{"id":"mn22","title":"The Simile of the Cobra","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn22","title":"The Simile of the Cobra","units":[{"id":"mn22:0","sourceIds":["mn22:0.1","mn22:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 22\nAlagaddūpamasutta","en":"Middle Discourses 22\nThe Simile of the Cobra"}},{"id":"mn22:1","sourceIds":["mn22:1.1","mn22:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery."}},{"id":"mn22:2","sourceIds":["mn22:2.1","mn22:2.2","mn22:2.3","mn22:2.4","mn22:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena ariṭṭhassa nāma bhikkhuno gaddhabādhipubbassa evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ hoti:\n“tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā”ti.\nAssosuṁ kho sambahulā bhikkhū:\n“ariṭṭhassa kira nāma bhikkhuno gaddhabādhipubbassa evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ:\n‘tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā’”ti.","en":"Now at that time a mendicant named Ariṭṭha, who had previously been a vulture trapper, had the following harmful misconception:\n“As I understand the Buddha’s teaching, the acts that he says are obstructions are not really obstructions for the one who performs them.”\nSeveral mendicants heard this rumour."}},{"id":"mn22:3","sourceIds":["mn22:3.1","mn22:3.2","mn22:3.3","mn22:3.4","mn22:3.5","mn22:3.6","mn22:3.7","mn22:3.8","mn22:3.9","mn22:3.10","mn22:3.11","mn22:3.12","mn22:3.13","mn22:3.14","mn22:3.15","mn22:3.16","mn22:3.17","mn22:3.18","mn22:3.19","mn22:3.20","mn22:3.21","mn22:3.22","mn22:3.23","mn22:3.24","mn22:3.25","mn22:3.26","mn22:3.27","mn22:3.28","mn22:3.29","mn22:3.30","mn22:3.31","mn22:3.32","mn22:3.33","mn22:3.34","mn22:3.35","mn22:3.36","mn22:3.37","mn22:3.38","mn22:3.39"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho te bhikkhū yena ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“saccaṁ kira te, āvuso ariṭṭha, evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ:\n‘tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā’”ti.\n“Evaṁ byā kho ahaṁ, āvuso, bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā”ti.\nAtha kho tepi bhikkhū ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ etasmā pāpakā diṭṭhigatā vivecetukāmā samanuyuñjanti samanugāhanti samanubhāsanti:\n“mā hevaṁ, āvuso ariṭṭha, avaca, mā bhagavantaṁ abbhācikkhi; na hi sādhu bhagavato abbhakkhānaṁ, na hi bhagavā evaṁ vadeyya.\nAnekapariyāyenāvuso ariṭṭha, antarāyikā dhammā antarāyikā vuttā bhagavatā, alañca pana te paṭisevato antarāyāya.\nAppassādā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.\nAṭṭhikaṅkalūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …\nmaṁsapesūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …\ntiṇukkūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …\naṅgārakāsūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …\nsupinakūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …\nyācitakūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …\nrukkhaphalūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …\nasisūnūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …\nsattisūlūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …\nsappasirūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo”ti.\nEvampi kho ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo tehi bhikkhūhi samanuyuñjiyamāno samanugāhiyamāno samanubhāsiyamāno tadeva pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ thāmasā parāmāsā abhinivissa voharati:\n“evaṁ byā kho ahaṁ, āvuso, bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā”ti.\nYato kho te bhikkhū nāsakkhiṁsu ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ etasmā pāpakā diṭṭhigatā vivecetuṁ, atha kho te bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“ariṭṭhassa nāma, bhante, bhikkhuno gaddhabādhipubbassa evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ:\n‘tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā’ti.\nAssumha kho mayaṁ, bhante:\n‘ariṭṭhassa kira nāma bhikkhuno gaddhabādhipubbassa evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ—\ntathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā’ti.\nAtha kho mayaṁ, bhante, yena ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo tenupasaṅkamimha; upasaṅkamitvā ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ etadavocumha:\n‘saccaṁ kira te, āvuso ariṭṭha, evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ—\ntathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā’ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, bhante, ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo amhe etadavoca:\n‘evaṁ byā kho ahaṁ, āvuso, bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā’ti.\nAtha kho mayaṁ, bhante, ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ etasmā pāpakā diṭṭhigatā vivecetukāmā samanuyuñjimha samanugāhimha samanubhāsimha:\n‘mā hevaṁ, āvuso ariṭṭha, avaca, mā bhagavantaṁ abbhācikkhi; na hi sādhu bhagavato abbhakkhānaṁ, na hi bhagavā evaṁ vadeyya.\nAnekapariyāyenāvuso ariṭṭha, antarāyikā dhammā antarāyikā vuttā bhagavatā, alañca pana te paṭisevato antarāyāya.\nAppassādā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.\nAṭṭhikaṅkalūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …pe…\nsappasirūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo’ti.\nEvampi kho, bhante, ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo amhehi samanuyuñjiyamāno samanugāhiyamāno samanubhāsiyamāno tadeva pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ thāmasā parāmāsā abhinivissa voharati:\n‘evaṁ byā kho ahaṁ, āvuso, bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā’ti.","en":"They went up to Ariṭṭha and said to him,\n“Is it really true, Reverend Ariṭṭha, that you have such a harmful misconception:\n‘As I understand the Buddha’s teaching, the acts that he says are obstructions are not really obstructions for the one who performs them’?”\n“Indeed, reverends. As I understand the Buddha’s teaching, the acts that he says are obstructions are not really obstructions for the one who performs them.”\nThen, wishing to dissuade Ariṭṭha from his view, the mendicants pursued, pressed, and grilled him,\n“Don’t say that, Ariṭṭha! Don’t misrepresent the Buddha, for misrepresentation of the Buddha is not good. And the Buddha would not say that.\nIn many ways the Buddha has said that obstructive acts are obstructive, and that they really do obstruct the one who performs them.\nThe Buddha says that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.\nWith the similes of a skeleton …\na scrap of meat …\na grass torch …\na pit of glowing coals …\na dream …\nborrowed goods …\nfruit on a tree …\na butcher’s knife and chopping board …\nswords and spears …\na cobra’s head, the Buddha says that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.”\nBut even though the mendicants pursued, pressed, and grilled him in this way, Ariṭṭha obstinately stuck to his misconception and insisted on it.\nWhen they weren’t able to dissuade Ariṭṭha from his view, the mendicants went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened."}},{"id":"mn22:4","sourceIds":["mn22:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yato kho mayaṁ, bhante, nāsakkhimha ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ etasmā pāpakā diṭṭhigatā vivecetuṁ, atha mayaṁ etamatthaṁ bhagavato ārocemā”ti."