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Majjhima Nikāya 76

Sandakasutta

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ifSace of thisimassa of the venerablebhoto of the teachersatthuno truesaccaṁ speechvacanaṁ, by one who has not doneakatena by meme hereettha donekataṁ, by one who has not livedavusitena by meme hereettha livedvusitaṁ.
both·indeedUbhopi wemayaṁ hereettha exactly equalsamasamā asceticismsāmaññaṁ attainedpattā, whoyo and Icāhaṁ notna I sayvadāmi of both‘ubhinnaṁ actingkurutaṁ notna is donekarīyati evilpāpan’ti.
superfluousAtirekaṁ indeedkho but·thispanimassa of the venerablebhoto of the teachersatthuno nakednessnaggiyaṁ baldnessmuṇḍiyaṁ squatting·persistenceukkuṭikappadhānaṁ hair·beard·tearingkesamassulocanaṁ, who·Iyohaṁ child·crowded·bedputtasambādhasayanaṁ home·liveajjhāvasanto Kāsi·sandalwoodkāsikacandanaṁ enjoy·enjoypaccanubhonto garland·fragrance·makeupmālāgandhavilepanaṁ wearingdhārento gold·silverjātarūparajataṁ acceptingsādiyanto with thisiminā venerablebhotā teachersatthārā equal·equal·destinysamasamagatiko I will bebhavissāmi in the next lifeabhisamparāyaṁ.
he·ISohaṁ whatkiṁ knowingjānanto whatkiṁ seeingpassanto in thisimasmiṁ teachersatthari spiritual·lifebrahmacariyaṁ I should leadcarissāmi?
this‘So not·spiritual lifeabrahmacariyavāso thisayan’ti
thusiti having knownviditvā thereforetasmā from the spiritual lifebrahmacariyā disappointednibbijja departspakkamati.

thisAyaṁ indeedkho, Sandakasandaka, by thattena by the Blessed Onebhagavatā by one who knowsjānatā by one who seespassatā by the Arahantarahatā by the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddhena seconddutiyo way of non-spiritual lifeabrahmacariyavāso declaredakkhāto whereyattha a wiseviññū manpuriso with·respectsasakkaṁ the spiritual lifebrahmacariyaṁ notna would livevaseyya, livingvasanto andca would not attainnārādheyya the trueñāyaṁ dhammadhammaṁ wholesomekusalaṁ.

furthermorePuna and moreovercaparaṁ, Sandakasandaka, here someidhekacco teachersatthā holding such a doctrineevaṁvādī ishoti having such a viewevaṁdiṭṭhi:
there is not‘natthi causehetu, there is notnatthi reasonpaccayo of sentient beingssattānaṁ for corruptionsaṅkilesāya;
without causeahetū without reasonappaccayā sentient beingssattā are corruptedsaṅkilissanti;
there is notnatthi causehetu, there is notnatthi reasonpaccayo of sentient beingssattānaṁ for purificationvisuddhiyā;
without causeahetū without reasonappaccayā sentient beingssattā are purifiedvisujjhanti;
there is notnatthi powerbalaṁ, there is notnatthi energyvīriyaṁ, there is notnatthi human strengthpurisathāmo, there is notnatthi human vigorpurisaparakkamo;
allsabbe sentient beingssattā allsabbe living creaturespāṇā allsabbe beingsbhūtā allsabbe soulsjīvā without controlavasā without powerabalā without energyavīriyā molded by destiny, circumstance, and natureniyatisaṅgatibhāvapariṇatā in the six classes of rebirthchasvevābhijātīsu pleasure and painsukhadukkhaṁ they experiencepaṭisaṁvedentī’ti.

thereTatra, Sandakasandaka, sensibleviññū personpuriso thusiti back·together·thinkpaṭisañcikkhati:
this‘ayaṁ indeedkho venerablebhavaṁ teachersatthā thus·speakerevaṁvādī of such viewevaṁdiṭṭhi—
there is notnatthi causehetu, there is notnatthi conditionpaccayo of beingssattānaṁ for defilementsaṅkilesāya, without·causeahetū without conditionappaccayā beingssattā are defiledsaṅkilissanti.
not·beNatthi causehetu not·benatthi conditionpaccayo of beingssattānaṁ for purificationvisuddhiyā, without·causeahetū without conditionappaccayā beingssattā are purifiedvisujjhanti.
not·beNatthi strengthbalaṁ, not·benatthi energyvīriyaṁ, not·benatthi manly strengthpurisathāmo, not·benatthi manly effortpurisaparakkamo, allsabbe beingssattā allsabbe living thingspāṇā allsabbe creaturesbhūtā allsabbe soulsjīvā without·poweravasā without·strengthabalā without·energyavīriyā fate·circumstance·nature·moldedniyatisaṅgatibhāvapariṇatā in the six classeschasvevābhijātīsu pleasure·painsukhadukkhaṁ experiencepaṭisaṁvedentī’ti.
ifSace of thisimassa venerablebhoto teacher'ssatthuno truesaccaṁ wordvacanaṁ, not·doneakatena by meme hereettha donekataṁ, not·livedavusitena by meme hereettha livedvusitaṁ.
bothUbhopi wemayaṁ hereettha equal·equalsamasamā ascetic statesāmaññaṁ attainedpattā, whoyo and Icāhaṁ notna sayvadāmi both‘ubho without·causeahetū without conditionappaccayā will be purifiedvisujjhissāmā’ti.

