{"id":"mn26","title":"The Noble Quest","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn26","title":"The Noble Quest","units":[{"id":"mn26:0","sourceIds":["mn26:0.1","mn26:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 26\nPāsarāsisutta","en":"Middle Discourses 26\nThe Noble Quest"}},{"id":"mn26:1","sourceIds":["mn26:1.1","mn26:1.2"],"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":"mn26:2","sourceIds":["mn26:2.1","mn26:2.2","mn26:2.3","mn26:2.4","mn26:2.5","mn26:2.6","mn26:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.\nAtha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“cirassutā no, āvuso ānanda, bhagavato sammukhā dhammī kathā.\nSādhu mayaṁ, āvuso ānanda, labheyyāma bhagavato sammukhā dhammiṁ kathaṁ savanāyā”ti.\n“Tena hāyasmanto yena rammakassa brāhmaṇassa assamo tenupasaṅkamatha;\nappeva nāma labheyyātha bhagavato sammukhā dhammiṁ kathaṁ savanāyā”ti.\n“Evamāvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato ānandassa paccassosuṁ.","en":"Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms.\nThen several mendicants went up to Venerable Ānanda and said to him,\n“Reverend, it’s been a long time since we’ve heard a Dhamma talk from the Buddha.\nIt would be good if we got to hear a Dhamma talk from the Buddha.”\n“Well then, reverends, go to the brahmin Rammaka’s hermitage.\nHopefully you’ll get to hear a Dhamma talk from the Buddha.”\n“Yes, reverend,” they replied."}},{"id":"mn26:3","sourceIds":["mn26:3.1","mn26:3.2","mn26:3.3","mn26:3.4","mn26:3.5","mn26:3.6","mn26:3.7","mn26:3.8","mn26:3.9","mn26:3.10","mn26:3.11","mn26:3.12","mn26:3.13","mn26:3.14","mn26:3.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ āmantesi:\n“āyāmānanda, yena pubbārāmo migāramātupāsādo tenupasaṅkamissāma divāvihārāyā”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato paccassosi.\nAtha kho bhagavā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṁ yena pubbārāmo migāramātupāsādo tenupasaṅkami divāvihārāya.\nAtha kho bhagavā sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ āmantesi:\n“āyāmānanda, yena pubbakoṭṭhako tenupasaṅkamissāma gattāni parisiñcitun”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato paccassosi.\nAtha kho bhagavā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṁ yena pubbakoṭṭhako tenupasaṅkami gattāni parisiñcituṁ.\nPubbakoṭṭhake gattāni parisiñcitvā paccuttaritvā ekacīvaro aṭṭhāsi gattāni pubbāpayamāno.\nAtha kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ayaṁ, bhante, rammakassa brāhmaṇassa assamo avidūre.\nRamaṇīyo, bhante, rammakassa brāhmaṇassa assamo;\npāsādiko, bhante, rammakassa brāhmaṇassa assamo.\nSādhu, bhante, bhagavā yena rammakassa brāhmaṇassa assamo tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṁ upādāyā”ti.\nAdhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena.","en":"Then, after the meal, on his return from almsround, the Buddha addressed Ānanda,\n“Come, Ānanda, let’s go to the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother in the Eastern Monastery for the day’s meditation.”\n“Yes, sir,” Ānanda replied.\nSo the Buddha went with Ānanda to the Eastern Monastery for the day’s meditation.\nIn the late afternoon the Buddha came out of retreat and addressed Ānanda,\n“Come, Ānanda, let’s go to the eastern gate to bathe.”\n“Yes, sir,” Ānanda replied.\nSo the Buddha went with Ānanda to the eastern gate to bathe.\nWhen he had bathed and emerged from the water he stood in one robe drying his limbs.\nThen Ānanda said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, the hermitage of the brahmin Rammaka is nearby.\nIt’s so delightful,\nso lovely.\nPlease visit it out of sympathy.”\nThe Buddha consented with silence."}},{"id":"mn26:4","sourceIds":["mn26:4.1","mn26:4.2","mn26:4.3","mn26:4.4","mn26:4.5","mn26:4.6","mn26:4.7","mn26:4.8","mn26:4.9","mn26:4.10","mn26:4.11","mn26:4.12","mn26:4.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā yena rammakassa brāhmaṇassa assamo tenupasaṅkami.\nTena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū rammakassa brāhmaṇassa assame dhammiyā kathāya sannisinnā honti.\nAtha kho bhagavā bahidvārakoṭṭhake aṭṭhāsi kathāpariyosānaṁ āgamayamāno.\nAtha kho bhagavā kathāpariyosānaṁ viditvā ukkāsitvā aggaḷaṁ ākoṭesi.\nVivariṁsu kho te bhikkhū bhagavato dvāraṁ.\nAtha kho bhagavā rammakassa brāhmaṇassa assamaṁ pavisitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.\nNisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā? Kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatā”ti?\n“Bhagavantameva kho no, bhante, ārabbha dhammī kathā vippakatā, atha bhagavā anuppatto”ti.\n“Sādhu, bhikkhave.\nEtaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tumhākaṁ patirūpaṁ kulaputtānaṁ saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajitānaṁ yaṁ tumhe dhammiyā kathāya sannisīdeyyātha.\nSannipatitānaṁ vo, bhikkhave, dvayaṁ karaṇīyaṁ—\ndhammī vā kathā, ariyo vā tuṇhībhāvo.","en":"He went to the brahmin Rammaka’s hermitage.\nNow at that time several mendicants were sitting together in the hermitage talking about the teaching.\nThe Buddha stood outside the door waiting for the talk to end.\nWhen he knew the talk had ended he cleared his throat and knocked on the door-panel.\nThe mendicants opened the door for the Buddha,\nand he entered the hermitage, where he sat down on the seat spread out\nand addressed the mendicants:\n“Mendicants, what were you sitting talking about just now? What conversation was left unfinished?”\n“Sir, our unfinished discussion on the teaching was about the Buddha himself when the Buddha arrived.”\n“Good, mendicants!\nIt’s appropriate for gentlemen like you, who have gone forth out of faith from the lay life to homelessness, to sit together and talk about the teaching.\nWhen you’re sitting together you should do one of two things:\ndiscuss the teachings or keep noble silence."}},{"id":"mn26:5","sourceIds":["mn26:5.1","mn26:5.2","mn26:5.3","mn26:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dvemā, bhikkhave, pariyesanā—\nariyā ca pariyesanā, anariyā ca pariyesanā.\nKatamā ca, bhikkhave, anariyā pariyesanā?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā jātidhammo samāno jātidhammaṁyeva pariyesati, attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhammaṁyeva pariyesati, attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhammaṁyeva pariyesati, attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhammaṁyeva pariyesati, attanā sokadhammo samāno sokadhammaṁyeva pariyesati, attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhammaṁyeva pariyesati.","en":"Mendicants, there are these two quests:\nthe noble quest and the ignoble quest.\nAnd what is the ignoble quest?\nIt’s when someone who is themselves liable to be reborn seeks what is also liable to be reborn. Themselves liable to grow old, fall sick, die, sorrow, and become corrupted, they seek what is also liable to these things."}},{"id":"mn26:6","sourceIds":["mn26:6.1","mn26:6.2","mn26:6.3","mn26:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñca, bhikkhave, jātidhammaṁ vadetha?\nPuttabhariyaṁ, bhikkhave, jātidhammaṁ, dāsidāsaṁ jātidhammaṁ, ajeḷakaṁ jātidhammaṁ, kukkuṭasūkaraṁ jātidhammaṁ, hatthigavāssavaḷavaṁ jātidhammaṁ, jātarūparajataṁ jātidhammaṁ.\nJātidhammā hete, bhikkhave, upadhayo.\nEtthāyaṁ gathito mucchito ajjhāpanno attanā jātidhammo samāno jātidhammaṁyeva pariyesati.","en":"And what should be described as liable to be reborn?\nPartners and children, male and female bondservants, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, elephants and cattle, and gold and currency are liable to be reborn.\nThese attachments are liable to be reborn.\nSomeone who is tied, infatuated, and attached to such things, themselves liable to being reborn, seeks what is also liable to be reborn."}},{"id":"mn26:7","sourceIds":["mn26:7.1","mn26:7.2","mn26:7.3","mn26:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñca, bhikkhave, jarādhammaṁ vadetha?\nPuttabhariyaṁ, bhikkhave, jarādhammaṁ, dāsidāsaṁ jarādhammaṁ, ajeḷakaṁ jarādhammaṁ, kukkuṭasūkaraṁ jarādhammaṁ, hatthigavāssavaḷavaṁ jarādhammaṁ, jātarūparajataṁ jarādhammaṁ.\nJarādhammā hete, bhikkhave, upadhayo.\nEtthāyaṁ gathito mucchito ajjhāpanno attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhammaṁyeva pariyesati.","en":"And what should be described as liable to grow old?\nPartners and children, male and female bondservants, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, elephants and cattle, and gold and currency are liable to grow old.