}},{"id":"mn22:5","sourceIds":["mn22:5.1","mn22:5.2","mn22:5.3","mn22:5.4","mn22:5.5","mn22:5.6","mn22:5.7","mn22:5.8","mn22:5.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā aññataraṁ bhikkhuṁ āmantesi:\n“ehi tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mama vacanena ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ āmantehi:\n‘satthā taṁ, āvuso ariṭṭha, āmantetī’”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho so bhikkhu bhagavato paṭissutvā, yena ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ etadavoca:\n“satthā taṁ, āvuso ariṭṭha, āmantetī”ti.\n“Evamāvuso”ti kho ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo tassa bhikkhuno paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:\n“saccaṁ kira te, ariṭṭha, evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ:\n‘tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā’”ti?\n“Evaṁ byā kho ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi: ‘yathā yeme antarāyikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā’”ti.","en":"So the Buddha addressed one of the monks,\n“Please, monk, in my name tell the mendicant Ariṭṭha, formerly a vulture trapper, that\nthe Teacher summons him.”\n“Yes, sir,” that monk replied. He went to Ariṭṭha and said to him,\n“Reverend Ariṭṭha, the Teacher summons you.”\n“Yes, reverend,” Ariṭṭha replied. He went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him,\n“Is it really true, Ariṭṭha, that you have such a harmful misconception:\n‘As I understand the Buddha’s teaching, the acts that he says are obstructions are not really obstructions for the one who performs them’?”\n“Indeed, sir. As I understand the Buddha’s teaching, the acts that he says are obstructions are not really obstructions for the one who performs them.”"}},{"id":"mn22:6","sourceIds":["mn22:6.1","mn22:6.2","mn22:6.3","mn22:6.4","mn22:6.5","mn22:6.6","mn22:6.7","mn22:6.8","mn22:6.9","mn22:6.10","mn22:6.11","mn22:6.12","mn22:6.13","mn22:6.14","mn22:6.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kassa kho nāma tvaṁ, moghapurisa, mayā evaṁ dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāsi?\nNanu mayā, moghapurisa, anekapariyāyena antarāyikā dhammā antarāyikā vuttā? Alañca pana te paṭisevato antarāyāya.\nAppassādā kāmā vuttā mayā, bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.\nAṭṭhikaṅkalūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …\nmaṁsapesūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …\ntiṇukkūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …\naṅgārakāsūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …\nsupinakūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …\nyācitakūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …\nrukkhaphalūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …\nasisūnūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …\nsattisūlūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …\nsappasirūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā, bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.\nAtha ca pana tvaṁ, moghapurisa, attanā duggahitena amhe ceva abbhācikkhasi, attānañca khanasi, bahuñca apuññaṁ pasavasi.\nTañhi te, moghapurisa, bhavissati dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāyā”ti.","en":"“Futile man, who on earth have you ever known me to teach in that way?\nHaven’t I said in many ways that obstructive acts are obstructive, and that they really do obstruct the one who performs them?\nI’ve said that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.\nWith the similes of a skeleton …\na scrap of meat …\na grass torch …\na pit of glowing coals …\na dream …\nborrowed goods …\nfruit on a tree …\na butcher’s knife and chopping board …\nswords and spears …\na cobra’s head, I’ve said that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.\nBut still you misrepresent me by your wrong grasp, harm yourself, and brim with much wickedness.\nThis will be for your lasting harm and suffering.”"}},{"id":"mn22:7","sourceIds":["mn22:7.1","mn22:7.2","mn22:7.3","mn22:7.4","mn22:7.5","mn22:7.6","mn22:7.7","mn22:7.8","mn22:7.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\napi nāyaṁ ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo usmīkatopi imasmiṁ dhammavinaye”ti?\n“Kiñhi siyā, bhante;\nno hetaṁ, bhante”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo tuṇhībhūto maṅkubhūto pattakkhandho adhomukho pajjhāyanto appaṭibhāno nisīdi.\nAtha kho bhagavā ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ tuṇhībhūtaṁ maṅkubhūtaṁ pattakkhandhaṁ adhomukhaṁ pajjhāyantaṁ appaṭibhānaṁ viditvā ariṭṭhaṁ bhikkhuṁ gaddhabādhipubbaṁ etadavoca:\n“paññāyissasi kho tvaṁ, moghapurisa, etena sakena pāpakena diṭṭhigatena.\nIdhāhaṁ bhikkhū paṭipucchissāmī”ti.","en":"Then the Buddha said to the mendicants,\n“What do you think, mendicants?\nHas this mendicant Ariṭṭha kindled even a spark of ardor in this teaching and training?”\n“How could that be, sir?\nNo, sir.”\nWhen this was said, Ariṭṭha sat silent, dismayed, shoulders drooping, downcast, depressed, with nothing to say.\nKnowing this, the Buddha said,\n“Futile man, you will be known by your own harmful misconception.\nI’ll question the mendicants about this.”"}},{"id":"mn22:8","sourceIds":["mn22:8.1","mn22:8.2","mn22:8.3","mn22:8.4","mn22:8.5","mn22:8.6","mn22:8.7","mn22:8.8","mn22:8.9","mn22:8.10","mn22:8.11","mn22:8.12","mn22:8.13","mn22:8.14","mn22:8.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“tumhepi me, bhikkhave, evaṁ dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānātha yathāyaṁ ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo attanā duggahitena amhe ceva abbhācikkhati, attānañca khanati, bahuñca apuññaṁ pasavatī”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante.\nAnekapariyāyena hi no, bhante, antarāyikā dhammā antarāyikā vuttā bhagavatā;\nalañca pana te paṭisevato antarāyāya.\nAppassādā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.\nAṭṭhikaṅkalūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā …pe…\nsappasirūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo”ti.\n“Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhave, sādhu, kho me tumhe, bhikkhave, evaṁ dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānātha.\nAnekapariyāyena hi kho, bhikkhave, antarāyikā dhammā vuttā mayā, alañca pana te paṭisevato antarāyāya.\nAppassādā kāmā vuttā mayā, bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.\nAṭṭhikaṅkalūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā …pe…\nsappasirūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā, bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.\nAtha ca panāyaṁ ariṭṭho bhikkhu gaddhabādhipubbo attanā duggahitena amhe ceva abbhācikkhati, attānañca khanati, bahuñca apuññaṁ pasavati.\nTañhi tassa moghapurisassa bhavissati dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya.","en":"Then the Buddha said to the mendicants,\n“Mendicants, do you understand my teaching as Ariṭṭha does, when he misrepresents me by his wrong grasp, harms himself, and brims with much wickedness?”\n“No, sir.\nFor in many ways the Buddha has told us that obstructive acts are obstructive, and that they really do obstruct the one who performs them.