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Majjhima Nikāya 9

Sammādiṭṭhisutta

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“good, reverend!” (quote)“Sādhāvuso”ti indeedkho thosete monksbhikkhū of the venerableāyasmato Sāriputtasāriputtassa the statementbhāsitaṁ having approvedabhinanditvā having agreedanumoditvā the venerableāyasmantaṁ Sāriputtasāriputtaṁ a furtheruttari questionpañhaṁ they askedapucchuṁ:
“might there be“siyā then, reverendpanāvuso, anotheraññopi waypariyāyo in whichyathā a noble discipleariyasāvako of right viewsammādiṭṭhi ishoti, correct is hisujugatāssa viewdiṭṭhi, in the teachingdhamme with experiential confidenceaveccappasādena endowedsamannāgato, comeāgato to thisimaṁ true teaching? (quote)saddhamman”ti?

there might be“Siyā, reverendsāvuso.
whenYato indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako suffering anddukkhañca understandspajānāti, its origin anddukkhasamudayañca understandspajānāti, its cessation anddukkhanirodhañca understandspajānāti, leading to its cessationdukkhanirodhagāminiṁ the practice andpaṭipadañca understandspajānāti—
to this extentettāvatāpi indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako of right viewsammādiṭṭhi ishoti, correct is hisujugatāssa viewdiṭṭhi, in the teachingdhamme with experiential confidenceaveccappasādena endowedsamannāgato, comeāgato to thisimaṁ true teachingsaddhammaṁ.

whatKatamaṁ then, reverendpanāvuso, is sufferingdukkhaṁ, whatkatamo the origin of sufferingdukkhasamudayo, whatkatamo the cessation of sufferingdukkhanirodho, whatkatamā leading to the cessation of sufferingdukkhanirodhagāminī the practicepaṭipadā?
rebirth tooJātipi is sufferingdukkhā, old age toojarāpi is sufferingdukkhā, death toomaraṇampi is sufferingdukkhaṁ, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress toosokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsāpi are sufferingdukkhā, with the dislikedappiyehi union toosampayogopi is sufferingdukkho, from the likedpiyehi separation toovippayogopi is sufferingdukkho, what one wishes foryampicchaṁ notna getslabhati that tootampi is sufferingdukkhaṁ, in briefsaṅkhittena the five grasping aggregatespañcupādānakkhandhā are sufferingdukkhā—
thisidaṁ is called, reverendsvuccatāvuso, sufferingdukkhaṁ.

whatKatamo and, reverendscāvuso, is the origin of sufferingdukkhasamudayo?
whateverYāyaṁ cravingtaṇhā leading to rebirthponobbhavikā accompanied by relishing and greednandīrāgasahagatā delighting here and theretatratatrābhinandinī, namelyseyyathidaṁ—
craving for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhā craving for existencebhavataṇhā craving for non-existencevibhavataṇhā—
thisayaṁ is called, reverendsvuccatāvuso, the origin of sufferingdukkhasamudayo.

whatKatamo and, reverendscāvuso, is the cessation of sufferingdukkhanirodho?
whateverYo of that verytassāyeva cravingtaṇhāya remainderless fading and cessationasesavirāganirodho giving upcāgo relinquishingpaṭinissaggo releasemutti non-attachmentanālayo—
thisayaṁ is called, reverendsvuccatāvuso, the cessation of sufferingdukkhanirodho.

whatKatamā and, reverendscāvuso, leading to the cessation of sufferingdukkhanirodhagāminī is the practicepaṭipadā?
just thisAyameva nobleariyo eightfoldaṭṭhaṅgiko pathmaggo, namelyseyyathidaṁ—
right viewsammādiṭṭhi and so on…pe… right immersionsammāsamādhi—
thisayaṁ is called, reverendsvuccatāvuso, leading to the cessation of sufferingdukkhanirodhagāminī the practicepaṭipadā.

whenYato indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako thusevaṁ sufferingdukkhaṁ understandspajānāti, thusevaṁ its origindukkhasamudayaṁ understandspajānāti, thusevaṁ its cessationdukkhanirodhaṁ understandspajānāti, thusevaṁ leading to its cessationdukkhanirodhagāminiṁ the practicepaṭipadaṁ understandspajānāti, heso completelysabbaso the underlying tendency to greedrāgānusayaṁ having given uppahāya, the underlying tendency to aversionpaṭighānusayaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā, ‘I am’ (quote)‘asmī’ti the underlying tendency to view and conceitdiṭṭhimānānusayaṁ having eradicatedsamūhanitvā, ignoranceavijjaṁ having given uppahāya knowledgevijjaṁ having arouseduppādetvā, in this verydiṭṭheva lifedhamme an end-maker of sufferingdukkhassantakaro ishoti—
to this extentettāvatāpi indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako of right viewsammādiṭṭhi ishoti, correct is hisujugatāssa viewdiṭṭhi, in the teachingdhamme with experiential confidenceaveccappasādena endowedsamannāgato, comeāgato to thisimaṁ true teaching (quote)saddhamman”ti.