\nThese attachments are liable to grow old.\nSomeone who is tied, infatuated, and attached to such things, themselves liable to grow old, seeks what is also liable to grow old."}},{"id":"mn26:8","sourceIds":["mn26:8.1","mn26:8.2","mn26:8.3","mn26:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñca, bhikkhave, byādhidhammaṁ vadetha?\nPuttabhariyaṁ, bhikkhave, byādhidhammaṁ, dāsidāsaṁ byādhidhammaṁ, ajeḷakaṁ byādhidhammaṁ, kukkuṭasūkaraṁ byādhidhammaṁ, hatthigavāssavaḷavaṁ byādhidhammaṁ.\nByādhidhammā hete, bhikkhave, upadhayo.\nEtthāyaṁ gathito mucchito ajjhāpanno attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhammaṁyeva pariyesati.","en":"And what should be described as liable to fall sick?\nPartners and children, male and female bondservants, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and elephants and cattle are liable to fall sick.\nThese attachments are liable to fall sick.\nSomeone who is tied, infatuated, and attached to such things, themselves liable to falling sick, seeks what is also liable to fall sick."}},{"id":"mn26:9","sourceIds":["mn26:9.1","mn26:9.2","mn26:9.3","mn26:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñca, bhikkhave, maraṇadhammaṁ vadetha?\nPuttabhariyaṁ, bhikkhave, maraṇadhammaṁ, dāsidāsaṁ maraṇadhammaṁ, ajeḷakaṁ maraṇadhammaṁ, kukkuṭasūkaraṁ maraṇadhammaṁ, hatthigavāssavaḷavaṁ maraṇadhammaṁ.\nMaraṇadhammā hete, bhikkhave, upadhayo.\nEtthāyaṁ gathito mucchito ajjhāpanno attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhammaṁyeva pariyesati.","en":"And what should be described as liable to die?\nPartners and children, male and female bondservants, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and elephants and cattle are liable to die.\nThese attachments are liable to die.\nSomeone who is tied, infatuated, and attached to such things, themselves liable to die, seeks what is also liable to die."}},{"id":"mn26:10","sourceIds":["mn26:10.1","mn26:10.2","mn26:10.3","mn26:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñca, bhikkhave, sokadhammaṁ vadetha?\nPuttabhariyaṁ, bhikkhave, sokadhammaṁ, dāsidāsaṁ sokadhammaṁ, ajeḷakaṁ sokadhammaṁ, kukkuṭasūkaraṁ sokadhammaṁ, hatthigavāssavaḷavaṁ sokadhammaṁ.\nSokadhammā hete, bhikkhave, upadhayo.\nEtthāyaṁ gathito mucchito ajjhāpanno attanā sokadhammo samāno sokadhammaṁyeva pariyesati.","en":"And what should be described as liable to sorrow?\nPartners and children, male and female bondservants, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and elephants and cattle are liable to sorrow.\nThese attachments are liable to sorrow.\nSomeone who is tied, infatuated, and attached to such things, themselves liable to sorrow, seeks what is also liable to sorrow."}},{"id":"mn26:11","sourceIds":["mn26:11.1","mn26:11.2","mn26:11.3","mn26:11.4","mn26:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñca, bhikkhave, saṅkilesadhammaṁ vadetha?\nPuttabhariyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṅkilesadhammaṁ, dāsidāsaṁ saṅkilesadhammaṁ, ajeḷakaṁ saṅkilesadhammaṁ, kukkuṭasūkaraṁ saṅkilesadhammaṁ, hatthigavāssavaḷavaṁ saṅkilesadhammaṁ, jātarūparajataṁ saṅkilesadhammaṁ.\nSaṅkilesadhammā hete, bhikkhave, upadhayo.\nEtthāyaṁ gathito mucchito ajjhāpanno attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhammaṁyeva pariyesati.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, anariyā pariyesanā.","en":"And what should be described as liable to corruption?\nPartners and children, male and female bondservants, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, elephants and cattle, and gold and currency are liable to corruption.\nThese attachments are liable to corruption.\nSomeone who is tied, infatuated, and attached to such things, themselves liable to corruption, seeks what is also liable to corruption.\nThis is the ignoble quest."}},{"id":"mn26:12","sourceIds":["mn26:12.1","mn26:12.2","mn26:12.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ariyā pariyesanā?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā jātidhammo samāno jātidhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajātaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati, attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajaraṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati, attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā abyādhiṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati, attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā amataṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati, attanā sokadhammo samāno sokadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā asokaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati, attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā asaṅkiliṭṭhaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyā pariyesanā.","en":"And what is the noble quest?\nIt’s when someone who is themselves liable to be reborn, understanding the drawbacks in being liable to be reborn, seeks that which is free of rebirth, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment. Themselves liable to grow old, fall sick, die, sorrow, and become corrupted, understanding the drawbacks in these things, they seek that which is free of old age, sickness, death, sorrow, and corruption, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment.\nThis is the noble quest."}},{"id":"mn26:13","sourceIds":["mn26:13.1","mn26:13.2","mn26:13.3","mn26:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ahampi sudaṁ, bhikkhave, pubbeva sambodhā anabhisambuddho bodhisattova samāno attanā jātidhammo samāno jātidhammaṁyeva pariyesāmi, attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhammaṁyeva pariyesāmi, attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhammaṁyeva pariyesāmi, attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhammaṁyeva pariyesāmi, attanā sokadhammo samāno sokadhammaṁyeva pariyesāmi, attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhammaṁyeva pariyesāmi.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘kiṁ nu kho ahaṁ attanā jātidhammo samāno jātidhammaṁyeva pariyesāmi, attanā jarādhammo samāno …pe… byādhidhammo samāno … maraṇadhammo samāno … sokadhammo samāno … attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhammaṁyeva pariyesāmi?\nYannūnāhaṁ attanā jātidhammo samāno jātidhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajātaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyeseyyaṁ, attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajaraṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyeseyyaṁ, attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā abyādhiṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyeseyyaṁ, attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā amataṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyeseyyaṁ, attanā sokadhammo samāno sokadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā asokaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyeseyyaṁ, attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā asaṅkiliṭṭhaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyeseyyan’ti.","en":"Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I too, being liable to be reborn, sought what is also liable to be reborn. Myself liable to grow old, fall sick, die, sorrow, and become corrupted, I sought what is also liable to these things.\nThen it occurred to me:\n‘Why do I, being liable to be reborn, grow old, fall sick, sorrow, die, and become corrupted, seek things that have the same nature?\nWhy don’t I seek that which is free of rebirth, old age, sickness, death, sorrow, and corruption, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment?’"}},{"id":"mn26:14","sourceIds":["mn26:14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, aparena samayena daharova samāno susukāḷakeso, bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato paṭhamena vayasā akāmakānaṁ mātāpitūnaṁ assumukhānaṁ rudantānaṁ kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajiṁ.","en":"Some time later, while still with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life—though my mother and father wished otherwise, weeping with tearful faces—I shaved off my hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and went forth from the lay life to homelessness."