\nThe Buddha has said that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.\nWith the similes of a skeleton …\na cobra’s head, the Buddha has said that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.”\n“Good, good, mendicants! It’s good that you understand my teaching like this.\nFor in many ways I have said that obstructive acts are obstructive …\nI’ve said that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.\nBut still this Ariṭṭha misrepresents me by his wrong grasp, harms himself, and brims with much wickedness.\nThis will be for his lasting harm and suffering."}},{"id":"mn22:9","sourceIds":["mn22:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So vata, bhikkhave, aññatreva kāmehi aññatra kāmasaññāya aññatra kāmavitakkehi kāme paṭisevissatīti—netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.","en":"Truly, mendicants, it is quite impossible to perform sensual acts without sensual desires, sensual perceptions, and sensual thoughts."}},{"id":"mn22:10","sourceIds":["mn22:10.1","mn22:10.2","mn22:10.3","mn22:10.4","mn22:10.5","mn22:10.6","mn22:10.7","mn22:10.8","mn22:10.9","mn22:10.10","mn22:10.11","mn22:10.12","mn22:10.13","mn22:10.14","mn22:10.15","mn22:10.16","mn22:10.17","mn22:10.18","mn22:10.19","mn22:10.20","mn22:10.21","mn22:10.22","mn22:10.23","mn22:10.24","mn22:10.25"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha, bhikkhave, ekacce moghapurisā dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti—\nsuttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ.\nTe taṁ dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇitvā tesaṁ dhammānaṁ paññāya atthaṁ na upaparikkhanti.\nTesaṁ te dhammā paññāya atthaṁ anupaparikkhataṁ na nijjhānaṁ khamanti.\nTe upārambhānisaṁsā ceva dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti itivādappamokkhānisaṁsā ca.\nYassa catthāya dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhonti.\nTesaṁ te dhammā duggahitā dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya saṁvattanti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nDuggahitattā, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso alagaddatthiko alagaddagavesī alagaddapariyesanaṁ caramāno.\nSo passeyya mahantaṁ alagaddaṁ.\nTamenaṁ bhoge vā naṅguṭṭhe vā gaṇheyya.\nTassa so alagaddo paṭiparivattitvā hatthe vā bāhāya vā aññatarasmiṁ vā aṅgapaccaṅge ḍaṁseyya.\nSo tatonidānaṁ maraṇaṁ vā nigaccheyya maraṇamattaṁ vā dukkhaṁ.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nDuggahitattā, bhikkhave, alagaddassa.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, idhekacce moghapurisā dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti—\nsuttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ.\nTe taṁ dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇitvā tesaṁ dhammānaṁ paññāya atthaṁ na upaparikkhanti.\nTesaṁ te dhammā paññāya atthaṁ anupaparikkhataṁ na nijjhānaṁ khamanti.\nTe upārambhānisaṁsā ceva dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti itivādappamokkhānisaṁsā ca.\nYassa catthāya dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhonti.\nTesaṁ te dhammā duggahitā dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya saṁvattanti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nDuggahitattā, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ.","en":"Take a futile person who memorizes the teaching—\nstatements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations.\nBut they don’t examine the meaning of those teachings with wisdom,\nand so don’t come to an acceptance of them after deliberation.\nThey memorize the teaching for the sake of finding fault and winning debates.\nThey don’t realize the goal for which they memorized them.\nBecause they’re wrongly grasped, those teachings lead to their lasting harm and suffering.\nWhy is that?\nBecause of their wrong grasp of the teachings.\nSuppose there was a person in need of a cobra. And while wandering in search of a cobra\nthey’d see a big cobra,\nand grasp it by the coil or the tail.\nBut that cobra would twist back and bite them on the hand or the arm or other major or minor limb,\nresulting in death or deadly pain.\nWhy is that?\nBecause of their wrong grasp of the cobra.\nIn the same way, a futile person memorizes the teaching …\nand those teachings lead to their lasting harm and suffering.\nWhy is that?\nBecause of their wrong grasp of the teachings."}},{"id":"mn22:11","sourceIds":["mn22:11.1","mn22:11.2","mn22:11.3","mn22:11.4","mn22:11.5","mn22:11.6","mn22:11.7","mn22:11.8","mn22:11.9","mn22:11.10","mn22:11.11","mn22:11.12","mn22:11.13","mn22:11.14","mn22:11.15","mn22:11.16","mn22:11.17","mn22:11.18","mn22:11.19","mn22:11.20","mn22:11.21","mn22:11.22","mn22:11.23","mn22:11.24","mn22:11.25"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacce kulaputtā dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti—\nsuttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ.\nTe taṁ dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇitvā tesaṁ dhammānaṁ paññāya atthaṁ upaparikkhanti.\nTesaṁ te dhammā paññāya atthaṁ upaparikkhataṁ nijjhānaṁ khamanti.\nTe na ceva upārambhānisaṁsā dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti na itivādappamokkhānisaṁsā ca.\nYassa catthāya dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti tañcassa atthaṁ anubhonti.\nTesaṁ te dhammā suggahitā dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya saṁvattanti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nSuggahitattā bhikkhave dhammānaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso alagaddatthiko alagaddagavesī alagaddapariyesanaṁ caramāno.\nSo passeyya mahantaṁ alagaddaṁ.\nTamenaṁ ajapadena daṇḍena suniggahitaṁ niggaṇheyya.\nAjapadena daṇḍena suniggahitaṁ niggahitvā, gīvāya suggahitaṁ gaṇheyya.\nKiñcāpi so, bhikkhave, alagaddo tassa purisassa hatthaṁ vā bāhaṁ vā aññataraṁ vā aṅgapaccaṅgaṁ bhogehi paliveṭheyya, atha kho so neva tatonidānaṁ maraṇaṁ vā nigaccheyya maraṇamattaṁ vā dukkhaṁ.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nSuggahitattā, bhikkhave, alagaddassa.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, idhekacce kulaputtā dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti—\nsuttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ.\nTe taṁ dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇitvā tesaṁ dhammānaṁ paññāya atthaṁ upaparikkhanti.\nTesaṁ te dhammā paññāya atthaṁ upaparikkhataṁ nijjhānaṁ khamanti.\nTe na ceva upārambhānisaṁsā dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti, na itivādappamokkhānisaṁsā ca.\nYassa catthāya dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti, tañcassa atthaṁ anubhonti.\nTesaṁ te dhammā suggahitā dīgharattaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvattanti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nSuggahitattā, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ.","en":"Now, take a gentleman who memorizes the teaching—\nstatements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations.\nAnd once he’s memorized them, he examines their meaning with wisdom,\nand comes to an acceptance of them after deliberation.\nHe doesn’t memorize the teaching for the sake of finding fault and winning debates.\nHe realizes the goal for which he memorized them.\nBecause they’re correctly grasped, those teachings lead to his lasting welfare and happiness.