{"id":"snp3.12","title":"Contemplating Pairs","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp3.12","title":"Contemplating Pairs","units":[{"id":"snp3.12:0","sourceIds":["snp3.12:0.1","snp3.12:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 3.12\nDvayatānupassanāsutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 3.12\nContemplating Pairs"}},{"id":"snp3.12:1","sourceIds":["snp3.12:1.1","snp3.12:1.2","snp3.12:1.3","snp3.12:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati pubbārāme migāramātupāsāde.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā tadahuposathe pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto abbhokāse nisinno hoti.\nAtha kho bhagavā tuṇhībhūtaṁ tuṇhībhūtaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ anuviloketvā bhikkhū āmantesi:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother in the Eastern Monastery.\nNow, at that time it was the sabbath—the full moon on the fifteenth day—and the Buddha was sitting in the open surrounded by the Saṅgha of monks.\nThen the Buddha looked around the Saṅgha of monks, who were so very silent. He addressed them:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:2","sourceIds":["snp3.12:2.1","snp3.12:2.2","snp3.12:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“‘Ye te, bhikkhave, kusalā dhammā ariyā niyyānikā sambodhagāmino, tesaṁ vo, bhikkhave, kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ariyānaṁ niyyānikānaṁ sambodhagāmīnaṁ kā upanisā savanāyā’ti, iti ce, bhikkhave, pucchitāro assu, te evamassu vacanīyā:\n‘yāvadeva dvayatānaṁ dhammānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāyā’ti.\nKiñca dvayataṁ vadetha?","en":"“Suppose, monks, they questioned you thus: ‘There are skillful teachings that are noble, emancipating, and lead to awakening. What is the real reason for listening to such teachings?’ You should answer:\n‘Only so as to truly know the pairs of teachings.’\nAnd what pairs do they speak of?"}},{"id":"snp3.12:3","sourceIds":["snp3.12:3.1","snp3.12:3.2","snp3.12:3.3","snp3.12:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idaṁ dukkhaṁ, ayaṁ dukkhasamudayoti ayamekānupassanā.\nAyaṁ dukkhanirodho, ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadāti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā dvayatānupassino kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa viharato dvinnaṁ phalānaṁ aññataraṁ phalaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—\ndiṭṭheva dhamme aññā, sati vā upādisese anāgāmitā”ti.","en":"‘This is suffering; this is the origin of suffering’: this is the first contemplation.\n‘This is the cessation of suffering; this is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates rightly contemplating a pair of teachings in this way—diligent, keen, and resolute—they can expect one of two results:\nenlightenment in this very life, or if there’s residue left behind, non-return.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:4","sourceIds":["snp3.12:4.1","snp3.12:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca bhagavā.\nIdaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"That is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:5","sourceIds":["snp3.12:5.1","snp3.12:5.2","snp3.12:5.3","snp3.12:5.4","snp3.12:5.5","snp3.12:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ye dukkhaṁ nappajānanti,\natho dukkhassa sambhavaṁ;\nYattha ca sabbaso dukkhaṁ,\nasesaṁ uparujjhati;\nTañca maggaṁ na jānanti,\ndukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.","en":"“There are those who don’t understand suffering\nand suffering’s cause,\nand where all suffering\nceases no residue left behind.\nAnd they do not know the path\nthat leads to the stilling of suffering."}},{"id":"snp3.12:6","sourceIds":["snp3.12:6.1","snp3.12:6.2","snp3.12:6.3","snp3.12:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cetovimuttihīnā te,\nAtho paññāvimuttiyā;\nAbhabbā te antakiriyāya,\nTe ve jātijarūpagā.","en":"They lack the heart’s release,\nas well as the release by wisdom.