}},{"id":"mn26:15","sourceIds":["mn26:15.1","mn26:15.2","mn26:15.3","mn26:15.4","mn26:15.5","mn26:15.6","mn26:15.7","mn26:15.8","mn26:15.9","mn26:15.10","mn26:15.11","mn26:15.12","mn26:15.13","mn26:15.14","mn26:15.15","mn26:15.16","mn26:15.17","mn26:15.18","mn26:15.19","mn26:15.20","mn26:15.21","mn26:15.22","mn26:15.23","mn26:15.24","mn26:15.25","mn26:15.26","mn26:15.27","mn26:15.28","mn26:15.29","mn26:15.30","mn26:15.31","mn26:15.32","mn26:15.33","mn26:15.34","mn26:15.35","mn26:15.36"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So evaṁ pabbajito samāno kiṅkusalagavesī anuttaraṁ santivarapadaṁ pariyesamāno yena āḷāro kālāmo tenupasaṅkamiṁ. upasaṅkamitvā āḷāraṁ kālāmaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘icchāmahaṁ, āvuso kālāma, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye brahmacariyaṁ caritun’ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, āḷāro kālāmo maṁ etadavoca:\n‘viharatāyasmā;\ntādiso ayaṁ dhammo yattha viññū puriso nacirasseva sakaṁ ācariyakaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyā’ti.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nacirasseva khippameva taṁ dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇiṁ.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, tāvatakeneva oṭṭhapahatamattena lapitalāpanamattena ñāṇavādañca vadāmi theravādañca, ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti ca paṭijānāmi ahañceva aññe ca.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘na kho āḷāro kālāmo imaṁ dhammaṁ kevalaṁ saddhāmattakena sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmīti pavedeti;\naddhā āḷāro kālāmo imaṁ dhammaṁ jānaṁ passaṁ viharatī’ti.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, yena āḷāro kālāmo tenupasaṅkamiṁ; upasaṅkamitvā āḷāraṁ kālāmaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘kittāvatā no, āvuso kālāma, imaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmīti pavedesī’ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, āḷāro kālāmo ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ pavedesi.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘na kho āḷārasseva kālāmassa atthi saddhā, mayhampatthi saddhā;\nna kho āḷārasseva kālāmassa atthi vīriyaṁ, mayhampatthi vīriyaṁ;\nna kho āḷārasseva kālāmassa atthi sati, mayhampatthi sati;\nna kho āḷārasseva kālāmassa atthi samādhi, mayhampatthi samādhi;\nna kho āḷārasseva kālāmassa atthi paññā, mayhampatthi paññā.\nYannūnāhaṁ yaṁ dhammaṁ āḷāro kālāmo sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmīti pavedeti, tassa dhammassa sacchikiriyāya padaheyyan’ti.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nacirasseva khippameva taṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsiṁ.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, yena āḷāro kālāmo tenupasaṅkamiṁ; upasaṅkamitvā āḷāraṁ kālāmaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘Ettāvatā no, āvuso kālāma, imaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedesī’ti?\n‘Ettāvatā kho ahaṁ, āvuso, imaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedemī’ti.\n‘Ahampi kho, āvuso, ettāvatā imaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmī’ti.\n‘Lābhā no, āvuso, suladdhaṁ no, āvuso,\nye mayaṁ āyasmantaṁ tādisaṁ sabrahmacāriṁ passāma.\nIti yāhaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedemi taṁ tvaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharasi.\nYaṁ tvaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharasi tamahaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedemi.\nIti yāhaṁ dhammaṁ jānāmi taṁ tvaṁ dhammaṁ jānāsi, yaṁ tvaṁ dhammaṁ jānāsi tamahaṁ dhammaṁ jānāmi.\nIti yādiso ahaṁ tādiso tuvaṁ, yādiso tuvaṁ tādiso ahaṁ.\nEhi dāni, āvuso, ubhova santā imaṁ gaṇaṁ pariharāmā’ti.\nIti kho, bhikkhave, āḷāro kālāmo ācariyo me samāno attano antevāsiṁ maṁ samānaṁ attanā samasamaṁ ṭhapesi, uḷārāya ca maṁ pūjāya pūjesi.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘nāyaṁ dhammo nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṁvattati, yāvadeva ākiñcaññāyatanūpapattiyā’ti.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, taṁ dhammaṁ analaṅkaritvā tasmā dhammā nibbijja apakkamiṁ.","en":"Once I had gone forth I set out to discover what is skillful, seeking the supreme state of sublime peace. I approached Āḷāra Kālāma and said to him,\n‘Reverend Kālāma, I wish to lead the spiritual life in this teaching and training.’\nĀḷāra Kālāma replied,\n‘Stay, venerable.\nThis teaching is such that a sensible person can soon realize their own denomination with their own insight and live having achieved it.’\nI quickly memorized that teaching.\nAs far as lip-recital and verbal repetition went, I spoke the doctrine of knowledge, the elder doctrine. I claimed to know and see, and so did others.\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘It is not solely by mere faith that Āḷāra Kālāma declares: “I realize this teaching with my own insight, and live having achieved it.”\nSurely he meditates knowing and seeing this teaching.’\nSo I approached Āḷāra Kālāma and said to him,\n‘Reverend Kālāma, to what extent do you say you’ve realized this teaching with your own insight?’\nWhen I said this, he declared the dimension of nothingness.\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘It’s not just Āḷāra Kālāma who has faith,\nenergy,\nmindfulness,\nimmersion,\nand wisdom; I too have these things.\nWhy don’t I make an effort to realize the same teaching that Āḷāra Kālāma says he has realized with his own insight?’\nI quickly realized that teaching with my own insight, and lived having achieved it.\nSo I approached Āḷāra Kālāma and said to him,\n‘Reverend Kālāma, is it up to this point that you realized this teaching with your own insight, and declare having achieved it?’\n‘I have, reverend.’\n‘I too, reverend, have realized this teaching with my own insight up to this point, and live having achieved it.’\n‘We are fortunate, reverend, so very fortunate\nto see a venerable such as yourself as one of our spiritual companions!\nSo the teaching that I’ve realized with my own insight, and declare having achieved it, you’ve realized with your own insight, and dwell having achieved it.\nThe teaching that you’ve realized with your own insight, and dwell having achieved it, I’ve realized with my own insight, and declare having achieved it.\nSo the teaching that I know, you know, and the teaching that you know, I know.\nI am like you and you are like me.\nCome now, reverend! We should both lead this community together.’\nAnd that is how my tutor Āḷāra Kālāma placed me, his pupil, on the same position as him, and honored me with high praise.\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘This teaching doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. It only leads as far as rebirth in the dimension of nothingness.’\nRealizing that this teaching was inadequate, I left disappointed."}},{"id":"mn26:16","sourceIds":["mn26:16.1","mn26:16.2","mn26:16.3","mn26:16.4","mn26:16.5","mn26:16.6","mn26:16.7","mn26:16.8","mn26:16.9","mn26:16.10","mn26:16.11","mn26:16.12","mn26:16.13","mn26:16.14","mn26:16.15","mn26:16.16","mn26:16.17","mn26:16.18","mn26:16.19","mn26:16.20","mn26:16.21","mn26:16.22","mn26:16.23","mn26:16.24","mn26:16.25","mn26:16.26","mn26:16.27","mn26:16.28","mn26:16.29","mn26:16.30","mn26:16.31","mn26:16.32","mn26:16.33","mn26:16.34","mn26:16.35","mn26:16.36"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, kiṁ kusalagavesī anuttaraṁ santivarapadaṁ pariyesamāno yena udako rāmaputto tenupasaṅkamiṁ; upasaṅkamitvā udakaṁ rāmaputtaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘icchāmahaṁ, āvuso, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye brahmacariyaṁ caritun’ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, udako rāmaputto maṁ etadavoca:\n‘viharatāyasmā;\ntādiso ayaṁ dhammo yattha viññū puriso nacirasseva sakaṁ ācariyakaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyā’ti.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nacirasseva khippameva taṁ dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇiṁ.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, tāvatakeneva oṭṭhapahatamattena lapitalāpanamattena ñāṇavādañca vadāmi theravādañca, ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti ca paṭijānāmi ahañceva aññe ca.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘na kho rāmo imaṁ dhammaṁ kevalaṁ saddhāmattakena sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmīti pavedesi;\naddhā rāmo imaṁ dhammaṁ jānaṁ passaṁ vihāsī’ti.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, yena udako rāmaputto tenupasaṅkamiṁ; upasaṅkamitvā udakaṁ rāmaputtaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘kittāvatā no, āvuso, rāmo imaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmīti pavedesī’ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, udako rāmaputto nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ pavedesi.