssatthusāsane to the Buddhabhagavantaṁ this·saidetadavoca:

excellent“abhikkantaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, excellentabhikkantaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama.
just as ifSeyyathāpi, worthybho Gotamagotama, overturnednikkujjitaṁ orvā might rightukkujjeyya, hiddenpaṭicchannaṁ orvā might revealvivareyya, to the lostmūḷhassa orvā pathmaggaṁ might point outācikkheyya, in the darkandhakāre orvā oil·lamptelapajjotaṁ might holddhāreyya: those with clear eyes‘cakkhumanto formsrūpāni will seedakkhantī’ti; just soevameva indeedkho by the worthybhotā Gotamagotamena many·waysanekapariyāyena the teachingdhammo made clearpakāsito.
this IEsāhaṁ to the worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ refugesaraṇaṁ I gogacchāmi teaching + anddhammañca and to the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghañca.
as a lay followerUpāsakaṁ memaṁ worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo may rememberdhāretu from this day forthajjatagge life·gone-topāṇupetaṁ refugesaraṇaṁ gonegatan”ti.
Dīghanakha·discourseDīghanakhasuttaṁ finishedniṭṭhitaṁ fourthcatutthaṁ.

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