\nWhy is that?\nBecause of his correct grasp of the teachings.\nSuppose there was a person in need of a cobra. And while wandering in search of a cobra\nthey’d see a big cobra,\nand hold it down carefully with a cleft stick.\nOnly then would they correctly grasp it by the neck.\nAnd even though that cobra might wrap its coils around that person’s hand or arm or some other major or minor limb, that wouldn’t result in death or deadly pain.\nWhy is that?\nBecause of their correct grasp of the cobra.\nIn the same way, a gentleman memorizes the teaching …\nand those teachings lead to his lasting welfare and happiness.\nWhy is that?\nBecause of his correct grasp of the teachings."}},{"id":"mn22:12","sourceIds":["mn22:12.1","mn22:12.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, yassa me bhāsitassa atthaṁ ājāneyyātha, tathā naṁ dhāreyyātha.\nYassa ca pana me bhāsitassa atthaṁ na ājāneyyātha, ahaṁ vo tattha paṭipucchitabbo, ye vā panāssu viyattā bhikkhū.","en":"So, mendicants, when you understand what I’ve said, you should remember it accordingly.\nBut if I’ve said anything that you don’t understand, you should ask me about it, or some competent mendicants."}},{"id":"mn22:13","sourceIds":["mn22:13.1","mn22:13.2","mn22:13.3","mn22:13.4","mn22:13.5","mn22:13.6","mn22:13.7","mn22:13.8","mn22:13.9","mn22:13.10","mn22:13.11","mn22:13.12","mn22:13.13","mn22:13.14","mn22:13.15","mn22:13.16","mn22:13.17","mn22:13.18","mn22:13.19","mn22:13.20","mn22:13.21","mn22:13.22","mn22:13.23","mn22:13.24","mn22:13.25","mn22:13.26"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kullūpamaṁ vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi nittharaṇatthāya, no gahaṇatthāya.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasikarotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso addhānamaggappaṭipanno.\nSo passeyya mahantaṁ udakaṇṇavaṁ, orimaṁ tīraṁ sāsaṅkaṁ sappaṭibhayaṁ, pārimaṁ tīraṁ khemaṁ appaṭibhayaṁ;\nna cassa nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārā pāraṁ gamanāya.\nTassa evamassa:\n‘ayaṁ kho mahāudakaṇṇavo, orimaṁ tīraṁ sāsaṅkaṁ sappaṭibhayaṁ, pārimaṁ tīraṁ khemaṁ appaṭibhayaṁ;\nnatthi ca nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārā pāraṁ gamanāya.\nYannūnāhaṁ tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ saṅkaḍḍhitvā, kullaṁ bandhitvā, taṁ kullaṁ nissāya hatthehi ca pādehi ca vāyamamāno sotthinā pāraṁ uttareyyan’ti.\nAtha kho so, bhikkhave, puriso tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ saṅkaḍḍhitvā, kullaṁ bandhitvā taṁ kullaṁ nissāya hatthehi ca pādehi ca vāyamamāno sotthinā pāraṁ uttareyya.\nTassa purisassa uttiṇṇassa pāraṅgatassa evamassa:\n‘bahukāro kho me ayaṁ kullo;\nimāhaṁ kullaṁ nissāya hatthehi ca pādehi ca vāyamamāno sotthinā pāraṁ uttiṇṇo.\nYannūnāhaṁ imaṁ kullaṁ sīse vā āropetvā khandhe vā uccāretvā yena kāmaṁ pakkameyyan’ti.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\napi nu so puriso evaṅkārī tasmiṁ kulle kiccakārī assā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Kathaṅkārī ca so, bhikkhave, puriso tasmiṁ kulle kiccakārī assa?\nIdha, bhikkhave, tassa purisassa uttiṇṇassa pāraṅgatassa evamassa:\n‘bahukāro kho me ayaṁ kullo;\nimāhaṁ kullaṁ nissāya hatthehi ca pādehi ca vāyamamāno sotthinā pāraṁ uttiṇṇo.\nYannūnāhaṁ imaṁ kullaṁ thale vā ussādetvā udake vā opilāpetvā yena kāmaṁ pakkameyyan’ti.\nEvaṅkārī kho so, bhikkhave, puriso tasmiṁ kulle kiccakārī assa.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, kullūpamo mayā dhammo desito nittharaṇatthāya, no gahaṇatthāya.","en":"Mendicants, I will teach you a simile of the teaching as a raft: for crossing over, not for holding on.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:\n“Suppose there was a person traveling along the road.\nThey’d see a large deluge, whose near shore was dubious and perilous, while the far shore was a sanctuary free of peril.\nBut there was no ferryboat or bridge for crossing over.\nThey’d think,\n‘Why don’t I gather grass, sticks, branches, and leaves and make a raft? Riding on the raft, and paddling with my hands and feet, I can safely reach the far shore.’\nAnd so they’d do exactly that.\nAnd when they’d crossed over to the far shore, they’d think,\n‘This raft has been very helpful to me.\nRiding on the raft, and paddling with my hands and feet, I have safely crossed over to the far shore.\nWhy don’t I hoist it on my head or pick it up on my shoulder and go wherever I want?’\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWould that person be doing what should be done with that raft?”\n“No, sir.”\n“And what, mendicants, should that person do with the raft?\nWhen they’d crossed over they should think,\n‘This raft has been very helpful to me. …\nWhy don’t I beach it on dry land or set it adrift on the water and go wherever I want?’\nThat’s what that person should do with the raft.\nIn the same way, I have taught a simile of the teaching as a raft: for crossing over, not for holding on."}},{"id":"mn22:14","sourceIds":["mn22:14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kullūpamaṁ vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desitaṁ, ājānantehi dhammāpi vo pahātabbā pageva adhammā.","en":"By understanding the simile of the raft, you will even give up the teachings, let alone what is not the teachings."}},{"id":"mn22:15","sourceIds":["mn22:15.1","mn22:15.2","mn22:15.3","mn22:15.4","mn22:15.5","mn22:15.6","mn22:15.7","mn22:15.8","mn22:15.9","mn22:15.10","mn22:15.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chayimāni, bhikkhave, diṭṭhiṭṭhānāni.\nKatamāni cha?\nIdha, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṁ adassāvī ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto, sappurisānaṁ adassāvī sappurisadhammassa akovido sappurisadhamme avinīto,\nrūpaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati;\nvedanaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati;\nsaññaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati;\nsaṅkhāre ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati;\nyampi taṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ, anuvicaritaṁ manasā tampi ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati;\nyampi taṁ diṭṭhiṭṭhānaṁ—\nso loko so attā, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassāmīti—\ntampi ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati.","en":"Mendicants, there are these six grounds for views.\nWhat six?\nTake an unlearned ordinary person who has not seen the noble ones, and is neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve not seen true persons, and are neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the true persons.\nThey regard form as: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self.’\nThey also regard feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nwhatever is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, and explored by the mind as: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self.’\nAnd as for this ground for views:\n‘The cosmos and the self are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever.’\nThey regard this also as: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self.’"}},{"id":"mn22:16","sourceIds":["mn22:16.1","mn22:16.2","mn22:16.3","mn22:16.4","mn22:16.5","mn22:16.6","mn22:16.7","mn22:16.8","mn22:16.