{"id":"sn45.154","title":"A Spike","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn45.154","title":"A Spike","units":[{"id":"sn45.154:0","sourceIds":["sn45.154:0.1","sn45.154:0.2","sn45.154:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.154\n12. Balakaraṇīyavagga\nSūkasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 45.154\n12. Hard Work\nA Spike"}},{"id":"sn45.154:1","sourceIds":["sn45.154:1.1","sn45.154:1.2","sn45.154:1.3","sn45.154:1.4","sn45.154:1.5","sn45.154:1.6","sn45.154:1.7","sn45.154:1.8","sn45.154:1.9","sn45.154:1.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sālisūkaṁ vā yavasūkaṁ vā sammāpaṇihitaṁ hatthena vā pādena vā akkantaṁ hatthaṁ vā pādaṁ vā bhindissati lohitaṁ vā uppādessatīti—ṭhānametaṁ vijjati.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nSammāpaṇihitattā, bhikkhave, sūkassa.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammāpaṇihitāya diṭṭhiyā sammāpaṇihitāya maggabhāvanāya avijjaṁ bhindissati, vijjaṁ uppādessati, nibbānaṁ sacchikarissatīti—ṭhānametaṁ vijjati.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nSammāpaṇihitattā, bhikkhave, diṭṭhiyā.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammāpaṇihitāya diṭṭhiyā sammāpaṇihitāya maggabhāvanāya avijjaṁ bhindati, vijjaṁ uppādeti, nibbānaṁ sacchikaroti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …\nevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammāpaṇihitāya diṭṭhiyā sammāpaṇihitāya maggabhāvanāya avijjaṁ bhindati, vijjaṁ uppādeti, nibbānaṁ sacchikarotī”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose a spike of rice or barley was pointing the right way. If you trod on it with hand or foot, it’s possible it may break the skin and produce blood.\nWhy is that?\nBecause the spike is pointing the right way.\nIn the same way, a mendicant whose view and development of the path is pointing the right way may well break ignorance, produce knowledge, and realize extinguishment.\nWhy is that?\nBecause their view is pointing the right way.\nAnd how does a mendicant whose view and development of the path is pointing the right way break ignorance, give rise to knowledge, and realize extinguishment?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.\nThat’s how a mendicant whose view and development of the path is pointing the right way breaks ignorance, gives rise to knowledge, and realizes extinguishment.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn45.154/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."}