\nUnable to make an end,\nthey continue to be reborn and grow old."}},{"id":"snp3.12:7","sourceIds":["snp3.12:7.1","snp3.12:7.2","snp3.12:7.3","snp3.12:7.4","snp3.12:7.5","snp3.12:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca dukkhaṁ pajānanti,\natho dukkhassa sambhavaṁ;\nYattha ca sabbaso dukkhaṁ,\nasesaṁ uparujjhati;\nTañca maggaṁ pajānanti,\ndukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.","en":"But there are those who understand suffering\nand suffering’s cause,\nand where all suffering\nceases with no residue left behind.\nAnd they understand the path\nthat leads to the stilling of suffering."}},{"id":"snp3.12:8","sourceIds":["snp3.12:8.1","snp3.12:8.2","snp3.12:8.3","snp3.12:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cetovimuttisampannā,\nAtho paññāvimuttiyā;\nBhabbā te antakiriyāya,\nNa te jātijarūpagāti.","en":"They’re endowed with the heart’s release,\nas well as the release by wisdom.\nAble to make an end,\nthey don’t continue to be reborn and grow old.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:9","sourceIds":["snp3.12:9.1","snp3.12:9.2","snp3.12:9.3","snp3.12:9.4","snp3.12:9.5","snp3.12:9.6","snp3.12:9.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi pariyāyena sammā dvayatānupassanā’ti, iti ce, bhikkhave, pucchitāro assu;\n‘siyā’tissu vacanīyā.\nKathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ upadhipaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nUpadhīnaṁ tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“Suppose, monks, they questioned you thus: ‘Could there be another way to contemplate the pairs?’\nYou should say, ‘There could.’\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by attachment’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When attachment has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:10","sourceIds":["snp3.12:10.1","snp3.12:10.2","snp3.12:10.3","snp3.12:10.4","snp3.12:10.5","snp3.12:10.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Upadhinidānā pabhavanti dukkhā,\nYe keci lokasmimanekarūpā;\nYo ve avidvā upadhiṁ karoti,\nPunappunaṁ dukkhamupeti mando;\nTasmā pajānaṁ upadhiṁ na kayirā,\nDukkhassa jātippabhavānupassīti.","en":"“Attachment is the source of suffering\nin all its countless forms in the world.\nWhen an ignorant person builds up attachments,\nthat dullard returns to suffering again and again.\nSo let one who understands not build up attachments,\ncontemplating the inception of suffering and rebirth.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:11","sourceIds":["snp3.12:11.1","snp3.12:11.2","snp3.12:11.3","snp3.12:11.4","snp3.12:11.5","snp3.12:11.6","snp3.12:11.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi pariyāyena sammā dvayatānupassanā’ti, iti ce, bhikkhave, pucchitāro assu;\n‘siyā’tissu vacanīyā.\nKathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ avijjāpaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nAvijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“Suppose, monks, they questioned you thus: ‘Could there be another way to contemplate the pairs?’\nYou should say, ‘There could.’\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by ignorance’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When ignorance has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:12","sourceIds":["snp3.12:12.1","snp3.12:12.2","snp3.12:12.3","snp3.12:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Jātimaraṇasaṁsāraṁ,\nye vajanti punappunaṁ;\nItthabhāvaññathābhāvaṁ,\navijjāyeva sā gati.","en":"“Those who journey again and again,\ntransmigrating through birth and death;\nthey go from this state to another,\nthat destination due only to ignorance."}},{"id":"snp3.12:13","sourceIds":["snp3.12:13.1","snp3.12:13.2","snp3.12:13.3","snp3.12:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Avijjā hāyaṁ mahāmoho,\nYenidaṁ saṁsitaṁ ciraṁ;\nVijjāgatā ca ye sattā,\nNa te gacchanti punabbhavanti.","en":"For ignorance is the great delusion\nbecause of which we have long transmigrated.\nThose beings who have knowledge\ndo not proceed to a future life.