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘na kho rāmasseva ahosi saddhā, mayhampatthi saddhā;\nna kho rāmasseva ahosi vīriyaṁ, mayhampatthi vīriyaṁ;\nna kho rāmasseva ahosi sati, mayhampatthi sati;\nna kho rāmasseva ahosi samādhi, mayhampatthi samādhi,\nna kho rāmasseva ahosi paññā, mayhampatthi paññā.\nYannūnāhaṁ yaṁ dhammaṁ rāmo sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmīti pavedesi, tassa dhammassa sacchikiriyāya padaheyyan’ti.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nacirasseva khippameva taṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsiṁ.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, yena udako rāmaputto tenupasaṅkamiṁ; upasaṅkamitvā udakaṁ rāmaputtaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘Ettāvatā no, āvuso, rāmo imaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedesī’ti?\n‘Ettāvatā kho, āvuso, rāmo imaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedesī’ti.\n‘Ahampi kho, āvuso, ettāvatā imaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmī’ti.\n‘Lābhā no, āvuso, suladdhaṁ no, āvuso,\nye mayaṁ āyasmantaṁ tādisaṁ sabrahmacāriṁ passāma.\nIti yaṁ dhammaṁ rāmo sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedesi, taṁ tvaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharasi.\nYaṁ tvaṁ dhammaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharasi, taṁ dhammaṁ rāmo sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedesi.\nIti yaṁ dhammaṁ rāmo abhiññāsi taṁ tvaṁ dhammaṁ jānāsi, yaṁ tvaṁ dhammaṁ jānāsi, taṁ dhammaṁ rāmo abhiññāsi.\nIti yādiso rāmo ahosi tādiso tuvaṁ, yādiso tuvaṁ tādiso rāmo ahosi.\nEhi dāni, āvuso, tuvaṁ imaṁ gaṇaṁ pariharā’ti.\nIti kho, bhikkhave, udako rāmaputto sabrahmacārī me samāno ācariyaṭṭhāne maṁ ṭhapesi, uḷārāya ca maṁ pūjāya pūjesi.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘nāyaṁ dhammo nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṁvattati, yāvadeva nevasaññānāsaññāyatanūpapattiyā’ti.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, taṁ dhammaṁ analaṅkaritvā tasmā dhammā nibbijja apakkamiṁ.","en":"I set out to discover what is skillful, seeking the supreme state of sublime peace. I approached Uddaka son of Rāma and said to him,\n‘Reverend, I wish to lead the spiritual life in this teaching and training.’\nUddaka replied,\n‘Stay, venerable.\nThis teaching is such that a sensible person can soon realize their own denomination with their own insight and live having achieved it.’\nI quickly memorized that teaching.\nAs far as lip-recital and verbal repetition went, I spoke the doctrine of knowledge, the elder doctrine. I claimed to know and see, and so did others.\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘It is not solely by mere faith that Rāma declared: “I realize this teaching with my own insight, and live having achieved it.”\nSurely he meditated knowing and seeing this teaching.’\nSo I approached Uddaka son of Rāma and said to him,\n‘Reverend, to what extent did Rāma say he’d realized this teaching with his own insight?’\nWhen I said this, Uddaka son of Rāma declared the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘It’s not just Rāma who had faith,\nenergy,\nmindfulness,\nimmersion,\nand wisdom; I too have these things.\nWhy don’t I make an effort to realize the same teaching that Rāma said he had realized with his own insight?’\nI quickly realized that teaching with my own insight, and lived having achieved it.\nSo I approached Uddaka son of Rāma and said to him,\n‘Reverend, had Rāma realized this teaching with his own insight up to this point, and declared having achieved it?’\n‘He had, reverend.’\n‘I too have realized this teaching with my own insight up to this point, and live having achieved it.’\n‘We are fortunate, reverend, so very fortunate\nto see a venerable such as yourself as one of our spiritual companions!\nSo the teaching that Rāma had realized with his own insight, and declared having achieved it, you’ve realized with your own insight, and dwell having achieved it.\nThe teaching that you’ve realized with your own insight, and dwell having achieved it, Rāma had realized with his own insight, and declared having achieved it.\nSo the teaching that Rāma directly knew, you know, and the teaching you know, Rāma directly knew.\nRāma was like you and you are like Rāma.\nCome now, reverend! You should lead this community.’\nAnd that is how my spiritual companion Uddaka son of Rāma placed me in the position of a tutor and honored me with high praise.\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘This teaching doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. It only leads as far as rebirth in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.’\nRealizing that this teaching was inadequate, I left disappointed."}},{"id":"mn26:17","sourceIds":["mn26:17.1","mn26:17.2","mn26:17.3","mn26:17.4","mn26:17.5","mn26:17.6","mn26:17.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, kiṁ kusalagavesī anuttaraṁ santivarapadaṁ pariyesamāno magadhesu anupubbena cārikaṁ caramāno yena uruvelā senānigamo tadavasariṁ.\nTatthaddasaṁ ramaṇīyaṁ bhūmibhāgaṁ, pāsādikañca vanasaṇḍaṁ, nadiñca sandantiṁ setakaṁ supatitthaṁ ramaṇīyaṁ, samantā ca gocaragāmaṁ.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘ramaṇīyo vata bho bhūmibhāgo, pāsādiko ca vanasaṇḍo, nadī ca sandati setakā supatitthā ramaṇīyā, samantā ca gocaragāmo.\nAlaṁ vatidaṁ kulaputtassa padhānatthikassa padhānāyā’ti.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, tattheva nisīdiṁ—\nalamidaṁ padhānāyāti.","en":"I set out to discover what is skillful, seeking the supreme state of sublime peace. Traveling stage by stage in the Magadhan lands, I arrived at the town of Senā in Uruvelā.\nThere I saw a delightful park, a lovely grove with a flowing river that was clean and charming, with smooth banks. And nearby was a village to resort to for alms.\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘This park is truly delightful, a lovely grove with a flowing river that’s clean and charming, with smooth banks. And nearby there’s a village to resort to for alms.\nThis is good enough for striving for a gentleman wanting to strive.’\nSo I sat down right there, thinking,\n‘This is good enough for striving.’"}},{"id":"mn26:18","sourceIds":["mn26:18.1","mn26:18.2","mn26:18.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, attanā jātidhammo samāno jātidhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajātaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesamāno ajātaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ ajjhagamaṁ, attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajaraṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesamāno ajaraṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ ajjhagamaṁ, attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā abyādhiṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesamāno abyādhiṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ ajjhagamaṁ, attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā amataṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ ajjhagamaṁ, attanā sokadhammo samāno sokadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā asokaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ ajjhagamaṁ, attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā asaṅkiliṭṭhaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesamāno asaṅkiliṭṭhaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ ajjhagamaṁ.\nÑāṇañca pana me dassanaṁ udapādi:\n‘akuppā me vimutti, ayamantimā jāti, natthi dāni punabbhavo’ti.","en":"And so, being myself liable to be reborn, understanding the drawbacks in being liable to be reborn, I sought that which is free of rebirth, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment—and I found it. Being myself liable to grow old, fall sick, die, sorrow, and become corrupted, understanding the drawbacks in these things, I sought that which is free of old age, sickness, death, sorrow, and corruption, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment—and I found it.\nKnowledge and vision arose in me:\n‘My freedom is unshakable; this is my last rebirth; now there’ll be no more future lives.’"}},{"id":"mn26:19","sourceIds":["mn26:19.1","mn26:19.2","mn26:19.3","mn26:19.4","mn26:19.5","mn26:19.6","mn26:19.7","mn26:19.8","mn26:19.9","mn26:19.10","mn26:19.11","mn26:19.12","mn26:19.13","mn26:19.14","mn26:19.15","mn26:19.