{"id":"sn48.44","title":"At the Eastern Gate","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn48.44","title":"At the Eastern Gate","units":[{"id":"sn48.44:0","sourceIds":["sn48.44:0.1","sn48.44:0.2","sn48.44:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.44\n5. Jarāvagga\nPubbakoṭṭhakasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 48.44\n5. Old Age\nAt the Eastern Gate"}},{"id":"sn48.44:1","sourceIds":["sn48.44:1.1","sn48.44:1.2","sn48.44:1.3","sn48.44:1.4","sn48.44:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati pubbakoṭṭhake.\nTatra kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ āmantesi:\n“saddahasi tvaṁ, sāriputta—\nsaddhindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānan”ti?","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying in Sāvatthī at the eastern gate.\nThen the Buddha said to Venerable Sāriputta:\n“Sāriputta, do you have faith that\nthe faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom, when developed and cultivated, have freedom from death as their objective, destination, and culmination?”"}},{"id":"sn48.44:2","sourceIds":["sn48.44:2.1","sn48.44:2.2","sn48.44:2.3","sn48.44:2.4","sn48.44:2.5","sn48.44:2.6","sn48.44:2.7","sn48.44:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na khvāhaṁ ettha, bhante, bhagavato saddhāya gacchāmi—\nsaddhindriyaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ.\nYesañhetaṁ, bhante, aññātaṁ assa adiṭṭhaṁ aviditaṁ asacchikataṁ aphassitaṁ paññāya, te tattha paresaṁ saddhāya gaccheyyuṁ—\nsaddhindriyaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ.\nYesañca kho etaṁ, bhante, ñātaṁ diṭṭhaṁ viditaṁ sacchikataṁ phassitaṁ paññāya, nikkaṅkhā te tattha nibbicikicchā—\nsaddhindriyaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ.\nMayhañca kho etaṁ, bhante, ñātaṁ diṭṭhaṁ viditaṁ sacchikataṁ phassitaṁ paññāya.\nNikkaṅkhvāhaṁ tattha nibbicikiccho saddhindriyaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānan”ti.","en":"“Sir, in this case I don’t rely on faith in the Buddha’s claim that\nthe faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom, when developed and cultivated, have freedom from death as their objective, destination, and culmination.\nThere are those who have not known or seen or understood or realized or experienced this with wisdom. They may rely on faith in this matter.\nBut there are those who have known, seen, understood, realized, and experienced this with wisdom. They have no doubts or uncertainties in this matter.\nI have known, seen, understood, realized, and experienced this with wisdom.\nI have no doubts or uncertainties that the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom, when developed and cultivated, have freedom from death as their objective, destination, and culmination.”"}},{"id":"sn48.44:3","sourceIds":["sn48.44:3.1","sn48.44:3.2","sn48.44:3.3","sn48.44:3.4","sn48.44:3.5","sn48.44:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu sādhu, sāriputta.\nYesañhetaṁ, sāriputta, aññātaṁ assa adiṭṭhaṁ aviditaṁ asacchikataṁ aphassitaṁ paññāya, te tattha paresaṁ saddhāya gaccheyyuṁ—\nsaddhindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ.\nYesañca kho etaṁ, sāriputta, ñātaṁ diṭṭhaṁ viditaṁ sacchikataṁ phassitaṁ paññāya, nikkaṅkhā te tattha nibbicikicchā—\nsaddhindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ bhāvitaṁ bahulīkataṁ amatogadhaṁ hoti amataparāyaṇaṁ amatapariyosānan”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"“Good, good, Sāriputta!\nThere are those who have not known or seen or understood or realized or experienced this with wisdom. They may rely on faith in this matter.\nBut there are those who have known, seen, understood, realized, and experienced this with wisdom. They have no doubts or uncertainties that\nthe faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom, when developed and cultivated, have freedom from death as their objective, destination, and culmination.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn48.44/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."}