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:14","sourceIds":["snp3.12:14.1","snp3.12:14.2","snp3.12:14.3","snp3.12:14.4","snp3.12:14.5","snp3.12:14.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ saṅkhārapaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nSaṅkhārānaṁ tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by choices’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When choices has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:15","sourceIds":["snp3.12:15.1","snp3.12:15.2","snp3.12:15.3","snp3.12:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti,\nsabbaṁ saṅkhārapaccayā;\nSaṅkhārānaṁ nirodhena,\nnatthi dukkhassa sambhavo.","en":"“All the suffering that originates\nis caused by choices.\nWith the cessation of choices,\nthere is no origination of suffering."}},{"id":"snp3.12:16","sourceIds":["snp3.12:16.1","snp3.12:16.2","snp3.12:16.3","snp3.12:16.4","snp3.12:16.5","snp3.12:16.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,\ndukkhaṁ saṅkhārapaccayā;\nSabbasaṅkhārasamathā,\nsaññānaṁ uparodhanā;\nEvaṁ dukkhakkhayo hoti,\netaṁ ñatvā yathātathaṁ.","en":"Knowing this danger,\nthat suffering is caused by choices;\nthrough the stilling of all choices,\nand the stopping of perceptions,\nthis is the way suffering ends\nwhen one has known this as it is."}},{"id":"snp3.12:17","sourceIds":["snp3.12:17.1","snp3.12:17.2","snp3.12:17.3","snp3.12:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sammaddasā vedaguno,\nSammadaññāya paṇḍitā;\nAbhibhuyya mārasaṁyogaṁ,\nNa gacchanti punabbhavanti.","en":"Rightly seeing, knowledge masters,\nthe astute, understanding rightly,\nhaving thrown off Māra’s yoke,\ndo not proceed to a future life.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:18","sourceIds":["snp3.12:18.1","snp3.12:18.2","snp3.12:18.3","snp3.12:18.4","snp3.12:18.5","snp3.12:18.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ viññāṇapaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nViññāṇassa tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by consciousness’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When consciousness has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:19","sourceIds":["snp3.12:19.1","snp3.12:19.2","snp3.12:19.3","snp3.12:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti,\nSabbaṁ viññāṇapaccayā;\nViññāṇassa nirodhena,\nNatthi dukkhassa sambhavo.","en":"“All the suffering that originates\nis caused by consciousness.\nWith the cessation of consciousness,\nthere is no origination of suffering."}},{"id":"snp3.12:20","sourceIds":["snp3.12:20.1","snp3.12:20.2","snp3.12:20.3","snp3.12:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,\nDukkhaṁ viññāṇapaccayā;\nViññāṇūpasamā bhikkhu,\nNicchāto parinibbutoti.","en":"Knowing this danger,\nthat suffering is caused by consciousness,\nwith the stilling of consciousness a mendicant\nis hungerless, quenched.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:21","sourceIds":["snp3.12:21.1","snp3.12:21.2","snp3.12:21.3","snp3.12:21.4","snp3.12:21.5","snp3.12:21.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ phassapaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nPhassassa tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by contact’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When contact has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:22","sourceIds":["snp3.12:22.1","snp3.12:22.2","snp3.12:22.3","snp3.12:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tesaṁ phassaparetānaṁ,\nBhavasotānusārinaṁ;\nKummaggapaṭipannānaṁ,\nĀrā saṁyojanakkhayo.","en":"“Those mired in contact,\nswept down the stream of lives,\npracticing the wrong way,\nare far from the ending of fetters."}},{"id":"snp3.12:23","sourceIds":["snp3.12:23.1","snp3.12:23.2","snp3.12:23.3","snp3.12:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca phassaṁ pariññāya,\nAññāyupasame ratā;\nTe ve phassābhisamayā,\nNicchātā parinibbutāti.","en":"But those who completely understand contact,\nwho, understanding, delight in peace;\nby comprehending contact\nthey are hungerless, quenched.