{"id":"sn12.48","title":"A Cosmologist","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn12.48","title":"A Cosmologist","units":[{"id":"sn12.48:0","sourceIds":["sn12.48:0.1","sn12.48:0.2","sn12.48:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.48\n5. Gahapativagga\nLokāyatikasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 12.48\n5. Householders\nA Cosmologist"}},{"id":"sn12.48:1","sourceIds":["sn12.48:1.1","sn12.48:1.2","sn12.48:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\nAtha kho lokāyatiko brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā …pe…\nekamantaṁ nisinno kho lokāyatiko brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen a brahmin cosmologist went up to the Buddha …\nSeated to one side he said to the Buddha:"}},{"id":"sn12.48:2","sourceIds":["sn12.48:2.1","sn12.48:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ nu kho, bho gotama, sabbamatthī”ti?\n“‘Sabbamatthī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, jeṭṭhametaṁ lokāyataṁ”.","en":"“Worthy Gotama, does all exist?”\n“‘All exists’: this is the oldest cosmology, brahmin.”"}},{"id":"sn12.48:3","sourceIds":["sn12.48:3.1","sn12.48:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ pana, bho gotama, sabbaṁ natthī”ti?\n“‘Sabbaṁ natthī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, dutiyametaṁ lokāyataṁ”.","en":"“Then does all not exist?”\n“‘All does not exist’: this is the second cosmology.”"}},{"id":"sn12.48:4","sourceIds":["sn12.48:4.1","sn12.48:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ nu kho, bho gotama, sabbamekattan”ti?\n“‘Sabbamekattan’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, tatiyametaṁ lokāyataṁ”.","en":"“Well, is all oneness?”\n“‘All is oneness’: this is the third cosmology.”"}},{"id":"sn12.48:5","sourceIds":["sn12.48:5.1","sn12.48:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ pana, bho gotama, sabbaṁ puthuttan”ti?\n“‘Sabbaṁ puthuttan’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, catutthametaṁ lokāyataṁ.","en":"“Then is all expansiveness?”\n“‘All is expansiveness’: this is the fourth cosmology."}},{"id":"sn12.48:6","sourceIds":["sn12.48:6.1","sn12.48:6.2","sn12.48:6.3","sn12.48:6.4","sn12.48:6.5","sn12.48:6.6","sn12.48:6.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ete te, brāhmaṇa, ubho ante anupagamma majjhena tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti:\n‘avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā;\nsaṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṁ …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.\nAvijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā saṅkhāranirodho;\nsaṅkhāranirodhā viññāṇanirodho …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī’”ti.","en":"Avoiding these two extremes, the Realized One teaches by the middle way:\n‘Ignorance is a requirement for choices.\nChoices are a requirement for consciousness. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering originates.\nWhen ignorance fades away and ceases no residue left behind, choices cease.\nWhen choices cease, consciousness ceases. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.’”"}},{"id":"sn12.48:7","sourceIds":["sn12.48:7.1","sn12.48:7.2","sn12.48:7.3","sn12.48:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, lokāyatiko brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\najjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"When he said this, the brahmin cosmologist said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …\nFrom this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.48/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."}