{"id":"sn56.32","title":"Acacia Leaves","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.32","title":"Acacia Leaves","units":[{"id":"sn56.32:0","sourceIds":["sn56.32:0.1","sn56.32:0.2","sn56.32:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.32\n4. Sīsapāvanavagga\nKhadirapattasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.32\n4. In a Rosewood Forest\nAcacia Leaves"}},{"id":"sn56.32:1","sourceIds":["sn56.32:1.1","sn56.32:1.2","sn56.32:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yo, bhikkhave, evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘ahaṁ dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ anabhisamecca, dukkhasamudayaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ anabhisamecca, dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ anabhisamecca, dukkhanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ anabhisamecca sammā dukkhassantaṁ karissāmī’ti—\nnetaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose someone were to say:\n‘Without truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.’\nThat is not possible."}},{"id":"sn56.32:2","sourceIds":["sn56.32:2.1","sn56.32:2.2","sn56.32:2.3","sn56.32:2.4","sn56.32:2.5","sn56.32:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yo evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘ahaṁ khadirapattānaṁ vā saralapattānaṁ vā āmalakapattānaṁ vā puṭaṁ karitvā udakaṁ vā tālapattaṁ vā āharissāmī’ti—\nnetaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, yo evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘ahaṁ dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ anabhisamecca …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ anabhisamecca sammā dukkhassantaṁ karissāmī’ti—\nnetaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.","en":"It’s as if someone were to say:\n‘I’ll make a basket out of acacia leaves or pine needles or myrobalan leaves, and use it to carry water or ripe palmyra fruit.’\nThat is not possible.\nIn the same way, suppose someone were to say:\n‘Without truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.’\nThat is not possible."}},{"id":"sn56.32:3","sourceIds":["sn56.32:3.1","sn56.32:3.2","sn56.32:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘ahaṁ dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamecca, dukkhasamudayaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamecca, dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamecca, dukkhanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamecca sammā dukkhassantaṁ karissāmī’ti—\nṭhānametaṁ vijjati.","en":"But suppose someone were to say:\n‘After truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.’\nThat is possible."}},{"id":"sn56.32:4","sourceIds":["sn56.32:4.1","sn56.32:4.2","sn56.32:4.3","sn56.32:4.4","sn56.32:4.5","sn56.32:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yo evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘ahaṁ padumapattānaṁ vā palāsapattānaṁ vā māluvapattānaṁ vā puṭaṁ karitvā udakaṁ vā tālapattaṁ vā āharissāmī’ti—\nṭhānametaṁ vijjati;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, yo evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘ahaṁ dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamecca …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ ariyasaccaṁ yathābhūtaṁ abhisamecca sammā dukkhassantaṁ karissāmī’ti—\nṭhānametaṁ vijjati.","en":"It’s as if someone were to say:\n‘I’ll make a basket out of lotus leaves or flame-of-the-forest leaves or camel’s foot creeper leaves, and use it to carry water or ripe palmyra fruit.’\nThat is possible.\nIn the same way, suppose someone were to say:\n‘After truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.’\nThat is possible."}},{"id":"sn56.32:5","sourceIds":["sn56.32:5.1","sn56.32:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"That’s why you should practice meditation …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.32/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."}