{"id":"sn56.43","title":"The Great Scorching","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.43","title":"The Great Scorching","units":[{"id":"sn56.43:0","sourceIds":["sn56.43:0.1","sn56.43:0.2","sn56.43:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.43\n5. Papātavagga\nMahāpariḷāhasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.43\n5. A Cliff\nThe Great Scorching"}},{"id":"sn56.43:1","sourceIds":["sn56.43:1.1","sn56.43:1.2","sn56.43:1.3","sn56.43:1.4","sn56.43:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthi, bhikkhave, mahāpariḷāho nāma nirayo.\nTattha yaṁ kiñci cakkhunā rūpaṁ passati, aniṭṭharūpaññeva passati no iṭṭharūpaṁ; akantarūpaññeva passati no kantarūpaṁ; amanāparūpaññeva passati no manāparūpaṁ.\nYaṁ kiñci sotena saddaṁ suṇāti …pe…\nyaṁ kiñci kāyena phoṭṭhabbaṁ phusati …pe…\nyaṁ kiñci manasā dhammaṁ vijānāti, aniṭṭharūpaññeva vijānāti no iṭṭharūpaṁ; akantarūpaññeva vijānāti no kantarūpaṁ; amanāparūpaññeva vijānāti no manāparūpan”ti.","en":"“Mendicants, there is a hell called ‘The Great Scorching’.\nThere, whatever sight you see with your eye is unlikable, not likable; undesirable, not desirable; unpleasant, not pleasant.\nWhatever sound you hear … Whatever odor you smell … Whatever flavor you taste …\nWhatever touch you feel …\nWhatever idea you know with your mind is unlikable, not likable; undesirable, not desirable; unpleasant, not pleasant.”"}},{"id":"sn56.43:2","sourceIds":["sn56.43:2.1","sn56.43:2.2","sn56.43:2.3","sn56.43:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“mahā vata so, bhante, pariḷāho, sumahā vata so, bhante, pariḷāho.\nAtthi nu kho, bhante, etamhā pariḷāhā añño pariḷāho mahantataro ceva bhayānakataro cā”ti?\n“Atthi kho, bhikkhu, etamhā pariḷāhā añño pariḷāho mahantataro ca bhayānakataro cā”ti.","en":"When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, that scorching really is mighty, so very mighty.\nIs there any other scorching more mighty and terrifying than this one?”\n“There is, mendicant.”"}},{"id":"sn56.43:3","sourceIds":["sn56.43:3.1","sn56.43:3.2","sn56.43:3.3","sn56.43:3.4","sn56.43:3.5","sn56.43:3.6","sn56.43:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo pana, bhante, etamhā pariḷāhā añño pariḷāho mahantataro ca bhayānakataro cā”ti?\n“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti …pe…\n‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti, te jātisaṁvattanikesu saṅkhāresu abhiramanti …pe…\nabhiratā …pe… abhisaṅkharonti …pe…\nabhisaṅkharitvā jātipariḷāhenapi pariḍayhanti, jarāpariḷāhenapi pariḍayhanti, maraṇapariḷāhenapi pariḍayhanti, sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsapariḷāhenapi pariḍayhanti.\nTe na parimuccanti jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi.\n‘Na parimuccanti dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.","en":"“But sir, what is it?”\n“Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.\nThey take pleasure in choices that lead to rebirth …\nThey continue to make such choices …\nHaving made such choices, they burn with the scorching of rebirth, old age, and death, of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.\nThey’re not freed from rebirth, old age, and death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.\nThey’re not freed from suffering, I say."}},{"id":"sn56.43:4","sourceIds":["sn56.43:4.1","sn56.43:4.2","sn56.43:4.3","sn56.43:4.4","sn56.43:4.5","sn56.43:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti.\nTe jātisaṁvattanikesu saṅkhāresu nābhiramanti …pe…\nanabhiratā …pe… nābhisaṅkharonti …pe…\nanabhisaṅkharitvā jātipariḷāhenapi na pariḍayhanti, jarāpariḷāhenapi na pariḍayhanti, maraṇapariḷāhenapi na pariḍayhanti, sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsapariḷāhenapi na pariḍayhanti.\nTe parimuccanti jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi.\n‘Parimuccanti dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.","en":"There are ascetics and brahmins who truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.\nThey don’t take pleasure in choices that lead to rebirth …\nThey stop making such choices …\nHaving stopped making such choices, they don’t burn with the scorching of rebirth, old age, and death, of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.\nThey’re freed from rebirth, old age, and death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.\nThey’re freed from suffering, I say."}},{"id":"sn56.43:5","sourceIds":["sn56.43:5.1","sn56.43:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"That’s why you should practice meditation …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.43/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."}