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:24","sourceIds":["snp3.12:24.1","snp3.12:24.2","snp3.12:24.3","snp3.12:24.4","snp3.12:24.5","snp3.12:24.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ vedanāpaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nVedanānaṁ tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by feeling’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When feeling has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:25","sourceIds":["snp3.12:25.1","snp3.12:25.2","snp3.12:25.3","snp3.12:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sukhaṁ vā yadi vā dukkhaṁ,\nAdukkhamasukhaṁ saha;\nAjjhattañca bahiddhā ca,\nYaṁ kiñci atthi veditaṁ.","en":"“Whether it’s pleasant or painful,\nas well as what’s neutral,\nwhatever there is that is felt\ninternally and externally:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:26","sourceIds":["snp3.12:26.1","snp3.12:26.2","snp3.12:26.3","snp3.12:26.4","snp3.12:26.5","snp3.12:26.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etaṁ dukkhanti ñatvāna,\nMosadhammaṁ palokinaṁ;\nPhussa phussa vayaṁ passaṁ,\nEvaṁ tattha vijānati;\nVedanānaṁ khayā bhikkhu,\nNicchāto parinibbutoti.","en":"having known, ‘this is suffering,\ndeceptive, breaking apart’,\nseeing feelings vanish with every contact,\nthat’s how they understand them.\nWith the ending of feelings, a mendicant\nis hungerless, quenched.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:27","sourceIds":["snp3.12:27.1","snp3.12:27.2","snp3.12:27.3","snp3.12:27.4","snp3.12:27.5","snp3.12:27.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ taṇhāpaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nTaṇhāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by craving’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When craving has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:28","sourceIds":["snp3.12:28.1","snp3.12:28.2","snp3.12:28.3","snp3.12:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṇhādutiyo puriso,\nDīghamaddhāna saṁsaraṁ;\nItthabhāvaññathābhāvaṁ,\nSaṁsāraṁ nātivattati.","en":"“Craving is a person’s partner\nas they transmigrate on this long journey.\nThey go from this state to another,\nbut don’t escape transmigration."}},{"id":"snp3.12:29","sourceIds":["snp3.12:29.1","snp3.12:29.2","snp3.12:29.3","snp3.12:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,\nTaṇhaṁ dukkhassa sambhavaṁ;\nVītataṇho anādāno,\nSato bhikkhu paribbajeti.","en":"Knowing this danger,\nthat craving is the cause of suffering—\nrid of craving, free of grasping,\na mendicant would wander mindful.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:30","sourceIds":["snp3.12:30.1","snp3.12:30.2","snp3.12:30.3","snp3.12:30.4","snp3.12:30.5","snp3.12:30.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ upādānapaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nUpādānānaṁ tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by grasping’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When grasping has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:31","sourceIds":["snp3.12:31.1","snp3.12:31.2","snp3.12:31.3","snp3.12:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Upādānapaccayā bhavo,\nBhūto dukkhaṁ nigacchati;\nJātassa maraṇaṁ hoti,\nEso dukkhassa sambhavo.","en":"“Grasping is the cause of continued existence;\none who exists falls into suffering.\nDeath comes to those who are born—\nthis is the origination of suffering."}},{"id":"snp3.12:32","sourceIds":["snp3.12:32.1","snp3.12:32.2","snp3.12:32.3","snp3.12:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā upādānakkhayā,\nSammadaññāya paṇḍitā;\nJātikkhayaṁ abhiññāya,\nNa gacchanti punabbhavanti.","en":"That’s why with the end of grasping,\nthe astute, understanding rightly,\nhaving directly known the end of rebirth,\ndo not proceed to a future life.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:33","sourceIds":["snp3.12:33.1","snp3.12:33.2","snp3.12:33.3","snp3.12:33.4","snp3.12:33.5","snp3.12:33.