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘adhigato kho myāyaṁ dhammo gambhīro duddaso duranubodho santo paṇīto atakkāvacaro nipuṇo paṇḍitavedanīyo.\nĀlayarāmā kho panāyaṁ pajā ālayaratā ālayasammuditā.\nĀlayarāmāya kho pana pajāya ālayaratāya ālayasammuditāya duddasaṁ idaṁ ṭhānaṁ yadidaṁ—idappaccayatā paṭiccasamuppādo.\nIdampi kho ṭhānaṁ duddasaṁ yadidaṁ—sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ.\nAhañceva kho pana dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ, pare ca me na ājāneyyuṁ, so mamassa kilamatho, sā mamassa vihesā’ti.\nApissu maṁ, bhikkhave, imā anacchariyā gāthāyo paṭibhaṁsu pubbe assutapubbā:\n‘Kicchena me adhigataṁ,\nhalaṁ dāni pakāsituṁ;\nRāgadosaparetehi,\nnāyaṁ dhammo susambudho.\nPaṭisotagāmiṁ nipuṇaṁ,\ngambhīraṁ duddasaṁ aṇuṁ;\nRāgarattā na dakkhanti,\ntamokhandhena āvuṭā’ti.\nItiha me, bhikkhave, paṭisañcikkhato appossukkatāya cittaṁ namati, no dhammadesanāya.","en":"Then it occurred to me,\n‘This principle I have discovered is deep, hard to see, hard to understand, peaceful, sublime, beyond the scope of logic, subtle, comprehensible to the astute.\nBut people like clinging, they love it and enjoy it.\nIt’s hard for them to see this topic; that is, specific conditionality, dependent origination.\nIt’s also hard for them to see this topic; that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.\nAnd if I were to teach this principle, others might not understand me, which would be wearying and troublesome for me.’\nAnd then these verses, which were neither supernaturally inspired, nor learned before in the past, occurred to me:\n‘I’ve struggled hard to realize this,\nthere’s no need to reveal it now!\nThose mired in greed and hate\ncan’t really understand this teaching.\nIt goes against the stream, subtle,\ndeep, obscure, and very fine.\nThose besotted by greed cannot see,\nfor they’re cloaked in a mass of darkness.’\nSo, as I reflected like this, my mind inclined to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma."}},{"id":"mn26:20","sourceIds":["mn26:20.1","mn26:20.2","mn26:20.3","mn26:20.4","mn26:20.5","mn26:20.6","mn26:20.7","mn26:20.8","mn26:20.9","mn26:20.10","mn26:20.11","mn26:20.12","mn26:20.13","mn26:20.14","mn26:20.15","mn26:20.16","mn26:20.17","mn26:20.18","mn26:20.19","mn26:20.20","mn26:20.21","mn26:20.22","mn26:20.23"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, brahmuno sahampatissa mama cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya etadahosi:\n‘nassati vata bho loko, vinassati vata bho loko, yatra hi nāma tathāgatassa arahato sammāsambuddhassa appossukkatāya cittaṁ namati, no dhammadesanāyā’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, brahmā sahampati—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—brahmaloke antarahito mama purato pāturahosi.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, brahmā sahampati ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yenāhaṁ tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā maṁ etadavoca:\n‘desetu, bhante, bhagavā dhammaṁ, desetu sugato dhammaṁ.\nSanti sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti.\nBhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro’ti.\nIdamavoca, bhikkhave, brahmā sahampati.\nIdaṁ vatvā athāparaṁ etadavoca:\n‘Pāturahosi magadhesu pubbe,\nDhammo asuddho samalehi cintito;\nApāpuretaṁ amatassa dvāraṁ,\nSuṇantu dhammaṁ vimalenānubuddhaṁ.\nSele yathā pabbatamuddhaniṭṭhito,\nYathāpi passe janataṁ samantato;\nTathūpamaṁ dhammamayaṁ sumedha,\nPāsādamāruyha samantacakkhu;\nSokāvatiṇṇaṁ janatamapetasoko,\nAvekkhassu jātijarābhibhūtaṁ.\nUṭṭhehi vīra vijitasaṅgāma,\nSatthavāha aṇaṇa vicara loke;\nDesassu bhagavā dhammaṁ,\nAññātāro bhavissantī’ti.","en":"Then the divinity Sahampati, knowing my train of thought, thought,\n‘Oh lord! The world will be lost, the world will perish! For the mind of the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, inclines to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma.’\nThen, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, the divinity Sahampati vanished from the realm of divinity and reappeared in front of me.\nHe arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward me, and said,\n‘Sir, let the Blessed One teach the Dhamma! Let the Holy One teach the Dhamma!\nThere are beings with little dust in their eyes. They’re in decline because they haven’t heard the teaching.\nThere will be those who understand the teaching!’\nThat is what the divinity Sahampati said.\nThen he went on to say:\n‘Among the Magadhans there appeared in the past\nan impure teaching thought up by the stained.\nFling open the door to freedom from death!\nLet them hear the teaching the immaculate one discovered.\nStanding high on a rocky mountain,\nyou can see the people all around.\nIn just the same way, All-seer, so intelligent,\nhaving ascended the Temple of Truth,\nrid of sorrow, look upon the people\nswamped with sorrow, overcome by rebirth and old age.\nRise, hero! Victor in battle, caravan leader,\nwander the world free of debt.\nLet the Blessed One teach the Dhamma!\nThere will be those who understand!’"}},{"id":"mn26:21","sourceIds":["mn26:21.1","mn26:21.2","mn26:21.3","mn26:21.4","mn26:21.5","mn26:21.6","mn26:21.7","mn26:21.8","mn26:21.9","mn26:21.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmuno ca ajjhesanaṁ viditvā sattesu ca kāruññataṁ paṭicca buddhacakkhunā lokaṁ volokesiṁ.\nAddasaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, buddhacakkhunā lokaṁ volokento satte apparajakkhe mahārajakkhe, tikkhindriye mudindriye, svākāre dvākāre, suviññāpaye duviññāpaye, appekacce paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante, appekacce na paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante.\nSeyyathāpi nāma uppaliniyaṁ vā paduminiyaṁ vā puṇḍarīkiniyaṁ vā appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṁvaḍḍhāni udakānuggatāni antonimuggaposīni, appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṁvaḍḍhāni udakānuggatāni samodakaṁ ṭhitāni, appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṁvaḍḍhāni udakaṁ accuggamma ṭhitāni anupalittāni udakena;\nevameva kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, buddhacakkhunā lokaṁ volokento addasaṁ satte apparajakkhe mahārajakkhe, tikkhindriye mudindriye, svākāre dvākāre, suviññāpaye duviññāpaye, appekacce paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante, appekacce na paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmānaṁ sahampatiṁ gāthāya paccabhāsiṁ:\n‘Apārutā tesaṁ amatassa dvārā,\nYe sotavanto pamuñcantu saddhaṁ;\nVihiṁsasaññī paguṇaṁ na bhāsiṁ,\nDhammaṁ paṇītaṁ manujesu brahme’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, brahmā sahampati ‘katāvakāso khomhi bhagavatā dhammadesanāyā’ti maṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyi.","en":"Then, understanding the Divinity’s invitation, I surveyed the world with the eye of a Buddha, because of my compassion for sentient beings.\nAnd I saw sentient beings with little dust in their eyes, and some with much dust in their eyes; with keen faculties and with weak faculties, with good qualities and with bad qualities, easy to teach and hard to teach. And some of them lived seeing the danger in the fault to do with the next world, while others did not.\nIt’s like a pool with blue water lilies, or pink or white lotuses. Some of them sprout and grow in the water without rising above it, thriving underwater. Some of them sprout and grow in the water reaching the water’s surface. And some of them sprout and grow in the water but rise up above the water and stand with no water clinging to them.\nIn the same way, I saw sentient beings with little dust in their eyes, and some with much dust in their eyes.\nThen I replied in verse to the divinity Sahampati:\n‘Flung open are the doors to freedom from death!\nLet those with ears to hear commit to faith.\nThinking it would be troublesome, Divinity, I did not teach\nthe sophisticated, sublime Dhamma among mankind.’\nThen the divinity Sahampati, knowing that his request for me to teach the Dhamma had been granted, bowed and respectfully circled me, keeping me on his right, before vanishing right there."}},{"id":"mn26:22","sourceIds":["mn26:22.1","mn26:22.2","mn26:22.3","mn26:22.4","mn26:22.5","mn26:22.6","mn26:22.7","mn26:22.8","mn26:22.9","mn26:22.10","mn26:22.11","mn26:22.12","mn26:22.13","mn26:22.