superfluousAtirekaṁ indeedkho but for thispanimassa venerablebhoto teachersatthuno nuditynaggiyaṁ baldnessmuṇḍiyaṁ squatting·persistingukkuṭikappadhānaṁ hair·beard·tearing outkesamassulocanaṁ, who + Iyohaṁ children·crowded·homeputtasambādhasayanaṁ livingajjhāvasanto from Kāsi·sandalwoodkāsikacandanaṁ experiencing·usingpaccanubhonto garlands·fragrance·makeupmālāgandhavilepanaṁ wearingdhārento gold·currencyjātarūparajataṁ acceptingsādiyanto with thisiminā venerablebhotā teachersatthārā same·exactly·destinysamasamagatiko I will bebhavissāmi in the next lifeabhisamparāyaṁ.
I + ISohaṁ whatkiṁ knowingjānanto whatkiṁ seeingpassanto under thisimasmiṁ teachersatthari the spiritual lifebrahmacariyaṁ I should leadcarissāmi?
this‘So not·spiritual life·abidingabrahmacariyavāso thisayan’ti—
thusiti realizingviditvā thereforetasmā from the spiritual lifebrahmacariyā disillusionednibbijja they leavepakkamati.

thisAyaṁ indeedkho, Sandakasandaka, by thattena by the Blessed Onebhagavatā by the knowing onejānatā by the seeing onepassatā by the Worthy Onearahatā rightly·awakenedsammāsambuddhena thirdtatiyo not·holy·life·wayabrahmacariyavāso declaredakkhāto whereyattha a wiseviññū personpuriso with·respectsasakkaṁ holy·lifebrahmacariyaṁ notna would livevaseyya, livingvasanto andca not·to·attainnārādheyya the rightñāyaṁ dhammadhammaṁ wholesomekusalaṁ.

furthermorePuna and alsocaparaṁ, Sandakasandaka, here someidhekacco teachersatthā thus·doctrine-holderevaṁvādī ishoti thus·viewevaṁdiṭṭhi:
these seven‘sattime substanceskāyā not·madeakaṭā not·made·derivedakaṭavidhā not·createdanimmitā not·creatoranimmātā barrenvañjhā peak·standingkūṭaṭṭhā pillar·standing·firmesikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā,
theyte notna moveiñjanti notna apart·changevipariṇamanti notna one anotheraññamaññaṁ obstructbyābādhenti unablenālaṁ for one anotheraññamaññassa pleasuresukhāya orvā paindukkhāya orvā pleasure·painsukhadukkhāya orvā.
whichKatame sevensatta?
earth·bodyPathavīkāyo water·bodyāpokāyo fire·bodytejokāyo air·bodyvāyokāyo pleasuresukhe paindukkhe souljīve seventhsattame—
theseime seven·bodysattakāyā not·madeakaṭā not·made·derivedakaṭavidhā not·createdanimmitā not·creatoranimmātā barrenvañjhā peak·standingkūṭaṭṭhā pillar·standing·firmesikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā.
theyTe notna moveiñjanti notna apart·changevipariṇamanti notna one anotheraññamaññaṁ obstructbyābādhenti. unableNālaṁ for one anotheraññamaññassa pleasuresukhāya orvā paindukkhāya orvā pleasure·painsukhadukkhāya orvā.
hereTattha not·benatthi killerhantā orvā one who makes killghātetā orvā learnersotā orvā one who makes learnsāvetā orvā apart·knowerviññātā orvā apart·causer of knowingviññāpetā orvā.
who·everYopi sharptiṇhena swordsatthena headsīsaṁ chops offchindati, notna anyonekoci anyonekañci lifejīvitā deprivesvoropeti.
of sevenSattannaṁ indeedtveva bodies·in the gap betweenkāyānamantarena swordsatthaṁ passes throughvivaramanupatati.

fourteen·fourteenCuddasa indeedkho thesepanimāni womb·main·hundred-thousandsyonipamukhasatasahassāni 60saṭṭhi andca hundredssatāni sixcha andca hundredssatāni fivepañca andca deedskammuno hundredssatāni fivepañca andca deedskammāni threetīṇi andca deedskammāni, deedskamme andca half·deedaḍḍhakamme andca, 62 paths of practicedvaṭṭhipaṭipadā, 62 sub-eonsdvaṭṭhantarakappā, six classes of rebirthchaḷābhijātiyo, eightaṭṭha stages in a person’s lifepurisabhūmiyo, less by one·fiftyekūnapaññāsa Ājīvaka asceticsājīvakasate, less by one·fiftyekūnapaññāsa wanderersparibbājakasate, less by one·fiftyekūnapaññāsa dragon abodesnāgāvāsasate, 2,000vīse lordshipsindriyasate, 3,000tiṁse hellsnirayasate, 36chattiṁsa realms of dusky skyrajodhātuyo, sevensatta percipient embryossaññīgabbhā, sevensatta non-percipient embryosasaññīgabbhā, sevensatta knotless embryosnigaṇṭhigabbhā, sevensatta godsdevā, sevensatta mental heavensmānusā, sevensatta goblinspesācā, sevensatta streamssarā, sevensatta castoff incarnationspavuṭā, sevensatta downfallspapātā, sevensatta 700 downfallspapātasatāni, sevensatta dreamssupinā, sevensatta 700 dreamssupinasatāni, 8.4 millioncullāsīti great·eonsmahākappino hundred-thousandssatasahassāni, through whichyāni the foolishbāle andca the astutepaṇḍite andca having transmigratedsandhāvitvā having wandered onsaṁsaritvā suffering·end·enddukkhassantaṁ will makekarissanti.
thereTattha not·isnatthi by this + Iimināhaṁ by preceptsīlena orvā by observancevatena orvā by fervent austeritytapena orvā by spiritual practicebrahmacariyena orvā un·ripenedaparipakkaṁ orvā deedkammaṁ I shall force to ripenparipācessāmi, ripenedparipakkaṁ orvā deedkammaṁ having experiencedphussa having experiencedphussa eliminationbyantiṁ I shall makekarissāmīti.

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