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ ārambhapaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nĀrambhānaṁ tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by instigating activity’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When instigation has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:34","sourceIds":["snp3.12:34.1","snp3.12:34.2","snp3.12:34.3","snp3.12:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti,\nSabbaṁ ārambhapaccayā;\nĀrambhānaṁ nirodhena,\nNatthi dukkhassa sambhavo.","en":"“All the suffering that originates\nis caused by instigating activity.\nWith the cessation of instigation,\nthere is no origination of suffering."}},{"id":"snp3.12:35","sourceIds":["snp3.12:35.1","snp3.12:35.2","snp3.12:35.3","snp3.12:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,\nDukkhaṁ ārambhapaccayā;\nSabbārambhaṁ paṭinissajja,\nAnārambhe vimuttino.","en":"Knowing this danger,\nthat suffering is caused by instigating activity,\nhaving given up all instigation,\none is freed with respects to instigation."}},{"id":"snp3.12:36","sourceIds":["snp3.12:36.1","snp3.12:36.2","snp3.12:36.3","snp3.12:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ucchinnabhavataṇhassa,\nSantacittassa bhikkhuno;\nVikkhīṇo jātisaṁsāro,\nNatthi tassa punabbhavoti.","en":"For the mendicant with peaceful mind,\nwho has cut off craving for continued existence,\ntransmigration through births is finished;\nthere’ll be no more future lives for them.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:37","sourceIds":["snp3.12:37.1","snp3.12:37.2","snp3.12:37.3","snp3.12:37.4","snp3.12:37.5","snp3.12:37.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ āhārapaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nĀhārānaṁ tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by sustenance’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When sustenance has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:38","sourceIds":["snp3.12:38.1","snp3.12:38.2","snp3.12:38.3","snp3.12:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti,\nSabbaṁ āhārapaccayā;\nĀhārānaṁ nirodhena,\nNatthi dukkhassa sambhavo.","en":"“All the suffering that originates\nis caused by sustenance.\nWith the cessation of sustenance,\nthere is no origination of suffering."}},{"id":"snp3.12:39","sourceIds":["snp3.12:39.1","snp3.12:39.2","snp3.12:39.3","snp3.12:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,\nDukkhaṁ āhārapaccayā;\nSabbāhāraṁ pariññāya,\nSabbāhāramanissito.","en":"Knowing this danger,\nthat suffering is caused by sustenance,\ncompletely understanding all sustenance,\none is independent of all sustenance."}},{"id":"snp3.12:40","sourceIds":["snp3.12:40.1","snp3.12:40.2","snp3.12:40.3","snp3.12:40.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ārogyaṁ sammadaññāya,\nĀsavānaṁ parikkhayā;\nSaṅkhāya sevī dhammaṭṭho,\nSaṅkhyaṁ nopeti vedagūti.","en":"Having rightly understood the state of health,\nthrough the ending of defilements,\none who makes use after appraisal, firm in principle,\na knowledge master cannot be reckoned.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:41","sourceIds":["snp3.12:41.1","snp3.12:41.2","snp3.12:41.3","snp3.12:41.4","snp3.12:41.5","snp3.12:41.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti sabbaṁ iñjitapaccayāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nIñjitānaṁ tveva asesavirāganirodhā natthi dukkhassa sambhavoti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘All the suffering that originates is caused by perturbation’: this is one contemplation.\n‘When perturbation has faded away and ceased with no residue left behind, there is no origination of suffering’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:42","sourceIds":["snp3.12:42.1","snp3.12:42.2","snp3.12:42.3","snp3.12:42.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ kiñci dukkhaṁ sambhoti,\nSabbaṁ iñjitapaccayā;\nIñjitānaṁ nirodhena,\nNatthi dukkhassa sambhavo.","en":"“All the suffering that originates\nis caused by perturbation.