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘kassa nu kho ahaṁ paṭhamaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ;\nko imaṁ dhammaṁ khippameva ājānissatī’ti?\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘ayaṁ kho āḷāro kālāmo paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī dīgharattaṁ apparajakkhajātiko.\nYannūnāhaṁ āḷārassa kālāmassa paṭhamaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ.\nSo imaṁ dhammaṁ khippameva ājānissatī’ti.\nAtha kho maṁ, bhikkhave, devatā upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca:\n‘sattāhakālaṅkato, bhante, āḷāro kālāmo’ti.\nÑāṇañca pana me dassanaṁ udapādi:\n‘sattāhakālaṅkato āḷāro kālāmo’ti.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘mahājāniyo kho āḷāro kālāmo.\nSace hi so imaṁ dhammaṁ suṇeyya, khippameva ājāneyyā’ti.","en":"Then I thought,\n‘Who should I teach first of all?\nWho will quickly understand this teaching?’\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘That Āḷāra Kālāma is astute, competent, intelligent, and has long had little dust in his eyes.\nWhy don’t I teach him first of all?\nHe’ll quickly understand the teaching.’\nBut a deity came to me and said,\n‘Sir, Āḷāra Kālāma passed away seven days ago.’\nAnd knowledge and vision arose in me,\n‘Āḷāra Kālāma passed away seven days ago.’\nI thought,\n‘This is a great loss for Āḷāra Kālāma.\nIf he had heard the teaching, he would have understood it quickly.’"}},{"id":"mn26:23","sourceIds":["mn26:23.1","mn26:23.2","mn26:23.3","mn26:23.4","mn26:23.5","mn26:23.6","mn26:23.7","mn26:23.8","mn26:23.9","mn26:23.10","mn26:23.11","mn26:23.12","mn26:23.13","mn26:23.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘kassa nu kho ahaṁ paṭhamaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ;\nko imaṁ dhammaṁ khippameva ājānissatī’ti?\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘ayaṁ kho udako rāmaputto paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī dīgharattaṁ apparajakkhajātiko.\nYannūnāhaṁ udakassa rāmaputtassa paṭhamaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ.\nSo imaṁ dhammaṁ khippameva ājānissatī’ti.\nAtha kho maṁ, bhikkhave, devatā upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca:\n‘abhidosakālaṅkato, bhante, udako rāmaputto’ti.\nÑāṇañca pana me dassanaṁ udapādi:\n‘abhidosakālaṅkato udako rāmaputto’ti.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘mahājāniyo kho udako rāmaputto.\nSace hi so imaṁ dhammaṁ suṇeyya, khippameva ājāneyyā’ti.","en":"Then I thought,\n‘Who should I teach first of all?\nWho will quickly understand this teaching?’\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘That Uddaka son of Rāma is astute, competent, intelligent, and has long had little dust in his eyes.\nWhy don’t I teach him first of all?\nHe’ll quickly understand the teaching.’\nBut a deity came to me and said,\n‘Sir, Uddaka son of Rāma passed away just last night.’\nAnd knowledge and vision arose in me,\n‘Uddaka son of Rāma passed away just last night.’\nI thought,\n‘This is a great loss for Uddaka.\nIf he had heard the teaching, he would have understood it quickly.’"}},{"id":"mn26:24","sourceIds":["mn26:24.1","mn26:24.2","mn26:24.3","mn26:24.4","mn26:24.5","mn26:24.6","mn26:24.7","mn26:24.8","mn26:24.9","mn26:24.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘kassa nu kho ahaṁ paṭhamaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ;\nko imaṁ dhammaṁ khippameva ājānissatī’ti?\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘bahukārā kho me pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū, ye maṁ padhānapahitattaṁ upaṭṭhahiṁsu.\nYannūnāhaṁ pañcavaggiyānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ paṭhamaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyan’ti.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘kahaṁ nu kho etarahi pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū viharantī’ti?\nAddasaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena pañcavaggiye bhikkhū bārāṇasiyaṁ viharante isipatane migadāye.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, uruvelāyaṁ yathābhirantaṁ viharitvā yena bārāṇasī tena cārikaṁ pakkamiṁ.","en":"Then I thought,\n‘Who should I teach first of all?\nWho will quickly understand this teaching?’\nThen it occurred to me,\n‘The group of five mendicants were very helpful to me. They looked after me during my time of resolute striving.\nWhy don’t I teach them first of all?’\nThen I thought,\n‘Where are the group of five mendicants staying these days?’\nWith clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman I saw that the group of five mendicants were staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana.\nSo, when I had stayed in Uruvelā as long as I pleased, I set out for Varanasi."}},{"id":"mn26:25","sourceIds":["mn26:25.1","mn26:25.2","mn26:25.3","mn26:25.4","mn26:25.5","mn26:25.6","mn26:25.7","mn26:25.8","mn26:25.9","mn26:25.10","mn26:25.11","mn26:25.12","mn26:25.13","mn26:25.14","mn26:25.15","mn26:25.16","mn26:25.17","mn26:25.18","mn26:25.19","mn26:25.20","mn26:25.21","mn26:25.22","mn26:25.23","mn26:25.24","mn26:25.25","mn26:25.26","mn26:25.27"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addasā kho maṁ, bhikkhave, upako ājīvako antarā ca gayaṁ antarā ca bodhiṁ addhānamaggappaṭipannaṁ.\nDisvāna maṁ etadavoca:\n‘vippasannāni kho te, āvuso, indriyāni, parisuddho chavivaṇṇo pariyodāto.\nKaṁsi tvaṁ, āvuso, uddissa pabbajito, ko vā te satthā, kassa vā tvaṁ dhammaṁ rocesī’ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, upakaṁ ājīvakaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsiṁ:\n‘Sabbābhibhū sabbavidūhamasmi,\nSabbesu dhammesu anūpalitto;\nSabbañjaho taṇhākkhaye vimutto,\nSayaṁ abhiññāya kamuddiseyyaṁ.\nNa me ācariyo atthi,\nsadiso me na vijjati;\nSadevakasmiṁ lokasmiṁ,\nnatthi me paṭipuggalo.\nAhañhi arahā loke,\nahaṁ satthā anuttaro;\nEkomhi sammāsambuddho,\nsītibhūtosmi nibbuto.\nDhammacakkaṁ pavattetuṁ,\nGacchāmi kāsinaṁ puraṁ;\nAndhībhūtasmiṁ lokasmiṁ,\nĀhañchaṁ amatadundubhin’ti.\n‘Yathā kho tvaṁ, āvuso, paṭijānāsi, arahasi anantajino’ti.\n‘Mādisā ve jinā honti,\nye pattā āsavakkhayaṁ;\nJitā me pāpakā dhammā,\ntasmāhamupaka jino’ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, upako ājīvako ‘hupeyyapāvuso’ti vatvā sīsaṁ okampetvā ummaggaṁ gahetvā pakkāmi.","en":"While I was traveling along the road between Gayā and Bodhgaya, the Ājīvaka ascetic Upaka saw me\nand said,\n‘Reverend, your faculties are so very clear, and your complexion is pure and bright.\nIn whose name have you gone forth, reverend? Who is your Teacher? Whose teaching do you believe in?’\nI replied to Upaka in verse:\n‘I am the vanquisher of all, the knower of all,\nunsullied in the midst of all things.\nI’ve given up all, freed through the ending of craving.\nSince I know for myself, whose follower should I be?\nI have no tutor.\nThere is no one like me.\nIn the world with its gods,\nI have no rival.\nFor in this world, I am the perfected one;\nI am the supreme Teacher.\nI alone am fully awakened,\ncooled, quenched.\nI am going to the city of Kāsi\nto roll forth the Wheel of Dhamma.\nIn this world that is so blind,\nI’ll beat the drum of freedom from death!’\n‘According to what you claim, reverend, you ought to be the Infinite Victor.’\n‘The victors are those who, like me,\nhave reached the ending of defilements.\nI have conquered bad qualities, Upaka—\nthat’s why I’m a victor.’\nWhen I had spoken, Upaka said: ‘If you say so, reverend.’ Shaking his head, he took a wrong turn and left."}},{"id":"mn26:26","sourceIds":["mn26:26.1","mn26:26.2","mn26:26.3","mn26:26.4","mn26:26.5","mn26:26.6","mn26:26.7","mn26:26.8","mn26:26.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, anupubbena cārikaṁ caramāno yena bārāṇasī isipatanaṁ migadāyo yena pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū tenupasaṅkamiṁ.\nAddasaṁsu kho maṁ, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū dūrato āgacchantaṁ.\nDisvāna aññamaññaṁ saṇṭhapesuṁ:\n‘ayaṁ kho, āvuso, samaṇo gotamo āgacchati bāhulliko padhānavibbhanto āvatto bāhullāya.\nSo neva abhivādetabbo, na paccuṭṭhātabbo; nāssa pattacīvaraṁ paṭiggahetabbaṁ.\nApi ca kho āsanaṁ ṭhapetabbaṁ, sace ākaṅkhissati nisīdissatī’ti.\nYathā yathā kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, upasaṅkamiṁ tathā tathā pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū nāsakkhiṁsu sakāya katikāya saṇṭhātuṁ.\nAppekacce maṁ paccuggantvā pattacīvaraṁ paṭiggahesuṁ, appekacce āsanaṁ paññapesuṁ, appekacce pādodakaṁ upaṭṭhapesuṁ.