{"id":"sn46.56","title":"With Prince Abhaya","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn46.56","title":"With Prince Abhaya","units":[{"id":"sn46.56:0","sourceIds":["sn46.56:0.1","sn46.56:0.2","sn46.56:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.56\n6. Sākacchavagga\nAbhayasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 46.56\n6. Discussion\nWith Prince Abhaya"}},{"id":"sn46.56:1","sourceIds":["sn46.56:1.1","sn46.56:1.2","sn46.56:1.3","sn46.56:1.4","sn46.56:1.5","sn46.56:1.6","sn46.56:1.7","sn46.56:1.8","sn46.56:1.9","sn46.56:1.10","sn46.56:1.11","sn46.56:1.12","sn46.56:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.\nAtha kho abhayo rājakumāro yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho abhayo rājakumāro bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“pūraṇo, bhante, kassapo evamāha:\n‘natthi hetu, natthi paccayo aññāṇāya adassanāya.\nAhetu, appaccayo aññāṇaṁ adassanaṁ hoti.\nNatthi hetu, natthi paccayo ñāṇāya dassanāya.\nAhetu, appaccayo ñāṇaṁ dassanaṁ hotī’ti.\nIdha bhagavā kimāhā”ti?\n“Atthi, rājakumāra, hetu, atthi paccayo aññāṇāya adassanāya.\nSahetu, sappaccayo aññāṇaṁ adassanaṁ hoti.\nAtthi, rājakumāra, hetu, atthi paccayo ñāṇāya dassanāya.\nSahetu, sappaccayo ñāṇaṁ dassanaṁ hotī”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.\nThen Prince Abhaya went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:\n“Sir, Pūraṇa Kassapa says this:\n‘There is no cause or reason for not knowing and not seeing.\nNot knowing and not seeing have no cause or reason.\nThere is no cause or reason for knowing and seeing.\nKnowing and seeing have no cause or reason.’\nWhat does the Buddha say about this?”\n“Prince, there are causes and reasons for not knowing and not seeing.\nNot knowing and not seeing have causes and reasons.\nThere are causes and reasons for knowing and seeing.\nKnowing and seeing have causes and reasons.”"}},{"id":"sn46.56:2","sourceIds":["sn46.56:2.1","sn46.56:2.2","sn46.56:2.3","sn46.56:2.4","sn46.56:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo pana, bhante, hetu, katamo paccayo aññāṇāya adassanāya?\nKathaṁ sahetu, sappaccayo aññāṇaṁ adassanaṁ hotī”ti?\n“Yasmiṁ kho, rājakumāra, samaye kāmarāgapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati kāmarāgaparetena, uppannassa ca kāmarāgassa nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ na jānāti na passati—\nayampi kho, rājakumāra, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo aññāṇāya adassanāya.\nEvampi sahetu sappaccayo aññāṇaṁ adassanaṁ hoti.","en":"“But sir, what is the cause and reason for not knowing and not seeing?\nHow do not knowing and not seeing have causes and reasons?”\n“There’s a time when the heart is overcome and mired in sensual desire, without truly knowing and seeing the escape from sensual desire that has arisen.\nThis is a cause and reason for not knowing and not seeing.\nAnd this is how not knowing and not seeing have causes and reasons."}},{"id":"sn46.56:3","sourceIds":["sn46.56:3.1","sn46.56:3.2","sn46.56:3.3","sn46.56:3.4","sn46.56:3.5","sn46.56:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, rājakumāra, yasmiṁ samaye byāpādapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati byāpādaparetena …pe…\nthinamiddhapariyuṭṭhitena …pe…\nuddhaccakukkuccapariyuṭṭhitena …pe…\nvicikicchāpariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati vicikicchāparetena, uppannāya ca vicikicchāya nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ na jānāti na passati—\nayampi kho, rājakumāra, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo aññāṇāya adassanāya.\nEvampi sahetu sappaccayo aññāṇaṁ adassanaṁ hotī”ti.","en":"Furthermore, there’s a time when the heart is overcome and mired in ill will …\ndullness and drowsiness …\nrestlessness and remorse …\ndoubt, without truly knowing and seeing the escape from doubt that has arisen.\nThis is a cause and reason for not knowing and not seeing.\nAnd this is how not knowing and not seeing have causes and reasons.”"