\nWith the cessation of perturbation,\nthere is no origination of suffering."}},{"id":"snp3.12:43","sourceIds":["snp3.12:43.1","snp3.12:43.2","snp3.12:43.3","snp3.12:43.4","snp3.12:43.5","snp3.12:43.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,\nDukkhaṁ iñjitapaccayā;\nTasmā hi ejaṁ vossajja,\nSaṅkhāre uparundhiya;\nAnejo anupādāno,\nSato bhikkhu paribbajeti.","en":"Knowing this danger,\nthat suffering is caused by perturbation,\nthat’s why, having relinquished perturbation,\nand stopped making karmic choices,\nimperturbable, free of grasping,\na mendicant would wander mindful.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:44","sourceIds":["snp3.12:44.1","snp3.12:44.2","snp3.12:44.3","snp3.12:44.4","snp3.12:44.5","snp3.12:44.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nNissitassa calitaṁ hotīti, ayamekānupassanā.\nAnissito na calatīti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘For the dependent there is quivering’: this is the first contemplation.\n‘For the independent there’s no agitation’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:45","sourceIds":["snp3.12:45.1","snp3.12:45.2","snp3.12:45.3","snp3.12:45.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Anissito na calati,\nNissito ca upādiyaṁ;\nItthabhāvaññathābhāvaṁ,\nSaṁsāraṁ nātivattati.","en":"“For the independent there’s no agitation.\nThe dependent, grasping,\ngoes from this state to another,\nwithout escaping transmigration."}},{"id":"snp3.12:46","sourceIds":["snp3.12:46.1","snp3.12:46.2","snp3.12:46.3","snp3.12:46.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,\nNissayesu mahabbhayaṁ;\nAnissito anupādāno,\nSato bhikkhu paribbajeti.","en":"Knowing this danger,\nthe great fear in dependencies,\nindependent, free of grasping,\na mendicant would wander mindful.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:47","sourceIds":["snp3.12:47.1","snp3.12:47.2","snp3.12:47.3","snp3.12:47.4","snp3.12:47.5","snp3.12:47.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nRūpehi, bhikkhave, arūpā santatarāti, ayamekānupassanā.\nArūpehi nirodho santataroti, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘Formless states are more peaceful than states of form’: this is the first contemplation.\n‘Cessation is more peaceful than formless states’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:48","sourceIds":["snp3.12:48.1","snp3.12:48.2","snp3.12:48.3","snp3.12:48.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ye ca rūpūpagā sattā,\nYe ca arūpaṭṭhāyino;\nNirodhaṁ appajānantā,\nĀgantāro punabbhavaṁ.","en":"“There are beings in the realm of luminous form,\nand others stuck in the formless.\nNot understanding cessation,\nthey return in future lives."}},{"id":"snp3.12:49","sourceIds":["snp3.12:49.1","snp3.12:49.2","snp3.12:49.3","snp3.12:49.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca rūpe pariññāya,\nArūpesu asaṇṭhitā;\nNirodhe ye vimuccanti,\nTe janā maccuhāyinoti.","en":"But the people who completely understand form,\nnot stuck in the formless,\nreleased in cessation—\nthey are conquerors of death.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:50","sourceIds":["snp3.12:50.1","snp3.12:50.2","snp3.12:50.3","snp3.12:50.4","snp3.12:50.5","snp3.12:50.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi …pe…\nkathañca siyā?\nYaṁ, bhikkhave, sadevakassa lokassa samārakassa sabrahmakassa sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya idaṁ saccanti upanijjhāyitaṁ tadamariyānaṁ etaṁ musāti yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṁ, ayamekānupassanā.\nYaṁ, bhikkhave, sadevakassa …pe… sadevamanussāya idaṁ musāti upanijjhāyitaṁ, tadamariyānaṁ etaṁ saccanti yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṁ, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā …pe…\nathāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“‘Could there be another way?’ …\nAnd how could there be?