Majjhima Nikāya
III. Upari Paṇṇāsa
5. Saḷāyatana Vagga

Sutta 144

Chann'Ovāda Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

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[1][chlm][pts][upal] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Rājagahe viharati Veḷuvane Kalandaka nivāpe.|| ||

Tena kho pana samayen'āyasmā ca Sāriputto āyasmā ca Mahā Cundo āyasmā ca Channo||
Gijjhakūṭe pabbate viharanti.|| ||

Tena kho pana samayen'āyasmā Channo||
ābādhiko hoti dukkhito bāḷha-gilāno.

Atha kho āyasmā Sāriputto sāyanha-samayaṁ paṭi sallānā vuṭṭhito||
yen āyasmā Mahā Cundo ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasan-kamitvā āyasmantaṁ mahācundaṁ etad avoca:|| ||

"Āyām āvuso Cunda,||
yen āyasmā Channo ten'upasaṅkamissāma Gilānapucchakā" ti.|| ||

"Evam āvuso" ti kho āyasmā Mahā Cundo||
āyasmato Sāriputtassa paccassosi.|| ||

Atha kho āyasmā ca Sāriputto āyasmā ca Mahā Cundo||
yen āyasmā Channo ten'upasaṅkamiṁsu.|| ||

Upasan-kamitvā āyasmatā Channena saddhiṁ sammodiṁsu.|| ||

Sammodanīyaṁ [264] kathaṁ sārāṇīyaṁ vitisāretvā eka-m-antaṁ nisīdiṁsu.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā Sāriputto āyasmantaṁ Channaṁ etad avoca:|| ||

"Kacci te āvuso Channa khamanīyaṁ,||
kacci yāpanīyaṁ,||
kacci dukkhā vedanā||
paṭi-k-kamanti no abhi-k-kamanti,||
paṭikkamosānaṁ paññāyati no abhi-k-kamo" ti?|| ||

"Na me āvuso Sāriputta khamanīyaṁ,||
na yāpanīyaṁ,||
bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā||
abhi-k-kamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti,||
abhi-k-kam'osānaṁ paññāyati no paṭikkamo||
seyyathā pi āvuso balavā puriso tiṇhena sikharena muddhānaṁ abhimantheyya||
evam eva kho āvuso adhimattā vātā muddhānaṁ upahananti.|| ||

Na me āvuso Sāriputta khamanīyaṁ,||
na yāpanīyaṁ,||
bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā||
abhi-k-kamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti,||
abhi-k-kam'osānaṁ paññāyati no paṭikkamo||
seyyathā pi āvuso balavā puriso daḷhena varattakhaṇḍena sīse sīsaveṭhaṁ dadeyya,||
evam eva kho āvuso adhimattā me sīse vedanā.|| ||

Na me āvuso khamanīyaṁ,||
na yāpanīyaṁ,||
bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā||
abhi-k-kamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti,||
abhi-k-kam'osānaṁ paññāyati no paṭikkamo||
seyyathā pi āvuso dakkho go-ghātako vā||
go-ghātakantevāsī vā||
tiṇhena govikantanena kucchiṁ parikanenteyya,||
evam eva kho āvuso adhimattā vātā kucchiṁ parikantanti.|| ||

Na me āvuso khamanīyaṁ,||
na yāpanīyaṁ,||
bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā||
abhi-k-kamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti,||
abhi-k-kam'osānaṁ paññāyati no paṭikkamo||
seyyathā pi āvuso dve balavanto purisā dubbalataraṁ purisaṁ nānā-bāhāsu gahetvā aṅg'ārakāsuyā santāpeyyuṁ,||
samparitāpeyyuṁ,||
evam eva kho āvuso adhimanto kāyasmiṁ ḍāho.|| ||

Na me āvuso khamanīyaṁ,||
na yāpanīyaṁ,||
bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā,||
abhi-k-kamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti,||
abhi-k-kam'osānaṁ paññāyati no paṭikkamo||
satthaṁ āvuso Sāriputta āharissāmi nāvakaṅkhāmi jīvitan" ti.|| ||

Mā āyasmā Channo satthaṁ āharesi.|| ||

Yāpet āyasmā Channo,||
yāpentaṁ mayaṁ āyasmantaṁ Channaṁ icchāma,||
sace āyasmato Channassa n'atthi sappāyāni bhojanāni,||
ahaṁ āyasmato Channassa sappāyāni bhojanāni pariyesissāmi,||
sace āyasmato Channassa n'atthi sappāyāni bhesajjāni,||
ahaṁ āyasmato Channassa sappāyāni bhesajjāni pariyesissāmi,||
sace āyasmato Channassa n'atthi patirūpā upaṭṭhākā,||
ahaṁ āyasmantaṁ Channaṁ upaṭṭhahissāmi,||
māyasmā Channo satthaṁ āharesi,||
yāpet āyasmā Channo,||
yāpentaṁ mayaṁ āyasmantaṁ Channaṁ icchāmā" ti.|| ||