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutavā ca kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako ariyānaṁ dassāvī ariyadhammassa kovido ariyadhamme suvinīto, sappurisānaṁ dassāvī sappurisadhammassa kovido sappurisadhamme suvinīto,\nrūpaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassati;\nvedanaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassati;\nsaññaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassati;\nsaṅkhāre ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassati;\nyampi taṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ, anuvicaritaṁ manasā, tampi ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassati;\nyampi taṁ diṭṭhiṭṭhānaṁ—\nso loko so attā, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassāmīti—\ntampi ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassati.","en":"But a learned noble disciple has seen the noble ones, and is skilled and trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve seen true persons, and are skilled and trained in the teaching of the true persons.\nThey regard form like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’\nThey also regard feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nwhatever is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, and explored by the mind like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’\nAnd the same for this ground for views:\n‘The cosmos and the self are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever.’\nThey also regard like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’"}},{"id":"mn22:17","sourceIds":["mn22:17.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So evaṁ samanupassanto asati na paritassatī”ti.","en":"Seeing in this way they’re not anxious about what doesn’t exist.”"}},{"id":"mn22:18","sourceIds":["mn22:18.1","mn22:18.2","mn22:18.3","mn22:18.4","mn22:18.5","mn22:18.6","mn22:18.7","mn22:18.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“siyā nu kho, bhante, bahiddhā asati paritassanā”ti?\n“Siyā, bhikkhū”ti—bhagavā avoca.\n“Idha bhikkhu ekaccassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘ahu vata me, taṁ vata me natthi;\nsiyā vata me, taṁ vatāhaṁ na labhāmī’ti.\nSo socati kilamati paridevati urattāḷiṁ kandati sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhu, bahiddhā asati paritassanā hotī”ti.","en":"When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, can there be anxiety about what doesn’t exist externally?”\n“There can, mendicant,” said the Buddha.\n“It’s when someone thinks,\n‘Oh, it once was mine but is mine no more.\nOh, it could be mine but I do not get it.’\nThey sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.\nThat’s how there is anxiety about what doesn’t exist externally.”"}},{"id":"mn22:19","sourceIds":["mn22:19.1","mn22:19.2","mn22:19.3","mn22:19.4","mn22:19.5","mn22:19.6","mn22:19.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Siyā pana, bhante, bahiddhā asati aparitassanā”ti?\n“Siyā, bhikkhū”ti—bhagavā avoca.\n“Idha bhikkhu ekaccassa na evaṁ hoti:\n‘ahu vata me, taṁ vata me natthi;\nsiyā vata me, taṁ vatāhaṁ na labhāmī’ti.\nSo na socati na kilamati na paridevati na urattāḷiṁ kandati na sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhu, bahiddhā asati aparitassanā hotī”ti.","en":"“But can there be no anxiety about what doesn’t exist externally?”\n“There can, mendicant,” said the Buddha.\n“It’s when someone doesn’t think,\n‘Oh, it once was mine but is mine no more.\nOh, it could be mine but I do not get it.’\nThey don’t sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.\nThat’s how there is no anxiety about what doesn’t exist externally.”"}},{"id":"mn22:20","sourceIds":["mn22:20.1","mn22:20.2","mn22:20.3","mn22:20.4","mn22:20.5","mn22:20.6","mn22:20.7","mn22:20.8","mn22:20.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Siyā nu kho, bhante, ajjhattaṁ asati paritassanā”ti?\n“Siyā, bhikkhū”ti—bhagavā avoca.\n“Idha, bhikkhu, ekaccassa evaṁ diṭṭhi hoti:\n‘so loko so attā, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassāmī’ti.\nSo suṇāti tathāgatassa vā tathāgatasāvakassa vā sabbesaṁ diṭṭhiṭṭhānādhiṭṭhānapariyuṭṭhānābhinivesānusayānaṁ samugghātāya sabbasaṅkhārasamathāya sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggāya taṇhākkhayāya virāgāya nirodhāya nibbānāya dhammaṁ desentassa.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘ucchijjissāmi nāmassu, vinassissāmi nāmassu, nassu nāma bhavissāmī’ti.\nSo socati kilamati paridevati urattāḷiṁ kandati sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhu, ajjhattaṁ asati paritassanā hotī”ti.","en":"“But can there be anxiety about what doesn’t exist internally?”\n“There can, mendicant,” said the Buddha.\n“It’s when someone has such a view:\n‘The cosmos and the self are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever.’\nThey hear the Realized One or their disciple teaching Dhamma for the uprooting of all grounds, fixations, obsessions, insistences, and underlying tendencies regarding views; for the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.\nThey think,\n‘Whoa, I’m going to be annihilated and destroyed! I won’t even exist any more!’\nThey sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.\nThat’s how there is anxiety about what doesn’t exist internally.”"}},{"id":"mn22:21","sourceIds":["mn22:21.1","mn22:21.2","mn22:21.3","mn22:21.4","mn22:21.5","mn22:21.6","mn22:21.7","mn22:21.8","mn22:21.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Siyā pana, bhante, ajjhattaṁ asati aparitassanā”ti?\n“Siyā, bhikkhū”ti bhagavā avoca.\n“Idha, bhikkhu, ekaccassa na evaṁ diṭṭhi hoti:\n‘so loko so attā, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassāmī’ti.\nSo suṇāti tathāgatassa vā tathāgatasāvakassa vā sabbesaṁ diṭṭhiṭṭhānādhiṭṭhānapariyuṭṭhānābhinivesānusayānaṁ samugghātāya sabbasaṅkhārasamathāya sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggāya taṇhākkhayāya virāgāya nirodhāya nibbānāya dhammaṁ desentassa.\nTassa na evaṁ hoti:\n‘ucchijjissāmi nāmassu, vinassissāmi nāmassu, nassu nāma bhavissāmī’ti.\nSo na socati na kilamati na paridevati na urattāḷiṁ kandati na sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhu, ajjhattaṁ asati aparitassanā hoti.","en":"“But can there be no anxiety about what doesn’t exist internally?”\n“There can,” said the Buddha.\n“It’s when someone doesn’t have such a view:\n‘The cosmos and the self are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever.’\nThey hear the Realized One or their disciple teaching Dhamma for the uprooting of all grounds, fixations, obsessions, insistences, and underlying tendencies regarding views; for the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.\nThey don’t think,\n‘Whoa, I’m going to be annihilated and destroyed! I won’t even exist any more!’\nThey don’t sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.\nThat’s how there is no anxiety about what doesn’t exist internally."}},{"id":"mn22:22","sourceIds":["mn22:22.1","mn22:22.2","mn22:22.3","mn22:22.4","mn22:22.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ, bhikkhave, pariggahaṁ pariggaṇheyyātha, yvāssa pariggaho nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva tiṭṭheyya.\nPassatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, taṁ pariggahaṁ yvāssa pariggaho nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva tiṭṭheyyā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Sādhu, bhikkhave.\nAhampi kho taṁ, bhikkhave, pariggahaṁ na samanupassāmi yvāssa pariggaho nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo sassatisamaṁ tatheva tiṭṭheyya.","en":"Mendicants, it would make sense to be possessive about something that’s permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever.\nBut do you see any such possession?”\n“No, sir.”\n“Good, mendicants!\nI also can’t see any such possession."}},{"id":"mn22:23","sourceIds":["mn22:23.1","mn22:23.2","mn22:23.3","mn22:23.4","mn22:23.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ, bhikkhave, attavādupādānaṁ upādiyetha, yaṁsa attavādupādānaṁ upādiyato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.\nPassatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, taṁ attavādupādānaṁ yaṁsa attavādupādānaṁ upādiyato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Sādhu, bhikkhave.\nAhampi kho taṁ, bhikkhave, attavādupādānaṁ na samanupassāmi yaṁsa attavādupādānaṁ upādiyato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.","en":"It would make sense to grasp at a theory of self that didn’t give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.\nBut do you see any such theory of self?”\n“No, sir.”\n“Good, mendicants!\nI also can’t see any such theory of self."}},{"id":"mn22:24","sourceIds":["mn22:24.1","mn22:24.2","mn22:24.3","mn22:24.4","mn22:24.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ, bhikkhave, diṭṭhinissayaṁ nissayetha yaṁsa diṭṭhinissayaṁ nissayato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.\nPassatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, taṁ diṭṭhinissayaṁ yaṁsa diṭṭhinissayaṁ nissayato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Sādhu, bhikkhave.\nAhampi kho taṁ, bhikkhave, diṭṭhinissayaṁ na samanupassāmi yaṁsa diṭṭhinissayaṁ nissayato na uppajjeyyuṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.","en":"It would make sense to rely on a view that didn’t give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.\nBut do you see any such view to rely on?”\n“No, sir.”\n“Good, mendicants!\nI also can’t see any such view to rely on."}},{"id":"mn22:25","sourceIds":["mn22:25.1","mn22:25.2","mn22:25.3","mn22:25.4","mn22:25.5","mn22:25.6","mn22:25.7","mn22:25.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attani vā, bhikkhave, sati ‘attaniyaṁ me’ti assā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.\n“Attaniye vā, bhikkhave, sati ‘attā me’ti assā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.\n“Attani ca, bhikkhave, attaniye ca saccato thetato anupalabbhamāne, yampi taṁ diṭṭhiṭṭhānaṁ:\n‘so loko so attā, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo, sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassāmī’ti—\nnanāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kevalo paripūro bāladhammo”ti?\n“Kiñhi no siyā, bhante, kevalo hi, bhante, paripūro bāladhammo”ti.","en":"Mendicants, were a self to exist, would there be the thought, ‘Belonging to my self’?”\n“Yes, sir.”\n“Were what belongs to a self to exist, would there be the thought, ‘My self’?”\n“Yes, sir.”\n“But since a self and what belongs to a self are not found as a genuine fact, is not the following a totally foolish teaching:\n‘The cosmos and the self are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever’?”\n“How could it not, sir? It’s a totally foolish teaching.”"}},{"id":"mn22:26","sourceIds":["mn22:26.1","mn22:26.2","mn22:26.3","mn22:26.4","mn22:26.5","mn22:26.6","mn22:26.7","mn22:26.8","mn22:26.9","mn22:26.10","mn22:26.11","mn22:26.12","mn22:26.13","mn22:26.14","mn22:26.15","mn22:26.16","mn22:26.17","mn22:26.18","mn22:26.19"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nrūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?\n“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.\n“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?\n“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.\n“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ—\netaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nvedanā …pe…\nsaññā …\nsaṅkhārā …\nviññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?\n“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.\n“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?\n“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.\n“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ—\netaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“What do you think, mendicants?\nIs form permanent or impermanent?”\n“Impermanent, sir.”\n“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”\n“Suffering, sir.”\n“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus:\n‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”\n“No, sir.”\n“What do you think, mendicants?\nIs feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness permanent or impermanent?”\n“Impermanent, sir.”\n“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”\n“Suffering, sir.”\n“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus:\n‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”\n“No, sir.”"}},{"id":"mn22:27","sourceIds":["mn22:27.1","mn22:27.2","mn22:27.3","mn22:27.4","mn22:27.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, yaṁ kiñci rūpaṁ atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ, ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā, oḷārikaṁ vā sukhumaṁ vā, hīnaṁ vā paṇītaṁ vā, yaṁ dūre santike vā, sabbaṁ rūpaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti—evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.\nYā kāci vedanā …pe…\nyā kāci saññā …\nye keci saṅkhārā …\nyaṁ kiñci viññāṇaṁ atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ, ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā, oḷārikaṁ vā sukhumaṁ vā, hīnaṁ vā paṇītaṁ vā, yaṁ dūre santike vā, sabbaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti—evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.","en":"“So, mendicants, you should truly see any kind of form at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: all form—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’\nYou should truly see any kind of feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: all consciousness—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’"}},{"id":"mn22:28","sourceIds":["mn22:28.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpasmiṁ nibbindati, vedanāya nibbindati, saññāya nibbindati, saṅkhāresu nibbindati, viññāṇasmiṁ nibbindati,","en":"Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness."}},{"id":"mn22:29","sourceIds":["mn22:29.1","mn22:29.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"nibbidā virajjati, virāgā vimuccati, vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.\n‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti.","en":"Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.\nThey understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’"}},{"id":"mn22:30","sourceIds":["mn22:30.