}},{"id":"sn46.56:4","sourceIds":["sn46.56:4.1","sn46.56:4.2","sn46.56:4.3","sn46.56:4.4","sn46.56:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ko nāmāyaṁ, bhante, dhammapariyāyo”ti?\n“Nīvaraṇā nāmete, rājakumārā”ti.\n“Taggha, bhagavā, nīvaraṇā;\ntaggha, sugata, nīvaraṇā.\nEkamekenapi kho, bhante, nīvaraṇena abhibhūto yathābhūtaṁ na jāneyya na passeyya, ko pana vādo pañcahi nīvaraṇehi?","en":"“Sir, what is the name of this exposition of the teaching?”\n“These are called the ‘hindrances’, prince.”\n“Indeed, Blessed One, these are hindrances!\nIndeed, Holy One, these are hindrances!\nOvercome by even a single hindrance you wouldn’t truly know or see, let alone all five hindrances."}},{"id":"sn46.56:5","sourceIds":["sn46.56:5.1","sn46.56:5.2","sn46.56:5.3","sn46.56:5.4","sn46.56:5.5","sn46.56:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo pana, bhante, hetu, katamo paccayo ñāṇāya dassanāya?\nKathaṁ sahetu, sappaccayo ñāṇaṁ dassanaṁ hotī”ti?\n“Idha, rājakumāra, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nSo satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvitena cittena yathābhūtaṁ jānāti passati—\nayampi kho, rājakumāra, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo ñāṇāya dassanāya.\nEvampi sahetu, sappaccayo ñāṇaṁ dassanaṁ hoti.","en":"But sir, what is the cause and reason for knowing and seeing?\nHow do knowing and seeing have causes and reasons?”\n“It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factor of mindfulness, which relies on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripens as letting go.\nThey truly know and see with a mind that has developed the awakening factor of mindfulness.\nThis is a cause and reason for knowing and seeing.\nAnd this is how knowing and seeing have causes and reasons."}},{"id":"sn46.56:6","sourceIds":["sn46.56:6.1","sn46.56:6.2","sn46.56:6.3","sn46.56:6.4","sn46.56:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, rājakumāra, bhikkhu …pe…\nupekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nSo upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvitena cittena yathābhūtaṁ jānāti passati—\nayampi kho, rājakumāra, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo ñāṇāya dassanāya.\nEvaṁ sahetu, sappaccayo ñāṇaṁ dassanaṁ hotī”ti.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant develops the awakening factor of investigation of principles … energy … rapture … tranquility … immersion …\nequanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.\nThey truly know and see with a mind that has developed the awakening factor of equanimity.\nThis is a cause and reason for knowing and seeing.\nAnd this is how knowing and seeing have causes and reasons.”"}},{"id":"sn46.56:7","sourceIds":["sn46.56:7.1","sn46.56:7.2","sn46.56:7.3","sn46.56:7.4","sn46.56:7.5","sn46.56:7.6","sn46.56:7.7","sn46.56:7.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ko nāmāyaṁ, bhante, dhammapariyāyo”ti?\n“Bojjhaṅgā nāmete, rājakumārā”ti.\n“Taggha, bhagavā, bojjhaṅgā;\ntaggha, sugata, bojjhaṅgā.\nEkamekenapi kho, bhante, bojjhaṅgena samannāgato yathābhūtaṁ jāneyya passeyya, ko pana vādo sattahi bojjhaṅgehi?\nYopi me, bhante, gijjhakūṭaṁ pabbataṁ ārohantassa kāyakilamatho cittakilamatho, sopi me paṭippassaddho, dhammo ca me abhisamito”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.\nSākacchavaggo chaṭṭho.","en":"“Sir, what is the name of this exposition of the teaching?”\n“These are called the ‘awakening factors’, prince.”\n“Indeed, Blessed One, these are awakening factors!\nIndeed, Holy One, these are awakening factors!\nEndowed with even a single awakening factor you would truly know and see, let alone all seven awakening factors.\nWhen climbing Mount Vulture’s Peak I became fatigued in body and mind. But this has now faded away. And I’ve comprehended the teaching.”"}},{"id":"sn46.56:8","sourceIds":["sn46.56:8.0","sn46.56:8.1","sn46.56:8.2","sn46.56:8.3","sn46.56:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nĀhārā pariyāyamaggi,\nmettaṁ saṅgāravena ca;\nAbhayo pucchito pañhaṁ,\ngijjhakūṭamhi pabbateti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn46.56/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."}