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Majjhima Nikāya 76

Sandakasutta

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of thatTassa thusevaṁ knowingjānato thusevaṁ seeingpassato also from the defilement of sensualitykāmāsavāpi mindcittaṁ apart·releasevimuccati, also from the defilement of desire for rebirthbhavāsavāpi mindcittaṁ apart·releasevimuccati, also from the defilement of ignoranceavijjāsavāpi mindcittaṁ apart·releasevimuccati.
when freedVimuttasmiṁ apart·released + quotationvimuttamiti knowledgeñāṇaṁ ishoti.
ended‘Khīṇā rebirthjāti, completedvusitaṁ spiritual·conductbrahmacariyaṁ, donekataṁ what had to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, there is nothing furthernāparaṁ for this placeitthattāyā’ti they understandpajānāti.
under whomYasmiṁ indeedkho, Sandakasandaka, teachersatthari disciplesāvako such·formevarūpaṁ high·distinctionuḷāravisesaṁ upon·goadhigacchati theretattha sensibleviññū personpuriso own·ablesasakkaṁ spiritual·conductbrahmacariyaṁ should leadvaseyya, practicingvasanto andca toward·accomplishārādheyya the systemñāyaṁ of the teachingdhammaṁ skillful + quotationkusalan”ti.

who“Yo butpana that oneso, sirbho Ānandaānanda, mendicantbhikkhu worthyarahaṁ destroyed·defilementkhīṇāsavo who has completed the spiritual journeyvusitavā done what had to be donekatakaraṇīyo laid down the burdenohitabhāro achieved their heart's goalanuppattasadattho utterly ended the fetter of continued existenceparikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano rightly freedsammadaññā freedvimutto could enjoyparibhuñjeyya theyso pleasure·quotationkāme”ti?
who“Yo that oneso, Sandakasandaka, mendicantbhikkhu worthyarahaṁ destroyed·defilementkhīṇāsavo who has completed the spiritual journeyvusitavā done what had to be donekatakaraṇīyo laid down the burdenohitabhāro achieved their heart's goalanuppattasadattho utterly ended the fetter of continued existenceparikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano rightly freed through enlightenmentsammadaññāvimutto, incapableabhabbo heso in five respectspañcaṭṭhānāni to transgressajjhācarituṁ.
incapableAbhabbo destroyed·defilementkhīṇāsavo mendicantbhikkhu deliberatelysañcicca living creaturepāṇaṁ lifejīvitā to deprive ofvoropetuṁ, incapableabhabbo destroyed·defilementkhīṇāsavo mendicantbhikkhu what is not givenadinnaṁ with the intention to stealtheyyasaṅkhātaṁ to takeādātuṁ, incapableabhabbo destroyed·defilementkhīṇāsavo mendicantbhikkhu sexualmethunaṁ dhammadhammaṁ to indulge inpaṭisevetuṁ, incapableabhabbo destroyed·defilementkhīṇāsavo mendicantbhikkhu a deliberate liesampajānamusā to speakbhāsituṁ, incapableabhabbo destroyed·defilementkhīṇāsavo mendicantbhikkhu storing upsannidhikārakaṁ sensual pleasureskāme to enjoyparibhuñjituṁ, just likeseyyathāpi formerlypubbe as a laypersonagāriyabhūto.
whoYo that oneso, Sandakasandaka, mendicantbhikkhu worthyarahaṁ destroyed·defilementkhīṇāsavo who has completed the spiritual journeyvusitavā done what had to be donekatakaraṇīyo laid down the burdenohitabhāro achieved their heart's goalanuppattasadattho utterly ended the fetter of continued existenceparikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano rightly freed through enlightenmentsammadaññāvimutto, incapableabhabbo heso theseimāni in five respectspañcaṭṭhānāni transgress·quotationajjhācaritun”ti.