\n‘What this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans—focuses on as true, the noble ones have clearly seen with right wisdom to be actually false’: this is the first contemplation.\n‘What this world focuses on as false, the noble ones have clearly seen with right wisdom to be actually true’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates in this way they can expect enlightenment or non-return.”\nThen the Teacher went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:51","sourceIds":["snp3.12:51.1","snp3.12:51.2","snp3.12:51.3","snp3.12:51.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Anattani attamāniṁ,\nPassa lokaṁ sadevakaṁ;\nNiviṭṭhaṁ nāmarūpasmiṁ,\nIdaṁ saccanti maññati.","en":"“See how the world with its gods\nimagines not-self to be self;\nhabituated to name and form,\nimagining this is truth."}},{"id":"snp3.12:52","sourceIds":["snp3.12:52.1","snp3.12:52.2","snp3.12:52.3","snp3.12:52.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yena yena hi maññanti,\nTato taṁ hoti aññathā;\nTañhi tassa musā hoti,\nMosadhammañhi ittaraṁ.","en":"For however they imagine it,\nit turns out to be something else.\nAnd that is what is false in it,\nfor the ephemeral is deceptive by nature."}},{"id":"snp3.12:53","sourceIds":["snp3.12:53.1","snp3.12:53.2","snp3.12:53.3","snp3.12:53.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Amosadhammaṁ nibbānaṁ,\nTadariyā saccato vidū;\nTe ve saccābhisamayā,\nNicchātā parinibbutāti.","en":"Extinguishment has an undeceptive nature,\nthe noble ones know it as truth.\nHaving comprehended the truth,\nthey are hungerless, quenched.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:54","sourceIds":["snp3.12:54.1","snp3.12:54.2","snp3.12:54.3","snp3.12:54.4","snp3.12:54.5","snp3.12:54.6","snp3.12:54.7","snp3.12:54.8","snp3.12:54.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Siyā aññenapi pariyāyena sammā dvayatānupassanā’ti, iti ce, bhikkhave, pucchitāro assu;\n‘siyā’tissu vacanīyā.\nKathañca siyā?\nYaṁ, bhikkhave, sadevakassa lokassa samārakassa sabrahmakassa sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya idaṁ sukhanti upanijjhāyitaṁ, tadamariyānaṁ etaṁ dukkhanti yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṁ, ayamekānupassanā.\nYaṁ, bhikkhave, sadevakassa …pe… sadevamanussāya idaṁ dukkhanti upanijjhāyitaṁ tadamariyānaṁ etaṁ sukhanti yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṁ, ayaṁ dutiyānupassanā.\nEvaṁ sammā dvayatānupassino kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa viharato dvinnaṁ phalānaṁ aññataraṁ phalaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—\ndiṭṭheva dhamme aññā, sati vā upādisese anāgāmitāti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nIdaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“Suppose, monks, they questioned you thus: ‘Could there be another way to contemplate the pairs?’\nYou should say, ‘There could.’\nAnd how could there be?\n‘What this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans—focuses on as happiness, the noble ones have clearly seen with right wisdom to be actually suffering’: this is the first contemplation.\n‘What this world focuses on as suffering, the noble ones have clearly seen with right wisdom to be actually happiness’: this is the second contemplation.\nWhen a mendicant meditates rightly contemplating a pair of teachings in this way—diligent, keen, and resolute—they can expect one of two results:\nenlightenment in this very life, or if there’s residue left behind, non-return.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.12:55","sourceIds":["snp3.12:55.1","snp3.12:55.2","snp3.12:55.3","snp3.12:55.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā,\nPhassā dhammā ca kevalā;\nIṭṭhā kantā manāpā ca,\nYāvatatthīti vuccati.","en":"“Sights, sounds, tastes, smells,\ntouches, and ideas, the lot of them—\nthey’re likable, desirable, and pleasurable\nas long as you can say that they exist."}},{"id":"snp3.12:56","sourceIds":["snp3.12:56.1","snp3.12:56.2","snp3.12:56.3","snp3.12:56.