"Na me āvuso Sāriputta n'atthi sappāyāni bhojanāni,||
atthi me sappāyāni bhojanāni,||
na pi me n'atthi sappāyāni bhesajjāni,||
atthi me sappāyāni bhesajjāni,||
na pi me n'atthi patirūpā upaṭṭhākā,||
atthi me patirūpā upaṭṭhākā.|| ||

Api ca me āvuso Satthā pariciṇṇo dīgha-rattaṁ manāpen'eva no amanāpena,||
etaṁ hi āvuso sāvakassa patirūpaṁ yaṁ Satthāraṁ paricareyya manāpen'eva no amanāpena;|| ||

'Taṁ anupavajjaṁ Channo bhikkhu satthaṁ āharissatī' ti|| ||

evam etaṁ āvuso Sāriputta dhārehī" ti.|| ||

"Puccheyyāma mayaṁ āyasmantaṁ Channaṁ||
kañcīd eva desaṁ,||
sace āyasmā Channo okāsaṁ karoti pañhassa veyyākaraṇāyā" ti.|| ||

"Pucch'āvuso Sāriputta sutvā vedissāmā" ti.|| ||

"Cakkhuṁ āvuso Channa,||
cakkhu-viññāṇaṁ||
cakkhu-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme,|| ||

'Etaṁ mama,||
eso ham asmi,||
[265] eso me attā' ti samanupassasi?|| ||

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Sotaṁ āvuso Channa,||
sota-viññāṇaṁ||
sota-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme,|| ||

'Etaṁ mama,||
eso ham asmi,||
eso me attā' ti samanupassasi?|| ||

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Ghānaṁ āvuso Channa,||
ghāna-viññāṇaṁ||
ghāna-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme,|| ||

'Etaṁ mama,||
eso ham asmi,||
eso me attā' ti samanupassasi?|| ||

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Jivhaṁ āvuso Channa,||
jivhā-viññāṇaṁ||
jivhā-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme,|| ||

'Etaṁ mama,||
eso ham asmi,||
eso me attā' ti samanupassasi?|| ||

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Kāyaṁ āvuso Channa,||
kāya-viññāṇaṁ||
kāya-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme,|| ||

'Etaṁ mama,||
eso ham asmi,||
eso me attā' ti samanupassasi?|| ||

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Manaṁ āvuso Channa,||
mano-viññāṇaṁ||
mano-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme,|| ||

'Etaṁ mama,||
eso ham asmi,||
eso me attā' ti samanupassasi" ti?|| ||

"Cakkhuṁ āvuso Sāriputta,||
cakkhu-viññāṇaṁ||
cakkhu-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme:|| ||

"N'etaṁ mama,||
n'eso ham asmi,||
na me so attā' ti samanupassāmi.|| ||

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Sotaṁ āvuso Sāriputta,||
sota-viññāṇaṁ||
sota-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme:|| ||

"N'etaṁ mama,||
n'eso ham asmi,||
na me so attā' ti samanupassāmi.|| ||

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Ghānaṁ āvuso Sāriputta,||
ghāna-viññāṇaṁ||
ghāna-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme:|| ||

"N'etaṁ mama,||
n'eso ham asmi,||
na me so attā' ti samanupassāmi.|| ||

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Jivhaṁ āvuso Sāriputta,||
jivhā-viññāṇaṁ||
jivhā-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme:|| ||

"N'etaṁ mama,||
n'eso ham asmi,||
na me so attā' ti samanupassāmi.|| ||

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Kāyaṁ āvuso Sāriputta,||
kāya-viññāṇaṁ||
kāya-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme:|| ||

"N'etaṁ mama,||
n'eso ham asmi,||
na me so attā' ti samanupassāmi.|| ||

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Manaṁ āvuso Sāriputta,||
mano-viññāṇaṁ||
mano-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme:|| ||

"N'etaṁ mama,||
n'eso ham asmi,||
na me so attā' ti samanupassāmi" ti.|| ||

"Cakkhusmiṁ āvuso Channa,||
cakkhu-viññāṇe,||
cakkhu-viññāṇa-viññātabbesu dhammesu||
kiṁ disvā||
kiṁ abhiññāya||
cakkhuṁ||
cakkhu-viññāṇaṁ||
cakkhu-viññāṇa-viññātabbe dhamme:|| ||