\nApi ca kho maṁ nāmena ca āvusovādena ca samudācaranti.","en":"Traveling stage by stage, I arrived at Varanasi, and went to see the group of five mendicants in the deer park at Isipatana.\nThe group of five mendicants saw me coming off in the distance\nand stopped each other, saying,\n‘Here comes the ascetic Gotama. He’s so indulgent; he strayed from the struggle and returned to indulgence.\nWe shouldn’t bow to him or rise for him or receive his bowl and robe.\nBut we can set out a seat; he can sit if he likes.’\nYet as I drew closer, the group of five mendicants were unable to stop themselves per their own agreement.\nSome came out to greet me and receive my bowl and robe, some spread out a seat, while others set out water for washing my feet.\nBut they still addressed me by name and as ‘reverend’."}},{"id":"mn26:27","sourceIds":["mn26:27.1","mn26:27.2","mn26:27.3","mn26:27.4","mn26:27.5","mn26:27.6","mn26:27.7","mn26:27.8","mn26:27.9","mn26:27.10","mn26:27.11","mn26:27.12","mn26:27.13","mn26:27.14","mn26:27.15","mn26:27.16","mn26:27.17","mn26:27.18","mn26:27.19"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiye bhikkhū etadavocaṁ:\n‘mā, bhikkhave, tathāgataṁ nāmena ca āvusovādena ca samudācaratha.\nArahaṁ, bhikkhave, tathāgato sammāsambuddho.\nOdahatha, bhikkhave, sotaṁ, amatamadhigataṁ, ahamanusāsāmi, ahaṁ dhammaṁ desemi.\nYathānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamānā nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissathā’ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū maṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘tāyapi kho tvaṁ, āvuso gotama, iriyāya tāya paṭipadāya tāya dukkarakārikāya nājjhagamā uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ, kiṁ pana tvaṁ etarahi bāhulliko padhānavibbhanto āvatto bāhullāya adhigamissasi uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesan’ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiye bhikkhū etadavocaṁ:\n‘na, bhikkhave, tathāgato bāhulliko, na padhānavibbhanto, na āvatto bāhullāya.\nArahaṁ, bhikkhave, tathāgato sammāsambuddho.\nOdahatha, bhikkhave, sotaṁ, amatamadhigataṁ, ahamanusāsāmi, ahaṁ dhammaṁ desemi.\nYathānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamānā nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissathā’ti.\nDutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū maṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘tāyapi kho tvaṁ, āvuso gotama, iriyāya tāya paṭipadāya tāya dukkarakārikāya nājjhagamā uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ, kiṁ pana tvaṁ etarahi bāhulliko padhānavibbhanto āvatto bāhullāya adhigamissasi uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesan’ti?\nDutiyampi kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiye bhikkhū etadavocaṁ:\n‘na, bhikkhave, tathāgato bāhulliko …pe…\nupasampajja viharissathā’ti.\nTatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū maṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘tāyapi kho tvaṁ, āvuso gotama, iriyāya tāya paṭipadāya tāya dukkarakārikāya nājjhagamā uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ, kiṁ pana tvaṁ etarahi bāhulliko padhānavibbhanto āvatto bāhullāya adhigamissasi uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesan’ti?","en":"So I said to them,\n‘Mendicants, don’t address me by name and as “reverend”.\nThe Realized One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha.\nListen up, mendicants: I have achieved freedom from death! I shall instruct you, I will teach you the Dhamma.\nBy practicing as instructed you will soon realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. You will live having achieved with your own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.’\nBut they said to me,\n‘Reverend Gotama, even by that conduct, that practice, that grueling work you did not achieve any superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones. How could you have achieved such a state now that you’ve become indulgent, strayed from the struggle and returned to indulgence?’\nSo I said to them,\n‘The Realized One has not become indulgent, strayed from the struggle and returned to indulgence.\nThe Realized One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha.\nListen up, mendicants: I have achieved freedom from death! I shall instruct you, I will teach you the Dhamma.\nBy practicing as instructed you will soon realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life.’\nBut for a second time they said to me,\n‘Reverend Gotama … you’ve returned to indulgence.’\nSo for a second time I said to them,\n‘The Realized One has not become indulgent …’\nBut for a third time they said to me,\n‘Reverend Gotama, even by that conduct, that practice, that grueling work you did not achieve any superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones. How could you have achieved such a state now that you’ve become indulgent, strayed from the struggle and returned to indulgence?’"}},{"id":"mn26:28","sourceIds":["mn26:28.1","mn26:28.2","mn26:28.3","mn26:28.4","mn26:28.5","mn26:28.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiye bhikkhū etadavocaṁ:\n‘abhijānātha me no tumhe, bhikkhave, ito pubbe evarūpaṁ pabhāvitametan’ti?\n‘No hetaṁ, bhante’.\n‘Arahaṁ, bhikkhave, tathāgato sammāsambuddho.\nOdahatha, bhikkhave, sotaṁ, amatamadhigataṁ, ahamanusāsāmi, ahaṁ dhammaṁ desemi.\nYathānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamānā nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissathā’ti.","en":"So I said to them,\n‘Mendicants, have you ever known me to speak like this before?’\n‘No sir, we have not.’\n‘The Realized One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha.\nListen up, mendicants: I have achieved freedom from death! I shall instruct you, I will teach you the Dhamma.\nBy practicing as instructed you will soon realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. You will live having achieved with your own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.’"}},{"id":"mn26:29","sourceIds":["mn26:29.1","mn26:29.2","mn26:29.3","mn26:29.4","mn26:29.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asakkhiṁ kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiye bhikkhū saññāpetuṁ.\nDvepi sudaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū ovadāmi, tayo bhikkhū piṇḍāya caranti.\nYaṁ tayo bhikkhū piṇḍāya caritvā āharanti tena chabbaggiyā yāpema.\nTayopi sudaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū ovadāmi, dve bhikkhū piṇḍāya caranti.\nYaṁ dve bhikkhū piṇḍāya caritvā āharanti tena chabbaggiyā yāpema.","en":"I was able to persuade the group of five mendicants.\nThen sometimes I advised two mendicants, while the other three went for alms.\nThen those three would feed all six of us with what they brought back.\nSometimes I advised three mendicants, while the other two went for alms.\nThen those two would feed all six of us with what they brought back."}},{"id":"mn26:30","sourceIds":["mn26:30.1","mn26:30.2","mn26:30.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū mayā evaṁ ovadiyamānā evaṁ anusāsiyamānā attanā jātidhammā samānā jātidhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajātaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesamānā ajātaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ ajjhagamaṁsu, attanā jarādhammā samānā jarādhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajaraṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesamānā ajaraṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ ajjhagamaṁsu, attanā byādhidhammā samānā …pe… attanā maraṇadhammā samānā … attanā sokadhammā samānā … attanā saṅkilesadhammā samānā saṅkilesadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā asaṅkiliṭṭhaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesamānā asaṅkiliṭṭhaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ ajjhagamaṁsu.\nÑāṇañca pana nesaṁ dassanaṁ udapādi:\n‘akuppā no vimutti, ayamantimā jāti, natthi dāni punabbhavo’ti.","en":"As the group of five mendicants were being advised and instructed by me like this, being themselves liable to be reborn, understanding the drawbacks in being liable to be reborn, they sought that which is free of rebirth, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment—and they found it. Being themselves liable to grow old, fall sick, die, sorrow, and become corrupted, understanding the drawbacks in these things, they sought that which is free of old age, sickness, death, sorrow, and corruption, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment—and they found it.