who“Yo butpana thatso, sirbho Ānandaānanda, a mendicantbhikkhu worthyarahaṁ with defilements endedkhīṇāsavo perfectedvusitavā done what had to be donekatakaraṇīyo burden laid downohitabhāro attained true goalanuppattasadattho with fetters of rebirth utterly endedparikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano freed by right knowledgesammadaññāvimutto for himtassa while walkingcarato justceva while standingtiṭṭhato andca while sleepingsuttassa andca while wakingjāgarassa andca constantlysatataṁ continuallysamitaṁ knowledge and visionñāṇadassanaṁ presentpaccupaṭṭhitaṁ:
ended‘khīṇā myme defilementsāsavā’”ti?
well then“Tena indeedhi, Sandakasandaka, a simileupamaṁ to youte I shall makekarissāmi;
by means of a simileupamāyapidhekacce sensibleviññū peoplepurisā of what is saidbhāsitassa the meaningatthaṁ understandājānanti.
supposeSeyyathāpi, Sandakasandaka, of a personpurisassa hands and feethatthapādā amputatedchinnā;
to himtassa while walkingcarato justceva while standingtiṭṭhato andca while sleepingsuttassa andca while wakingjāgarassa andca constantlysatataṁ continuallysamitaṁ he is awarejānāti:
amputated‘chinnā myme hands and feethatthapādā’ti, orudāhu checkingpaccavekkhamāno he is awarejānāti:
amputated‘chinnā myme hands and feethatthapādā’”ti?
not“Na indeedkho, sirbho Ānandaānanda, thatso personpuriso constantlysatataṁ continuallysamitaṁ is awarejānāti:
amputated‘chinnā myme hands and feethatthapādā’ti.
butApi andca indeedkho butpana itnaṁ checkingpaccavekkhamāno he is awarejānāti:
amputated‘chinnā myme hands and feethatthapādā’”ti.

just so“Evameva indeedkho, Sandakasandaka, whichyo thatso mendicantbhikkhu perfectedarahaṁ with defilements endedkhīṇāsavo who has lived the lifevusitavā done·to be donekatakaraṇīyo laid down·burdenohitabhāro attained·true goalanuppattasadattho ended·becoming·fetterparikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano right understanding·liberatedsammadaññāvimutto for himtassa while walkingcarato andceva while standingtiṭṭhato andca while sleepingsuttassa andca while wakingjāgarassa andca constantlysatataṁ continuallysamitaṁ knowledge·visionñāṇadassanaṁ notna presentpaccupaṭṭhitaṁ:
ended‘khīṇā for meme defilementsāsavā’ti;
butapi andca indeedkho ratherpana itnaṁ when checkingpaccavekkhamāno knowsjānāti:
ended‘khīṇā for meme defilementsāsavā’”ti.

how many“Kīvabahukā thenpana, sirbho Ānandaānanda, in thisimasmiṁ teaching + trainingdhammavinaye emancipated onesniyyātāro”ti?
not“Na indeedkho, Sandakasandaka, one + onlyekaṁyeva hundredsataṁ notna twodve hundredssatāni notna threetīṇi hundredssatāni notna fourcattāri hundredssatāni notna fivepañca hundredssatāni, butatha indeedkho more + evenbhiyyova whoye in thisimasmiṁ teaching + trainingdhammavinaye emancipated onesniyyātāro”ti.
wonderful“Acchariyaṁ, sirbho Ānandaānanda, amazingabbhutaṁ, sirbho Ānandaānanda.
notNa andca namelynāma glorifying one's own teachingsadhammokkaṁsanā will bebhavissati, notna putting down the teaching of othersparadhammavambhanā, in its own fieldāyatane andca Dhamma·teachingdhammadesanā sotāva manybahukā andca out·goersniyyātāro will be recognizedpaññāyissanti.
theseIme but these Ājīvakaspanājīvakā sons·deadputtamatāya sonsputtā themselves onlyattānañceva glorifyukkaṁsenti, otherspare andca put downvambhenti threetayo onlyceva out·goersniyyātāro recognizepaññapenti, that isseyyathidaṁ—
Nandanandaṁ Vacchavacchaṁ, Kisakisaṁ Saṅkiccasaṅkiccaṁ, Makkhalimakkhaliṁ Gosālagosālan”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho Sandakasandako wandererparibbājako his ownsakaṁ assemblyparisaṁ addressedāmantesi:
let them go“carantu good fellowsbhonto under the asceticsamaṇe Gotamagotame the spiritual life is livedbrahmacariyavāso.
notNa nowdāni easysukaraṁ for meamhehi possessions, honor, or popularitylābhasakkārasiloke to forsakepariccajitun”ti.
thusIti indeed thishidaṁ Sandakasandako wandererparibbājako his ownsakaṁ assemblyparisaṁ sentuyyojesi under the Buddhabhagavati to lead the spiritual lifebrahmacariyeti.
Sandaka SuttaSandakasuttaṁ is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ sixthchaṭṭhaṁ.

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