{"id":"sn35.89","title":"With Bāhiya","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.89","title":"With Bāhiya","units":[{"id":"sn35.89:0","sourceIds":["sn35.89:0.1","sn35.89:0.2","sn35.89:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.89\n9. Channavagga\nBāhiyasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.89\n9. With Channa\nWith Bāhiya"}},{"id":"sn35.89:1","sourceIds":["sn35.89:1.1","sn35.89:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā bāhiyo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā bāhiyo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu, yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti.","en":"Then Venerable Bāhiya went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:\n“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:2","sourceIds":["sn35.89:2.1","sn35.89:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, bāhiya,\ncakkhu niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?","en":"“What do you think, Bāhiya?\nIs the eye permanent or impermanent?”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:3","sourceIds":["sn35.89:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Impermanent, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:4","sourceIds":["sn35.89:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?","en":"“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:5","sourceIds":["sn35.89:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Suffering, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:6","sourceIds":["sn35.89:6.1","sn35.89:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ:\n‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’”ti?","en":"“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’?”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:7","sourceIds":["sn35.89:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“No hetaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“No, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:8","sourceIds":["sn35.89:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Rūpā niccā vā aniccā vā”ti?","en":"“Are sights …"}},{"id":"sn35.89:9","sourceIds":["sn35.89:9.1","sn35.89:9.2","sn35.89:9.3","sn35.89:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aniccā, bhante” …pe…\ncakkhuviññāṇaṁ …pe…\ncakkhusamphasso …pe…\nyampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?","en":"eye consciousness …\neye contact …\nThe pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact: is that permanent or impermanent?”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:10","sourceIds":["sn35.89:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Impermanent, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:11","sourceIds":["sn35.89:11.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?","en":"“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:12","sourceIds":["sn35.89:12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Suffering, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:13","sourceIds":["sn35.89:13.1","sn35.89:13.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ:\n‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’”ti?","en":"“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’?”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:14","sourceIds":["sn35.89:14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“No hetaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“No, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.89:15","sourceIds":["sn35.89:15.1","sn35.89:15.2","sn35.89:15.3","sn35.89:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evaṁ passaṁ, bāhiya, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati, rūpesupi nibbindati, cakkhuviññāṇepi nibbindati, cakkhusamphassepi nibbindati …pe…\nyampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tasmimpi nibbindati.\nNibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.\n‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.","en":"“Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact. And they grow disillusioned with the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact.\nThey grow disillusioned with the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind … painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact.\nBeing 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":"sn35.89:16","sourceIds":["sn35.89:16.1","sn35.89:16.2","sn35.89:16.3","sn35.89:16.4","sn35.89:16.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā bāhiyo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.\nAtha kho āyasmā bāhiyo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.\n“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.\nAññataro ca panāyasmā bāhiyo arahataṁ ahosīti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"And then Venerable Bāhiya approved and agreed with what the Buddha said. He got up from his seat, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving.\nThen Bāhiya, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.\nHe understood: “Rebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.”\nAnd Venerable Bāhiya became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.89/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."}