{"id":"snp5.7","title":"The Questions of Upasīva","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp5.7","title":"The Questions of Upasīva","units":[{"id":"snp5.7:0","sourceIds":["snp5.7:0.1","snp5.7:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 5.7\nUpasīvamāṇavapucchā","en":"Anthology of Discourses 5.7\nThe Questions of Upasīva"}},{"id":"snp5.7:1","sourceIds":["snp5.7:1.1","snp5.7:1.2","snp5.7:1.3","snp5.7:1.4","snp5.7:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Eko ahaṁ sakka mahantamoghaṁ,\n(iccāyasmā upasīvo)\nAnissito no visahāmi tārituṁ;\nĀrammaṇaṁ brūhi samantacakkhu,\nYaṁ nissito oghamimaṁ tareyyaṁ”.","en":"“Alone and independent, O Sakyan,”\nsaid Venerable Upasīva,\n“I am not able to cross the great flood.\nTell me a support, All-seer,\ndepending on which I may cross this flood.”"}},{"id":"snp5.7:2","sourceIds":["snp5.7:2.1","snp5.7:2.2","snp5.7:2.3","snp5.7:2.4","snp5.7:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ākiñcaññaṁ pekkhamāno satimā,\n(upasīvāti bhagavā)\nNatthīti nissāya tarassu oghaṁ;\nKāme pahāya virato kathāhi,\nTaṇhakkhayaṁ nattamahābhipassa”.","en":"“Mindfully contemplating nothingness,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“depending on the perception ‘there is nothing’, cross the flood.\nGiving up sensual pleasures, refraining from chatter,\nwatch day and night for the ending of craving.”"}},{"id":"snp5.7:3","sourceIds":["snp5.7:3.1","snp5.7:3.2","snp5.7:3.3","snp5.7:3.4","snp5.7:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbesu kāmesu yo vītarāgo,\n(iccāyasmā upasīvo)\nĀkiñcaññaṁ nissito hitvā maññaṁ;\nSaññāvimokkhe parame vimutto,\nTiṭṭhe nu so tattha anānuyāyī”.","en":"“One who is free of desire for sensual pleasures,”\nsaid Venerable Upasīva,\n“depending on nothingness, all else left behind,\nfreed in the ultimate liberation of perception:\nmight they remain there without traveling on?”"}},{"id":"snp5.7:4","sourceIds":["snp5.7:4.1","snp5.7:4.2","snp5.7:4.3","snp5.7:4.4","snp5.7:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbesu kāmesu yo vītarāgo,\n(upasīvāti bhagavā)\nĀkiñcaññaṁ nissito hitvā maññaṁ;\nSaññāvimokkhe parame vimutto,\nTiṭṭheyya so tattha anānuyāyī”.","en":"“One free of desire for sensual pleasures,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“depending on nothingness, all else left behind,\nfreed in the ultimate liberation of perception:\nthey might remain there without traveling on.”"}},{"id":"snp5.7:5","sourceIds":["snp5.7:5.1","snp5.7:5.2","snp5.7:5.3","snp5.7:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tiṭṭhe ce so tattha anānuyāyī,\nPūgampi vassānaṁ samantacakkhu;\nTattheva so sītisiyā vimutto,\nCavetha viññāṇaṁ tathāvidhassa”.","en":"“If they were to remain there without traveling on,\neven for myriad years, All-seer,\nand, being freed, were to grow cool right there,\nwould the consciousness of that sort pass away?”"}},{"id":"snp5.7:6","sourceIds":["snp5.7:6.1","snp5.7:6.2","snp5.7:6.3","snp5.7:6.4","snp5.7:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Accī yathā vātavegena khittā,\n(upasīvāti bhagavā)\nAtthaṁ paleti na upeti saṅkhaṁ;\nEvaṁ munī nāmakāyā vimutto,\nAtthaṁ paleti na upeti saṅkhaṁ”.","en":"“As a flame tossed by a gust of wind,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“comes to an end and cannot be reckoned;\nso too, a sage freed from the set of mental phenomena\ncomes to an end and cannot be reckoned.”"}},{"id":"snp5.7:7","sourceIds":["snp5.7:7.1","snp5.7:7.2","snp5.7:7.3","snp5.7:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthaṅgato so uda vā so natthi,\nUdāhu ve sassatiyā arogo;\nTaṁ me munī sādhu viyākarohi,\nTathā hi te vidito esa dhammo”.","en":"“One who has disappeared—do they not exist?\nOr are they free from disease for eternity?\nPlease, sage, answer me clearly,\nfor truly you understand this matter.”"}},{"id":"snp5.7:8","sourceIds":["snp5.7:8.1","snp5.7:8.2","snp5.7:8.3","snp5.7:8.4","snp5.7:8.5","snp5.7:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthaṅgatassa na pamāṇamatthi,\n(upasīvāti bhagavā)\nYena naṁ vajjuṁ taṁ tassa natthi;\nSabbesu dhammesu samohatesu,\nSamūhatā vādapathāpi sabbe”ti.\nUpasīvamāṇavapucchā chaṭṭhī.","en":"“One who has disappeared cannot be defined,”\nreplied the Buddha.\n“They have nothing by which others might describe them.\nWhen all things have been eradicated,\neradicated, too, are all ways of speech.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.7/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."}