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Majjhima Nikāya 94

Ghoṭamukhasutta

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heSo thusevaṁ immersed in samādhisamāhite when the mindcitte completely·pureparisuddhe all around·brightpariyodāte not·flawanaṅgaṇe rid of corruptionsvigatūpakkilese soft·becomemudubhūte workablekammaniye steadyṭhite imperturbable·attainedāneñjappatte of sentient beingssattānaṁ death-and-rebirth·knowledgecutūpapātañāṇāya the mindcittaṁ they extendabhininnāmeti.
heSo with clairvoyancedibbena with the eyecakkhunā apart·purevisuddhena surpassing·humanatikkantamānusakena sentient beingssatte he seespassati passing awaycavamāne being rebornupapajjamāne inferiorhīne superiorpaṇīte good·colorsuvaṇṇe bad·colordubbaṇṇe good·gonesugate bad·goneduggate as + according-to-kammayathākammūpage sentient beingssatte he understandspajānāti: these‘ime indeedvata dearbhonto beingssattā body·bad conductkāyaduccaritena together·endowedsamannāgatā ……pe… the noble onesariyānaṁ against·speakersupavādakā wrong·viewmicchādiṭṭhikā choosing wrong-view actionsmicchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, theyte of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā a place of lossapāyaṁ bad·goingduggatiṁ down·fallingvinipātaṁ hellnirayaṁ rebornupapannā. theseIme butvā indeedpana dearbhonto beingssattā body·good conductkāyasucaritena together·endowedsamannāgatā ……pe… the noble onesariyānaṁ not·against·speakersanupavādakā right·viewsammādiṭṭhikā choosing right-view actionssammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, theyte of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā good·goingsugatiṁ a heavenly realmsaggaṁ worldlokaṁ rebornupapannā’ti. thusIti with clairvoyancedibbena with the eyecakkhunā apart·purevisuddhena surpassing·humanatikkantamānusakena sentient beingssatte he seespassati passing awaycavamāne being rebornupapajjamāne inferiorhīne superiorpaṇīte good·colorsuvaṇṇe bad·colordubbaṇṇe good·gonesugate bad·goneduggate as + according-to-kammayathākammūpage sentient beingssatte he understandspajānāti.

heSo thusevaṁ composedsamāhite mindcitte purifiedparisuddhe brightpariyodāte flawlessanaṅgaṇe rid of corruptionsvigatūpakkilese pliablemudubhūte workablekammaniye steadyṭhite imperturbableāneñjappatte of the defilementsāsavānaṁ ending·for knowledgekhayañāṇāya mindcittaṁ directs towardabhininnāmeti.
heSo this‘idaṁ sufferingdukkhan’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti, this‘ayaṁ origin of sufferingdukkhasamudayo’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti, this‘ayaṁ cessation of sufferingdukkhanirodho’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti, this‘ayaṁ suffering·cessation·leadingdukkhanirodhagāminī practicepaṭipadā’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti;
these‘ime defilementsāsavā’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti, this‘ayaṁ origin of defilementsāsavasamudayo’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti, this‘ayaṁ cessation of defilementsāsavanirodho’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti, this‘ayaṁ defilement·cessation·leadingāsavanirodhagāminī practicepaṭipadā’ti as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ understandspajānāti.

of thisTassa thusevaṁ knowingjānato thusevaṁ seeingpassato sensuality·defilement·tookāmāsavāpi mindcittaṁ is freedvimuccati, existence·defilement·toobhavāsavāpi mindcittaṁ is freedvimuccati, ignorance·defilement·tooavijjāsavāpi mindcittaṁ is freedvimuccati.
when freedVimuttasmiṁ 'freed'vimuttamiti knowledgeñāṇaṁ ishoti.
ended‘Khīṇā rebirthjāti, completedvusitaṁ spiritual journeybrahmacariyaṁ, donekataṁ what had to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, there is not anything furthernāparaṁ for this placeitthattāyā’ti understandspajānāti.

thisAyaṁ is calledvuccati, brahminbrāhmaṇa, individualpuggalo not self-mortifyingnevattantapo not committed to the practice of self-mortificationnāttaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto, notna other·mortifyingparantapo notna not committed to the practice of mortifying othersparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto.
theySo not·self·mortifyinganattantapo not·other·mortifyingaparantapo seen·verydiṭṭheva lifedhamme without·wishnicchāto quenchednibbuto cool·becomesītībhūto bliss·experiencingsukhappaṭisaṁvedī divine·becomebrahmabhūtena selfattanā they liveviharatī”ti.

thusEvaṁ when spokenvutte, Ghoṭamukhaghoṭamukho brahminbrāhmaṇo the venerableāyasmantaṁ Udenaudenaṁ this·thisetadavoca:
excellent“abhikkantaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, excellentabhikkantaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena.
just asSeyyathāpi, worthybho Udenaudena, overturnednikkujjitaṁ orvā might rightukkujjeyya, covered·hidepaṭicchannaṁ orvā might revealvivareyya, to the lostmūḷhassa orvā pathmaggaṁ to·tellācikkheyya, in the darkandhakāre orvā oil·lamptelapajjotaṁ might holddhāreyya having eyes‘cakkhumanto formsrūpāni may seedakkhantī’ti; just·so + justevamevaṁ by worthybhotā by Udenaudenena many·wayanekapariyāyena dhammadhammo forth·shinepakāsito.
this IEsāhaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Udenaudenaṁ as refugesaraṇaṁ I gogacchāmi and the dhammadhammañca mendicant·sanghabhikkhusaṅghañca.
as lay followerUpāsakaṁ memaṁ worthybhavaṁ Udenaudeno may rememberdhāretu today + fromajjatagge life + gonepāṇupetaṁ as refugesaraṇaṁ gonegatan”ti.