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ukkhittapaligho itipi, saṅkiṇṇaparikkho itipi, abbūḷhesiko itipi, niraggaḷo itipi, ariyo pannaddhajo pannabhāro visaṁyutto itipi.","en":"Such a mendicant is one who is called ‘one who has lifted the cross-bar’, ‘one who has filled in the moat’, ‘one who has pulled up the pillar’, ‘one who is unimpeded’, and also ‘a noble one with banner lowered and burden dropped, detached’."}},{"id":"mn22:31","sourceIds":["mn22:31.1","mn22:31.2","mn22:31.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ukkhittapaligho hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno avijjā pahīnā hoti, ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā, āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ukkhittapaligho hoti.","en":"And how has a mendicant raised the cross-bar?\nIt’s when a mendicant has given up ignorance, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.\nThat’s how a mendicant has lifted the cross-bar."}},{"id":"mn22:32","sourceIds":["mn22:32.1","mn22:32.2","mn22:32.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saṅkiṇṇaparikkho hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno ponobbhaviko jātisaṁsāro pahīno hoti, ucchinnamūlo tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato, āyatiṁ anuppādadhammo.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saṅkiṇṇaparikkho hoti.","en":"And how has a mendicant filled in the moat?\nIt’s when a mendicant has given up transmigrating through births in future lives, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.\nThat’s how a mendicant has filled in the moat."}},{"id":"mn22:33","sourceIds":["mn22:33.1","mn22:33.2","mn22:33.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu abbūḷhesiko hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno taṇhā pahīnā hoti, ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā, āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu abbūḷhesiko hoti.","en":"And how has a mendicant pulled up the pillar?\nIt’s when a mendicant has given up craving, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.\nThat’s how a mendicant has pulled up the pillar."}},{"id":"mn22:34","sourceIds":["mn22:34.1","mn22:34.2","mn22:34.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu niraggaḷo hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pañca orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni honti, ucchinnamūlāni tālāvatthukatāni anabhāvaṅkatāni, āyatiṁ anuppādadhammāni.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu niraggaḷo hoti.","en":"And how is a mendicant unimpeded?\nIt’s when a mendicant has given up the five lower fetters, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, obliterated them, so they’re unable to arise in the future.\nThat’s how a mendicant is unimpeded."}},{"id":"mn22:35","sourceIds":["mn22:35.1","mn22:35.2","mn22:35.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyo pannaddhajo pannabhāro visaṁyutto hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno asmimāno pahīno hoti, ucchinnamūlo tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato, āyatiṁ anuppādadhammo.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyo pannaddhajo pannabhāro visaṁyutto hoti.","en":"And how is a mendicant a noble one with with banner lowered and burden dropped, detached?\nIt’s when a mendicant has given up the conceit ‘I am’, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.\nThat’s how a mendicant is a noble one with banner lowered and burden dropped, detached."}},{"id":"mn22:36","sourceIds":["mn22:36.1","mn22:36.2","mn22:36.3","mn22:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vimuttacittaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuṁ saindā devā sabrahmakā sapajāpatikā anvesaṁ nādhigacchanti:\n‘idaṁ nissitaṁ tathāgatassa viññāṇan’ti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nDiṭṭhevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, dhamme tathāgataṁ ananuvijjoti vadāmi.","en":"When a mendicant’s mind was freed like this, the gods together with Indra, the Divinity, and the Progenitor, search as they may, will not discover:\n‘This is the basis of that realized one’s consciousness.’\nWhy is that?\nBecause even in this very life that realized one is not found, I say."}},{"id":"mn22:37","sourceIds":["mn22:37.1","mn22:37.2","mn22:37.3","mn22:37.4","mn22:37.5","mn22:37.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁvādiṁ kho maṁ, bhikkhave, evamakkhāyiṁ eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā asatā tucchā musā abhūtena abbhācikkhanti:\n‘venayiko samaṇo gotamo, sato sattassa ucchedaṁ vināsaṁ vibhavaṁ paññāpetī’ti.\nYathā cāhaṁ na, bhikkhave, yathā cāhaṁ na vadāmi, tathā maṁ te bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā asatā tucchā musā abhūtena abbhācikkhanti:\n‘venayiko samaṇo gotamo, sato sattassa ucchedaṁ vināsaṁ vibhavaṁ paññāpetī’ti.\nPubbe cāhaṁ, bhikkhave, etarahi ca dukkhañceva paññāpemi, dukkhassa ca nirodhaṁ.\nTatra ce, bhikkhave, pare tathāgataṁ akkosanti paribhāsanti rosenti vihesenti, tatra, bhikkhave, tathāgatassa na hoti āghāto na appaccayo na cetaso anabhiraddhi.","en":"Though I state and assert this, certain ascetics and brahmins misrepresent me with the incorrect, hollow, false, untruthful claim:\n‘The ascetic Gotama is an exterminator. He advocates the annihilation, eradication, and nonexistence of an existing being.’\nThey misrepresent me as what I am not, and saying what I do not say.\nIn the past, as today, what I describe is suffering and the cessation of suffering.\nThis being so, if others abuse, attack, harass, and trouble the Realized One, he doesn’t get resentful, bitter, and emotionally exasperated."}},{"id":"mn22:38","sourceIds":["mn22:38.1","mn22:38.2","mn22:38.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra ce, bhikkhave, pare tathāgataṁ sakkaronti garuṁ karonti mānenti pūjenti, tatra, bhikkhave, tathāgatassa na hoti ānando na somanassaṁ na cetaso uppilāvitattaṁ.\nTatra ce, bhikkhave, pare vā tathāgataṁ sakkaronti garuṁ karonti mānenti pūjenti, tatra, bhikkhave, tathāgatassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yaṁ kho idaṁ pubbe pariññātaṁ tattha me evarūpā kārā karīyantī’ti.","en":"Or if others honor, respect, revere, or venerate him, he doesn’t get thrilled, elated, and emotionally excited.\nIf they praise him, he just thinks,\n‘They do such things for me regarding what in the past was completely understood.’"}},{"id":"mn22:39","sourceIds":["mn22:39.1","mn22:39.2","mn22:39.3","mn22:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, tumhe cepi pare akkoseyyuṁ paribhāseyyuṁ roseyyuṁ viheseyyuṁ, tatra tumhe hi na āghāto na appaccayo na cetaso anabhiraddhi karaṇīyā.\nTasmātiha, bhikkhave, tumhe cepi pare sakkareyyuṁ garuṁ kareyyuṁ māneyyuṁ pūjeyyuṁ, tatra tumhehi na ānando na somanassaṁ na cetaso uppilāvitattaṁ karaṇīyaṁ.\nTasmātiha, bhikkhave, tumhe cepi pare sakkareyyuṁ garuṁ kareyyuṁ māneyyuṁ pūjeyyuṁ, tatra tumhākaṁ evamassa:\n‘yaṁ kho idaṁ pubbe pariññātaṁ, tattha me evarūpā kārā karīyantī’ti.","en":"So, mendicants, if others abuse, attack, harass, and trouble you, don’t make yourselves resentful, bitter, and emotionally exasperated.\nOr if others honor, respect, revere, or venerate you, don’t make yourselves thrilled, elated, and emotionally excited.\nIf they praise you, just think,\n‘They do such things for us regarding what in the past was completely understood.’"