\nKnowledge and vision arose in them:\n‘Our freedom is unshakable; this is our last rebirth; now there’ll be no more future lives.’"}},{"id":"mn26:31","sourceIds":["mn26:31.1","mn26:31.2","mn26:31.3","mn26:31.4","mn26:31.5","mn26:31.6","mn26:31.7","mn26:31.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pañcime, bhikkhave, kāmaguṇā.\nKatame pañca?\nCakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā,\nsotaviññeyyā saddā …pe…\nghānaviññeyyā gandhā …\njivhāviññeyyā rasā …\nkāyaviññeyyā phoṭṭhabbā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca kāmaguṇā.","en":"Mendicants, there are these five kinds of sensual stimulation.\nWhat five?\nSights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nSounds known by the ear …\nSmells known by the nose …\nTastes known by the tongue …\nTouches known by the body, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nThese are the five kinds of sensual stimulation."}},{"id":"mn26:32","sourceIds":["mn26:32.1","mn26:32.2","mn26:32.3","mn26:32.4","mn26:32.5","mn26:32.6","mn26:32.7","mn26:32.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ime pañca kāmaguṇe gathitā mucchitā ajjhopannā anādīnavadassāvino anissaraṇapaññā paribhuñjanti, te evamassu veditabbā:\n‘anayamāpannā byasanamāpannā yathākāmakaraṇīyā pāpimato’.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, āraññako mago baddho pāsarāsiṁ adhisayeyya.\nSo evamassa veditabbo:\n‘anayamāpanno byasanamāpanno yathākāmakaraṇīyo luddassa.\nĀgacchante ca pana ludde yena kāmaṁ na pakkamissatī’ti.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, ye hi keci samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ime pañca kāmaguṇe gathitā mucchitā ajjhopannā anādīnavadassāvino anissaraṇapaññā paribhuñjanti, te evamassu veditabbā:\n‘anayamāpannā byasanamāpannā yathākāmakaraṇīyā pāpimato’.","en":"There are ascetics and brahmins who enjoy these five kinds of sensual stimulation tied, infatuated, attached, blind to the drawbacks, and not understanding the escape. You should understand that they\nhave met with calamity and disaster, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants.\nSuppose a deer in the wilderness was lying caught on a pile of snares.\nYou’d know that it\nhas met with calamity and disaster, and the hunter can do with them what he wants.\nAnd when the hunter comes, it cannot flee where it wants.\nIn the same way, there are ascetics and brahmins who enjoy these five kinds of sensual stimulation tied, infatuated, attached, blind to the drawbacks, and not understanding the escape. You should understand that they\nhave met with calamity and disaster, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants."}},{"id":"mn26:33","sourceIds":["mn26:33.1","mn26:33.2","mn26:33.3","mn26:33.4","mn26:33.5","mn26:33.6","mn26:33.7","mn26:33.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ime pañca kāmaguṇe agathitā amucchitā anajjhopannā ādīnavadassāvino nissaraṇapaññā paribhuñjanti, te evamassu veditabbā:\n‘na anayamāpannā na byasanamāpannā na yathākāmakaraṇīyā pāpimato’.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, āraññako mago abaddho pāsarāsiṁ adhisayeyya.\nSo evamassa veditabbo:\n‘na anayamāpanno na byasanamāpanno na yathākāmakaraṇīyo luddassa.\nĀgacchante ca pana ludde yena kāmaṁ pakkamissatī’ti.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, ye hi keci samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ime pañca kāmaguṇe agathitā amucchitā anajjhopannā ādīnavadassāvino nissaraṇapaññā paribhuñjanti, te evamassu veditabbā:\n‘na anayamāpannā na byasanamāpannā na yathākāmakaraṇīyā pāpimato’.","en":"There are ascetics and brahmins who enjoy these five kinds of sensual stimulation without being tied, infatuated, or attached, seeing the drawbacks, and understanding the escape. You should understand that they\nhaven’t met with calamity and disaster, and the Wicked One cannot do what he wants with them.\nSuppose a deer in the wilderness was lying on a pile of snares without being caught.\nYou’d know that it\nhasn’t met with calamity and disaster, and the hunter cannot do what he wants with them.\nAnd when the hunter comes, it can flee where it wants.\nIn the same way, there are ascetics and brahmins who enjoy these five kinds of sensual stimulation without being tied, infatuated, or attached, seeing the drawbacks, and understanding the escape. You should understand that they\nhaven’t met with calamity and disaster, and the Wicked One cannot do what he wants with them."}},{"id":"mn26:34","sourceIds":["mn26:34.1","mn26:34.2","mn26:34.3","mn26:34.4","mn26:34.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, āraññako mago araññe pavane caramāno vissattho gacchati, vissattho tiṭṭhati, vissattho nisīdati, vissattho seyyaṁ kappeti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nAnāpāthagato, bhikkhave, luddassa.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu andhamakāsi māraṁ apadaṁ, vadhitvā māracakkhuṁ adassanaṁ gato pāpimato.","en":"Suppose there was a wild deer wandering in the forest that walked, stood, sat, and laid down in confidence.\nWhy is that?\nBecause it’s out of the hunter’s range.\nIn the same way, a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra, put out his eyes without a trace, and gone where the Wicked One cannot see."}},{"id":"mn26:35","sourceIds":["mn26:35.1","mn26:35.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṁ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave …pe… pāpimato.","en":"Furthermore, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, a mendicant enters and remains in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra …"}},{"id":"mn26:36","sourceIds":["mn26:36.1","mn26:36.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca viharati, sato ca sampajāno, sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṁvedeti yaṁ taṁ ariyā ācikkhanti ‘upekkhako satimā sukhavihārī’ti tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave …pe… pāpimato.","en":"Furthermore, with the fading away of rapture, a mendicant enters and remains in the third absorption, where they meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.’\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra …"}},{"id":"mn26:37","sourceIds":["mn26:37.1","mn26:37.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṁ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṁ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave …pe… pāpimato.","en":"Furthermore, with the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, a mendicant enters and remains in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra …"}},{"id":"mn26:38","sourceIds":["mn26:38.1","mn26:38.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave …pe… pāpimato.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite space.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra …"}},{"id":"mn26:39","sourceIds":["mn26:39.1","mn26:39.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave …pe… pāpimato.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite consciousness.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra …"}},{"id":"mn26:40","sourceIds":["mn26:40.1","mn26:40.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave …pe… pāpimato.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, enters and remains in the dimension of nothingness.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra …"}},{"id":"mn26:41","sourceIds":["mn26:41.1","mn26:41.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave …pe… pāpimato.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, enters and remains in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra …"}},{"id":"mn26:42","sourceIds":["mn26:42.1","mn26:42.2","mn26:42.3","mn26:42.4","mn26:42.5","mn26:42.6","mn26:42.7","mn26:42.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu andhamakāsi māraṁ apadaṁ, vadhitvā māracakkhuṁ adassanaṁ gato pāpimato.\nTiṇṇo loke visattikaṁ vissattho gacchati, vissattho tiṭṭhati, vissattho nisīdati, vissattho seyyaṁ kappeti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nAnāpāthagato, bhikkhave, pāpimato”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.\nPāsarāsisuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra, put out his eyes without a trace, and gone where the Wicked One cannot see.\nThey’ve crossed over clinging to the world. And they walk, stand, sit, and lie down in confidence.\nWhy is that?\nBecause they’re out of the Wicked One’s range.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn26/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."}