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sadevakassa lokassa,\nEte vo sukhasammatā;\nYattha cete nirujjhanti,\nTaṁ nesaṁ dukkhasammataṁ.","en":"For all the world with its gods,\nthis is what they deem happiness.\nAnd where they cease\nis deemed as suffering for them."}},{"id":"snp3.12:57","sourceIds":["snp3.12:57.1","snp3.12:57.2","snp3.12:57.3","snp3.12:57.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sukhanti diṭṭhamariyehi,\nSakkāyassuparodhanaṁ;\nPaccanīkamidaṁ hoti,\nSabbalokena passataṁ.","en":"The noble ones have seen as happiness\nthe ceasing of substantial reality.\nThis insight by those who see\ncontradicts the whole world."}},{"id":"snp3.12:58","sourceIds":["snp3.12:58.1","snp3.12:58.2","snp3.12:58.3","snp3.12:58.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ pare sukhato āhu,\nTadariyā āhu dukkhato;\nYaṁ pare dukkhato āhu,\nTadariyā sukhato vidū.","en":"What others say is happiness\nthe noble ones say is suffering.\nWhat others say is suffering\nthe noble ones know as happiness."}},{"id":"snp3.12:59","sourceIds":["snp3.12:59.1","snp3.12:59.2","snp3.12:59.3","snp3.12:59.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Passa dhammaṁ durājānaṁ,\nSampamūḷhetthaviddasu;\nNivutānaṁ tamo hoti,\nAndhakāro apassataṁ.","en":"See, this teaching is hard to understand,\nit confuses the ignorant.\nThere is darkness for the shrouded;\nblackness for those who don’t see."}},{"id":"snp3.12:60","sourceIds":["snp3.12:60.1","snp3.12:60.2","snp3.12:60.3","snp3.12:60.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Satañca vivaṭaṁ hoti,\nĀloko passatāmiva;\nSantike na vijānanti,\nMagā dhammassa kovidā.","en":"But the good are open;\nlike light for those who see.\nThough close, they do not understand,\nthose fools inexpert in the teaching."}},{"id":"snp3.12:61","sourceIds":["snp3.12:61.1","snp3.12:61.2","snp3.12:61.3","snp3.12:61.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhavarāgaparetehi,\nBhavasotānusāribhi;\nMāradheyyānupannehi,\nNāyaṁ dhammo susambudho.","en":"They’re mired in desire for continued existence,\nflowing along the stream of lives,\nmired in Māra’s dominion:\nthis teaching isn’t easy for them to understand."}},{"id":"snp3.12:62","sourceIds":["snp3.12:62.1","snp3.12:62.2","snp3.12:62.3","snp3.12:62.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ko nu aññatra mariyehi,\nPadaṁ sambuddhumarahati;\nYaṁ padaṁ sammadaññāya,\nParinibbanti anāsavā”ti.","en":"Who, apart from the noble ones,\nis qualified to understand this state?\nHaving rightly understood this state,\nthe undefiled are fully extinguished.”"}},{"id":"snp3.12:63","sourceIds":["snp3.12:63.1","snp3.12:63.2","snp3.12:63.3","snp3.12:63.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.\nImasmiñca pana veyyākaraṇasmiṁ bhaññamāne saṭṭhimattānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ anupādāya āsavehi cittāni vimucciṁsūti.\nDvayatānupassanāsuttaṁ dvādasamaṁ.","en":"That is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, the monks approved what the Buddha said.\nAnd while this discourse was being spoken, the minds of sixty monks were freed from defilements by not grasping."}},{"id":"snp3.12:64","sourceIds":["snp3.12:64.0","snp3.12:64.1","snp3.12:64.2","snp3.12:64.3","snp3.12:64.4","snp3.12:64.5","snp3.12:64.6","snp3.12:64.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nSaccaṁ upadhi avijjā ca,\nsaṅkhāre viññāṇapañcamaṁ;\nPhassavedaniyā taṇhā,\nupādānārambhaāhārā;\nIñjitaṁ calitaṁ rūpaṁ,\nsaccaṁ dukkhena soḷasāti.\nMahāvaggo tatiyo."}},{"id":"snp3.12:65","sourceIds":["snp3.12:65.0","snp3.12:65.1","snp3.12:65.2","snp3.12:65.3","snp3.12:65.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nPabbajjā ca padhānañca,\nsubhāsitañca sundari;\nMāghasuttaṁ sabhiyo ca,\nselo sallañca vuccati."}},{"id":"snp3.12:66","sourceIds":["snp3.12:66.1","snp3.12:66.2","snp3.12:66.3","snp3.12:66.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vāseṭṭho cāpi kokāli,\nNālako dvayatānupassanā;\nDvādasetāni suttāni,\nMahāvaggoti vuccatīti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp3.12/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."}