{"id":"sn6.15","title":"Full Extinguishment","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn6.15","title":"Full Extinguishment","units":[{"id":"sn6.15:0","sourceIds":["sn6.15:0.1","sn6.15:0.2","sn6.15:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.15\n2. Dutiyavagga\nParinibbānasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 6.15\nChapter Two\nFull Extinguishment"}},{"id":"sn6.15:1","sourceIds":["sn6.15:1.1","sn6.15:1.2","sn6.15:1.3","sn6.15:1.4","sn6.15:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kusinārāyaṁ viharati upavattane mallānaṁ sālavane antarena yamakasālānaṁ parinibbānasamaye.\nAtha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“handa dāni, bhikkhave, āmantayāmi vo:\n‘vayadhammā saṅkhārā, appamādena sampādethā’”ti.\nAyaṁ tathāgatassa pacchimā vācā.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying between a pair of sal trees in the sal forest of the Mallas at Upavattana near Kusinārā at the time of his full extinguishment.\nThen the Buddha said to the mendicants:\n“Come now, mendicants, I say to you all:\n‘Conditions fall apart. Persist with diligence.’”\nThese were the Realized One’s last words."}},{"id":"sn6.15:2","sourceIds":["sn6.15:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Paṭhamā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Dutiyā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Tatiyā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā catutthaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Catutthā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samāpajji. Ākāsānañcāyatanā vuṭṭhahitvā viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samāpajji. Viññāṇañcāyatanā vuṭṭhahitvā ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samāpajji. Ākiñcaññāyatanā vuṭṭhahitvā nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samāpajji. Nevasaññānāsaññāyatanā vuṭṭhahitvā saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpajji.","en":"Then the Buddha entered the first absorption. Emerging from that, he entered the second absorption. Emerging from that, he successively entered into and emerged from the third absorption, the fourth absorption, the dimension of infinite space, the dimension of infinite consciousness, the dimension of nothingness, and the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. Then he entered the cessation of perception and feeling."}},{"id":"sn6.15:3","sourceIds":["sn6.15:3.1","sn6.15:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saññāvedayitanirodhā vuṭṭhahitvā nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samāpajji. Nevasaññānāsaññāyatanā vuṭṭhahitvā ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samāpajji. Ākiñcaññāyatanā vuṭṭhahitvā viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samāpajji. Viññāṇañcāyatanā vuṭṭhahitvā ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samāpajji. Ākāsānañcāyatanā vuṭṭhahitvā catutthaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Catutthā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Tatiyā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Dutiyā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Paṭhamā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Dutiyā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Tatiyā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā catutthaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajji. Catutthā jhānā vuṭṭhahitvā samanantaraṁ bhagavā parinibbāyi.\nParinibbute bhagavati saha parinibbānā brahmā sahampati imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then he emerged from the cessation of perception and feeling and entered the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. Emerging from that, he successively entered into and emerged from the dimension of nothingness, the dimension of infinite consciousness, the dimension of infinite space, the fourth absorption, the third absorption, the second absorption, and the first absorption. Emerging from that, he successively entered into and emerged from the second absorption and the third absorption. Then he entered the fourth absorption. Emerging from that the Buddha immediately became fully extinguished.\nWhen the Buddha was fully quenched, along with the full extinguishment, the divinity Sahampati spoke this verse:"}},{"id":"sn6.15:4","sourceIds":["sn6.15:4.1","sn6.15:4.2","sn6.15:4.3","sn6.15:4.4","sn6.15:4.5","sn6.15:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbeva nikkhipissanti,\nbhūtā loke samussayaṁ;\nYattha etādiso satthā,\nloke appaṭipuggalo;\nTathāgato balappatto,\nsambuddho parinibbuto”ti.","en":"“All creatures in this world\nmust lay down this bag of bones.\nFor even a Teacher such as this,\nunrivaled in the world,\nthe Realized One, attained to power,\nthe Buddha was fully quenched.”"}},{"id":"sn6.15:5","sourceIds":["sn6.15:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parinibbute bhagavati saha parinibbānā sakko devānamindo imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"When the Buddha was fully quenched, Sakka, lord of gods, spoke this verse:"}},{"id":"sn6.15:6","sourceIds":["sn6.15:6.1","sn6.15:6.2","sn6.15:6.3","sn6.15:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aniccā vata saṅkhārā,\nuppādavayadhammino;\nUppajjitvā nirujjhanti,\ntesaṁ vūpasamo sukho”ti.","en":"“Oh! Conditions are impermanent,\ntheir nature is to rise and fall;\nhaving arisen, they cease;\ntheir settling is such bliss.”"}},{"id":"sn6.15:7","sourceIds":["sn6.15:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parinibbute bhagavati saha parinibbānā āyasmā ānando imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"When the Buddha was fully quenched, Venerable Ānanda spoke this verse:"}},{"id":"sn6.15:8","sourceIds":["sn6.15:8.1","sn6.15:8.2","sn6.15:8.3","sn6.15:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tadāsi yaṁ bhiṁsanakaṁ,\ntadāsi lomahaṁsanaṁ;\nSabbākāravarūpete,\nsambuddhe parinibbute”ti.","en":"“Then there was terror!\nThen they had goosebumps!\nWhen the Buddha, endowed with all fine qualities,\nwas fully quenched.”"}},{"id":"sn6.15:9","sourceIds":["sn6.15:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parinibbute bhagavati saha parinibbānā āyasmā anuruddho imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"When the Buddha was fully quenched, Venerable Anuruddha spoke this verse:"}},{"id":"sn6.15:10","sourceIds":["sn6.15:10.1","sn6.15:10.2","sn6.15:10.3","sn6.15:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nāhu assāsapassāso,\nṭhitacittassa tādino;\nAnejo santimārabbha,\ncakkhumā parinibbuto.","en":"“There was no more breathing\nfor the unaffected one of steady heart.\nImperturbable, committed to peace,\nthe Clear-eyed One was fully quenched."}},{"id":"sn6.15:11","sourceIds":["sn6.15:11.1","sn6.15:11.2","sn6.15:11.3","sn6.15:11.4","sn6.15:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asallīnena cittena,\nvedanaṁ ajjhavāsayi;\nPajjotasseva nibbānaṁ,\nvimokkho cetaso ahū”ti.\nDutiyo vaggo.","en":"He put up with painful feelings\nwithout flinching.\nThe liberation of his heart\nwas like the extinguishing of a lamp.”"}},{"id":"sn6.15:12","sourceIds":["sn6.15:12.0","sn6.15:12.1","sn6.15:12.2","sn6.15:12.3","sn6.15:12.4","sn6.15:12.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nBrahmāsanaṁ devadatto,\nAndhakavindo aruṇavatī;\nParinibbānena ca desitaṁ,\nIdaṁ brahmapañcakanti.\nBrahmasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.","en":"The Linked Discourses on the Divinity are complete."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn6.15/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."}