{"id":"sn12.28","title":"A Mendicant","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn12.28","title":"A Mendicant","units":[{"id":"sn12.28:0","sourceIds":["sn12.28:0.1","sn12.28:0.2","sn12.28:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.28\n3. Dasabalavagga\nBhikkhusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 12.28\n3. The Ten Powers\nA Mendicant"}},{"id":"sn12.28:1","sourceIds":["sn12.28:1.1","sn12.28:1.2","sn12.28:1.3","sn12.28:1.4","sn12.28:1.5","sn12.28:1.6","sn12.28:1.7","sn12.28:1.8","sn12.28:1.9","sn12.28:1.10","sn12.28:1.11","sn12.28:1.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Tatra kho …pe…\nidha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jarāmaraṇaṁ pajānāti, jarāmaraṇasamudayaṁ pajānāti, jarāmaraṇanirodhaṁ pajānāti, jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti, jātiṁ pajānāti …pe…\nbhavaṁ pajānāti …\nupādānaṁ pajānāti …\ntaṇhaṁ pajānāti …\nvedanaṁ pajānāti …\nphassaṁ pajānāti …\nsaḷāyatanaṁ pajānāti …\nnāmarūpaṁ pajānāti …\nviññāṇaṁ pajānāti …\nsaṅkhāre pajānāti, saṅkhārasamudayaṁ pajānāti, saṅkhāranirodhaṁ pajānāti, saṅkhāranirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“A mendicant understands old age and death, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. They understand rebirth …\ncontinued existence …\ngrasping …\ncraving …\nfeeling …\ncontact …\nthe six sense fields …\nname and form …\nconsciousness …\nThey understand choices, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation."}},{"id":"sn12.28:2","sourceIds":["sn12.28:2.1","sn12.28:2.2","sn12.28:2.3","sn12.28:2.4","sn12.28:2.5","sn12.28:2.6","sn12.28:2.7","sn12.28:2.8","sn12.28:2.9","sn12.28:2.10","sn12.28:2.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, jarāmaraṇaṁ?\nYā tesaṁ tesaṁ sattānaṁ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jarā jīraṇatā khaṇḍiccaṁ pāliccaṁ valittacatā āyuno saṁhāni indriyānaṁ paripāko—\nayaṁ vuccati jarā.\nYā tesaṁ tesaṁ sattānaṁ tamhā tamhā sattanikāyā cuti cavanatā bhedo antaradhānaṁ maccu maraṇaṁ kālakiriyā khandhānaṁ bhedo kaḷevarassa nikkhepo;\nidaṁ vuccati maraṇaṁ.\nIti ayañca jarā idañca maraṇaṁ.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, jarāmaraṇaṁ.\nJātisamudayā jarāmaraṇasamudayo;\njātinirodhā jarāmaraṇanirodho.\nAyameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminī paṭipadā.\nSeyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.","en":"And what is old age and death?\nThe old age, decrepitude, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkly skin, diminished vitality, and failing faculties of the various sentient beings in the various orders of sentient beings.\nThis is called old age.\nThe passing away, passing on, disintegration, demise, mortality, death, decease, breaking up of the aggregates, and laying to rest of the corpse of the various sentient beings in the various orders of sentient beings.\nThis is called death.\nSuch is old age, and such is death.\nThis is called old age and death.\nRebirth is the origin of old age and death.\nWhen rebirth ceases, old age and death cease.\nThe practice that leads to the cessation of old age and death is simply this noble eightfold path,\nthat is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion."}},{"id":"sn12.28:3","sourceIds":["sn12.28:3.1","sn12.28:3.2","sn12.28:3.3","sn12.28:3.4","sn12.28:3.5","sn12.28:3.6","sn12.28:3.7","sn12.28:3.8","sn12.28:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, jāti …pe…\nkatamo ca, bhikkhave, bhavo …\nkatamañca, bhikkhave, upādānaṁ …\nkatamā ca, bhikkhave, taṇhā …\nvedanā …\nphasso …\nsaḷāyatanaṁ …\nnāmarūpaṁ …\nviññāṇaṁ ….","en":"And what is rebirth? …\nAnd what is continued existence? …\nAnd what is grasping? …\nAnd what is craving? …\nfeeling …\ncontact …\nthe six sense fields …\nname and form …\nconsciousness …"}},{"id":"sn12.28:4","sourceIds":["sn12.28:4.1","sn12.28:4.2","sn12.28:4.3","sn12.28:4.4","sn12.28:4.5","sn12.28:4.6","sn12.28:4.7","sn12.28:4.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katame ca, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā?\nTayome, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā—\nkāyasaṅkhāro, vacīsaṅkhāro, cittasaṅkhāro.\nIme vuccanti, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā.\nAvijjāsamudayā saṅkhārasamudayo;\navijjānirodhā saṅkhāranirodho.\nAyameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo saṅkhāranirodhagāminī paṭipadā.\nSeyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.","en":"And what are choices?\nThere are three kinds of choices.\nChoices by way of body, speech, and mind.\nThese are called choices.\nIgnorance is the origin of choices.\nWhen ignorance ceases, choices cease.\nThe practice that leads to the cessation of choices is simply this noble eightfold path,\nthat is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion."}},{"id":"sn12.28:5","sourceIds":["sn12.28:5.1","sn12.28:5.2","sn12.28:5.3","sn12.28:5.4","sn12.28:5.5","sn12.28:5.6","sn12.28:5.7","sn12.28:5.8","sn12.28:5.9","sn12.28:5.10","sn12.28:5.11","sn12.28:5.12","sn12.28:5.13","sn12.28:5.14","sn12.28:5.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṁ jarāmaraṇaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ jarāmaraṇasamudayaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ jarāmaraṇanirodhaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ jātiṁ pajānāti …pe…\nbhavaṁ …\nupādānaṁ …\ntaṇhaṁ …\nvedanaṁ …\nphassaṁ …\nsaḷāyatanaṁ …\nnāmarūpaṁ …\nviññāṇaṁ …\nsaṅkhāre …\nsaṅkhārasamudayaṁ …\nsaṅkhāranirodhaṁ …\nevaṁ saṅkhāranirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu diṭṭhisampanno itipi, dassanasampanno itipi, āgato imaṁ saddhammaṁ itipi, passati imaṁ saddhammaṁ itipi, sekkhena ñāṇena samannāgato itipi, sekkhāya vijjāya samannāgato itipi, dhammasotaṁ samāpanno itipi, ariyo nibbedhikapañño itipi, amatadvāraṁ āhacca tiṭṭhati itipī”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"A mendicant understands old age and death, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. They understand rebirth …\ncontinued existence …\ngrasping …\ncraving …\nfeeling …\ncontact …\nthe six sense fields …\nname and form …\nconsciousness …\nThey understand choices,\ntheir origin,\ntheir cessation,\nand the practice that leads to their cessation.\nThis mendicant is called: ‘one accomplished in view’, ‘one accomplished in vision’, ‘one who has come to the true teaching’, ‘one who sees this true teaching’, ‘one endowed with a trainee’s insight’, ‘one endowed with a trainee’s knowledge’, ‘one who has entered the stream of the teaching’, ‘a noble one with penetrative wisdom’, and also ‘one who stands pressing against the door to freedom from death’.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.28/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."}