“good, reverend!” (quote)“Sādhāvuso”ti indeedkho thosete monksbhikkhū of the venerableāyasmato Sāriputtasāriputtassa the statementbhāsitaṁ having approvedabhinanditvā having agreedanumoditvā the venerableāyasmantaṁ Sāriputtasāriputtaṁ a furtheruttari questionpañhaṁ they askedapucchuṁ:
“might there be“siyā then, reverendpanāvuso, anotheraññopi waypariyāyo in whichyathā a noble discipleariyasāvako of right viewsammādiṭṭhi ishoti, correct is hisujugatāssa viewdiṭṭhi, in the teachingdhamme with experiential confidenceaveccappasādena endowedsamannāgato, comeāgato to thisimaṁ true teaching? (quote)saddhamman”ti?

there might be“Siyā, reverendsāvuso.
whenYato indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako old age and death andjarāmaraṇañca understandspajānāti, their origin andjarāmaraṇasamudayañca understandspajānāti, their cessation andjarāmaraṇanirodhañca understandspajānāti, leading to their cessationjarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ the practice andpaṭipadañca understandspajānāti—
to this extentettāvatāpi indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako of right viewsammādiṭṭhi ishoti, correct is hisujugatāssa viewdiṭṭhi, in the teachingdhamme with experiential confidenceaveccappasādena endowedsamannāgato, comeāgato to thisimaṁ true teachingsaddhammaṁ.

whatKatamaṁ then, reverendpanāvuso, are old age and deathjarāmaraṇaṁ, whatkatamo the origin of old age and deathjarāmaraṇasamudayo, whatkatamo the cessation of old age and deathjarāmaraṇanirodho, whatkatamā leading to the cessation of old age and deathjarāmaraṇanirodhagāminī the practicepaṭipadā?
whateverYā of thosetesaṁ varioustesaṁ beingssattānaṁ in thistamhi or thattamhi order of beingssattanikāye old agejarā decrepitudejīraṇatā broken teethkhaṇḍiccaṁ gray hairpāliccaṁ wrinkled skinvalittacatā of vitalityāyuno the declinesaṁhāni of the facultiesindriyānaṁ the failingparipāko—
thisayaṁ is called, reverendsvuccatāvuso, old agejarā.
and what, reverendsKatamañcāvuso, is deathmaraṇaṁ?
whateverYā of thosetesaṁ varioustesaṁ beingssattānaṁ from thistamhā or thattamhā order of beingssattanikāyā the passing awaycuti perishingcavanatā breakupbhedo disappearanceantaradhānaṁ mortalitymaccu deathmaraṇaṁ demisekālaṅkiriyā of the aggregateskhandhānaṁ the breaking upbhedo, of the corpsekaḷevarassa the laying downnikkhepo, the cutting off of the life facultyjīvitindriyassupacchedo—
thisidaṁ is called, reverendsvuccatāvuso, deathmaraṇaṁ.
thusIti thisayañca old agejarā and thisidañca deathmaraṇaṁ—
thisidaṁ is called, reverendsvuccatāvuso, old age and deathjarāmaraṇaṁ.
from the origin of rebirthJātisamudayā the origin of old age and deathjarāmaraṇasamudayo, with the cessation of rebirthjātinirodhā the cessation of old age and deathjarāmaraṇanirodho, just thisayameva nobleariyo eightfoldaṭṭhaṅgiko pathmaggo leading to the cessation of old age and deathjarāmaraṇanirodhagāminī is the practicepaṭipadā, namelyseyyathidaṁ—
right viewsammādiṭṭhi and so on…pe… right immersionsammāsamādhi.

whenYato indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako thusevaṁ old age and deathjarāmaraṇaṁ understandspajānāti, thusevaṁ their originjarāmaraṇasamudayaṁ understandspajānāti, thusevaṁ their cessationjarāmaraṇanirodhaṁ understandspajānāti, thusevaṁ leading to their cessationjarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ the practicepaṭipadaṁ understandspajānāti, heso completelysabbaso the underlying tendency to greedrāgānusayaṁ having given uppahāya and so on…pe… an end-maker of sufferingdukkhassantakaro ishoti—
to this extentettāvatāpi indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako of right viewsammādiṭṭhi ishoti, correct is hisujugatāssa viewdiṭṭhi, in the teachingdhamme with experiential confidenceaveccappasādena endowedsamannāgato, comeāgato to thisimaṁ true teaching (quote)saddhamman”ti.

“good, reverend!” (quote)“Sādhāvuso”ti indeedkho and so on…pe… they askedapucchuṁ—
might there besiyā then, reverendpanāvuso and so on…pe…

there might be“siyā, reverendsāvuso.
whenYato indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako rebirth andjātiñca understandspajānāti, its origin andjātisamudayañca understandspajānāti, its cessation andjātinirodhañca understandspajānāti, leading to its cessationjātinirodhagāminiṁ the practice andpaṭipadañca understandspajānāti—
to this extentettāvatāpi indeedkho, reverendsāvuso, a noble discipleariyasāvako of right viewsammādiṭṭhi ishoti, correct is hisujugatāssa viewdiṭṭhi, in the teachingdhamme with experiential confidenceaveccappasādena endowedsamannāgato, comeāgato to thisimaṁ true teachingsaddhammaṁ.

whatKatamā then, reverendpanāvuso, is rebirthjāti, whatkatamo the origin of rebirthjātisamudayo, whatkatamo the cessation of rebirthjātinirodho, whatkatamā leading to the cessation of rebirthjātinirodhagāminī the practicepaṭipadā?
whateverYā of thosetesaṁ varioustesaṁ beingssattānaṁ in thistamhi or thattamhi order of beingssattanikāye rebirthjāti inceptionsañjāti conceptionokkanti regenerationabhinibbatti of the aggregateskhandhānaṁ the manifestationpātubhāvo, of the sense fieldsāyatanānaṁ the acquisitionpaṭilābho—
thisayaṁ is called, reverendsvuccatāvuso, rebirthjāti.
from the origin of continued existenceBhavasamudayā the origin of rebirthjātisamudayo, with the cessation of continued existencebhavanirodhā the cessation of rebirthjātinirodho, just thisayameva nobleariyo eightfoldaṭṭhaṅgiko pathmaggo leading to the cessation of rebirthjātinirodhagāminī is the practicepaṭipadā, namelyseyyathidaṁ—
right viewsammādiṭṭhi and so on…pe… right immersionsammāsamādhi.

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