}},{"id":"mn22:40","sourceIds":["mn22:40.1","mn22:40.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, yaṁ na tumhākaṁ taṁ pajahatha;\ntaṁ vo pahīnaṁ dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.","en":"So, mendicants, give up what isn’t yours.\nGiving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness."}},{"id":"mn22:41","sourceIds":["mn22:41.1","mn22:41.2","mn22:41.3","mn22:41.4","mn22:41.5","mn22:41.6","mn22:41.7","mn22:41.8","mn22:41.9","mn22:41.10","mn22:41.11","mn22:41.12","mn22:41.13","mn22:41.14","mn22:41.15","mn22:41.16","mn22:41.17","mn22:41.18","mn22:41.19","mn22:41.20","mn22:41.21","mn22:41.22","mn22:41.23","mn22:41.24","mn22:41.25","mn22:41.26","mn22:41.27","mn22:41.28"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñca, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ?\nRūpaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha;\ntaṁ vo pahīnaṁ dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.\nVedanā, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha;\nsā vo pahīnā dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.\nSaññā, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha;\nsā vo pahīnā dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.\nSaṅkhārā, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, te pajahatha;\nte vo pahīnā dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti.\nViññāṇaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha;\ntaṁ vo pahīnaṁ dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nyaṁ imasmiṁ jetavane tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ, taṁ jano hareyya vā daheyya vā yathāpaccayaṁ vā kareyya.\nApi nu tumhākaṁ evamassa:\n‘amhe jano harati vā dahati vā yathāpaccayaṁ vā karotī’”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Taṁ kissa hetu”?\n“Na hi no etaṁ, bhante, attā vā attaniyaṁ vā”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yaṁ na tumhākaṁ taṁ pajahatha;\ntaṁ vo pahīnaṁ dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.\nKiñca, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ?\nRūpaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha;\ntaṁ vo pahīnaṁ dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.\nVedanā, bhikkhave …pe…\nsaññā, bhikkhave …\nsaṅkhārā, bhikkhave …pe…\nviññāṇaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha;\ntaṁ vo pahīnaṁ dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.","en":"And what isn’t yours?\nForm isn’t yours: give it up.\nGiving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.\nFeeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness isn’t yours: give it up.\nGiving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nSuppose a person was to carry off the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in this Jeta’s Grove, or burn them, or do what they want with them.\nWould you think,\n‘This person is carrying us off, burning us, or doing what they want with us’?”\n“No, sir.\nWhy is that?\nBecause  to us that’s neither self nor belonging to self.”\n“In the same way, mendicants, give up what isn’t yours.\nGiving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.\nAnd what isn’t yours?\nForm …\nfeeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness isn’t yours: give it up.\nGiving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness."}},{"id":"mn22:42","sourceIds":["mn22:42.1","mn22:42.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ svākkhāto, bhikkhave, mayā dhammo uttāno vivaṭo pakāsito chinnapilotiko.\nEvaṁ svākkhāte, bhikkhave, mayā dhamme uttāne vivaṭe pakāsite chinnapilotike ye te bhikkhū arahanto khīṇāsavā vusitavanto katakaraṇīyā ohitabhārā anuppattasadatthā parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojanā sammadaññāvimuttā, vaṭṭaṁ tesaṁ natthi paññāpanāya.","en":"The teaching well-explained thus by me is clarified, revealed, illuminated, and stripped of patchwork.\nIn this teaching thus well-explained, for those mendicants who are perfected, who have ended the defilements, completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and are rightly freed through enlightenment, there is no cycle of rebirths to be found. …"}},{"id":"mn22:43","sourceIds":["mn22:43.1","mn22:43.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ svākkhāto, bhikkhave, mayā dhammo uttāno vivaṭo pakāsito chinnapilotiko.\nEvaṁ svākkhāte, bhikkhave, mayā dhamme uttāne vivaṭe pakāsite chinnapilotike yesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni, sabbe te opapātikā, tattha parinibbāyino, anāvattidhammā tasmā lokā.","en":"In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who have given up the five lower fetters are all reborn spontaneously. They are extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world. …"}},{"id":"mn22:44","sourceIds":["mn22:44.1","mn22:44.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ svākkhāto, bhikkhave, mayā dhammo uttāno vivaṭo pakāsito chinnapilotiko.\nEvaṁ svākkhāte, bhikkhave, mayā dhamme uttāne vivaṭe pakāsite chinnapilotike yesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ tīṇi saṁyojanāni pahīnāni, rāgadosamohā tanubhūtā, sabbe te sakadāgāmino, sakideva imaṁ lokaṁ āgantvā dukkhassantaṁ karissanti.","en":"In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who, having given up three fetters, and weakened greed, hate, and delusion, are all once-returners. They come back to this world once only, then make an end of suffering. …"}},{"id":"mn22:45","sourceIds":["mn22:45.1","mn22:45.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ svākkhāto, bhikkhave, mayā dhammo uttāno vivaṭo pakāsito chinnapilotiko.\nEvaṁ svākkhāte, bhikkhave, mayā dhamme uttāne vivaṭe pakāsite chinnapilotike yesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ tīṇi saṁyojanāni pahīnāni, sabbe te sotāpannā, avinipātadhammā, niyatā sambodhiparāyanā.","en":"In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who have ended three fetters are all stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. …"}},{"id":"mn22:46","sourceIds":["mn22:46.1","mn22:46.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ svākkhāto, bhikkhave, mayā dhammo uttāno vivaṭo pakāsito chinnapilotiko.\nEvaṁ svākkhāte, bhikkhave, mayā dhamme uttāne vivaṭe pakāsite chinnapilotike ye te bhikkhū dhammānusārino saddhānusārino sabbe te sambodhiparāyanā.","en":"In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who are followers of teachings or followers by faith are all are assured, destined for awakening."}},{"id":"mn22:47","sourceIds":["mn22:47.1","mn22:47.2","mn22:47.3","mn22:47.4","mn22:47.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ svākkhāto, bhikkhave, mayā dhammo uttāno vivaṭo pakāsito chinnapilotiko.\nEvaṁ svākkhāte, bhikkhave, mayā dhamme uttāne vivaṭe pakāsite chinnapilotike yesaṁ mayi saddhāmattaṁ pemamattaṁ sabbe te saggaparāyanā”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.\nAlagaddūpamasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ dutiyaṁ.","en":"The teaching well-explained thus by me is clarified, revealed, illuminated, and stripped of patchwork.\nIn this teaching thus well-explained, those who have a degree of faith and love for me are all bound for heaven.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn22/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}