do not“Mā indeedkho memaṁ youtvaṁ, brahminbrāhmaṇa, refugesaraṇaṁ wentagamāsi.
that + veryTameva blessed onebhagavantaṁ refugesaraṇaṁ gogacchāhi which Iyamahaṁ refugesaraṇaṁ gonegato”ti.
where“Kahaṁ butpana, worthybho Udenaudena, at presentetarahi thatso worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo dwellsviharati perfected onearahaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho”ti?
fully quenched“Parinibbuto indeedkho, brahminbrāhmaṇa, at presentetarahi theso Blessed Onebhagavā perfected onearahaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho”ti.
if even“Sacepi wemayaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, would hearsuṇeyyāma thetaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ in tendasasu leaguesyojanesu, ten alsodasapi wemayaṁ leaguesyojanāni would gogaccheyyāma thetaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ to seedassanāya perfected onearahantaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhaṁ.
if evenSacepi wemayaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, would hearsuṇeyyāma thetaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ in twentyvīsatiyā leaguesyojanesu ……
in thirtytiṁsāya leaguesyojanesu ……
in fortycattārīsāya leaguesyojanesu ……
in fiftypaññāsāya leaguesyojanesu, fifty alsopaññāsampi wemayaṁ leaguesyojanāni would gogaccheyyāma thetaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ to seedassanāya perfected onearahantaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhaṁ.
at a hundred leaguesYojanasate even ifcepi wemayaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, would hearsuṇeyyāma thetaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ, a hundred leaguesyojanasatampi wemayaṁ would gogaccheyyāma thetaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ to seedassanāya perfected onearahantaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhaṁ.

sinceYato andca indeedkho, sirbho Udenaudena, fully·quenchparinibbuto thatso worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo, fully·quenchparinibbutampi Imayaṁ to thattaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ refugesaraṇaṁ I gogacchāma teaching + anddhammañca monk·community + andbhikkhusaṅghañca.
as a lay followerUpāsakaṁ memaṁ worthybhavaṁ Udenaudeno may he rememberdhāretu from this day forthajjatagge life·gone topāṇupetaṁ refugesaraṇaṁ gonegataṁ.

there isAtthi andca to meme, worthybho Udenaudena, Aṅga·kingaṅgarājā dailydevasikaṁ regular·allowanceniccabhikkhaṁ givesdadāti, from thattato Iahaṁ of the worthybhoto to Udenaudenassa oneekaṁ regular·allowanceniccabhikkhaṁ I givedadāmī”ti.
what“Kiṁ butpana to youte, brahminbrāhmaṇa, Aṅga·kingaṅgarājā dailydevasikaṁ regular·allowanceniccabhikkhaṁ givesdadātī”ti?
five“Pañca, worthybho Udenaudena, dollar·hundredkahāpaṇasatānī”ti.
not“Na indeedkho for usno, brahminbrāhmaṇa, it is properkappati gold·currencyjātarūparajataṁ to receivepaṭiggahetun”ti.
if“Sace thattaṁ of the worthybhoto to Udenaudenassa notna it is properkappati a dwellingvihāraṁ of the worthybhoto to Udenaudenassa I will have builtkārāpessāmī”ti.
if“Sace indeedkho to meme youtvaṁ, brahminbrāhmaṇa, a dwellingvihāraṁ, have built·wantingkārāpetukāmo, at Pāṭaliputtapāṭaliputte for the Saṅghasaṅghassa assembly·hallupaṭṭhānasālaṁ have builtkārāpehī”ti.
now by this I am“Imināpāhaṁ of the worthybhoto to Udenaudenassa even morebhiyyoso by the measuremattāya delightedattamano satisfiedabhiraddho sinceyaṁ memaṁ the worthybhavaṁ Udenaudeno in the Saṅghasaṅghe in givingdāne encouragessamādapeti.
so IEsāhaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, with thisetissā andca regular allowanceniccabhikkhāya anotheraparāya andca regular allowanceniccabhikkhāya at Pāṭaliputtapāṭaliputte for the Saṅghasaṅghassa assembly·hallupaṭṭhānasālaṁ I will have builtkārāpessāmī”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Ghoṭamukhaghoṭamukho brahminbrāhmaṇo with thisetissā andca regular allowanceniccabhikkhāya anotheraparāya andca regular allowanceniccabhikkhāya at Pāṭaliputtapāṭaliputte for the Saṅghasaṅghassa assembly·hallupaṭṭhānasālaṁ he had builtkārāpesi.

itSā nowetarahi Ghoṭamukhī·thus“ghoṭamukhī”ti say·thusvuccatīti.
Ghoṭamukha·discourseGhoṭamukhasuttaṁ is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ fourthcatutthaṁ.

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