Mahā Rukkha Suttaṁ

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

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[1][pts][bodh][than] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

2. Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkh Bhagavato paccassosuṁ|| ||

3. Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Upādānīyesu bhikkhave,||
dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.|| ||

Taṇhā-paccayā upādānaṁ.|| ||

Upādāna-paccayā bhavo.|| ||

Bhava-paccayā jāti.|| ||

Jāti-paccayā jarā-maraṇaṁ||
soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass-upāyāsā sambhavanti.|| ||

Evam etassa kevalassa dukkha-k-khandhassa samudayo hoti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bhikkhave, mahārukkho,||
tassa yāni c'eva mūlāni adhogamāni yāni ca tiriyaṅgamāni,||
sabbāni tāni uddhaṁ ojaṁ abhiharanti.|| ||

Evaṁ hi so bhikkhave mahārukkho tadāhāro tadūpādāno ciraṁ dīgham addhānaṁ tiṭṭheyya.|| ||

Evam eva kho bhikkhave,||
upādānīyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.|| ||

Taṇhā-paccayā upādānaṁ.|| ||

Upādāna-paccayā bhavo.|| ||

Bhava-paccayā jāti.|| ||

Jāti-paccayā jarā-maraṇaṁ,||
soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass-upāyāsā sambhavanti.|| ||

Evam etassa kevalassa dukkha-k-khandhassa samudayo hoti.|| ||

[88] Upādānīyesu bhikkhave,||
dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.|| ||

Taṇhā-nirodhā upādāna-nirodho.|| ||

Upādā-nanirodhā bhava-nirodho.|| ||

Bhava-nirodhā jāti-nirodho.|| ||

Jāti-nirodhā jarā-maraṇaṁ,||
soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass-upāyāsā nirujjhanti.|| ||

Evam etassa kevalassa dukkha-k-khandhassa nirodho hoti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bhikkhave, mahārukkho,||
atha puriso āgaccheyya kuddāla-piṭakaṁ ādāya||
so taṁ rukkhaṁ mūle chindeyya||
mūle chetvā paliṁ khaṇeyya||
paliṁ khaṇitvā mūlāni uddhareyya antamaso usīranāḷamattānipi,||
so taṁ rukkhaṁ khaṇḍākhaṇḍikaṁ chindeyya||
khaṇḍākhaṇḍikaṁ chetvā phāleyya||
phāletvā sakalikaṁ sakalikaṁ kareyya||
sakalikaṁ sakalikaṁ karitvā vāt'ātape visoseyya,||
vāt'ātape visosetvā agginā ḍaheyya||
agginā ḍahetvā masiṁ kareyya||
masiṁ karitvā mahāvāte vā opuneyya||
nadiyā vā sīgha-sotāya pavāheyya.|| ||

Evaṁ hi so bhikkhave mahārukkho ucchinnanamūlo assa||
tālā-vatthu-kato anabhāva-kato āyatiṁ anuppāda-dhammo.|| ||

Evam eva kho bhikkhave,||
upādānīyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.|| ||

Taṇhā-nirodhā upādāna-nirodho.|| ||

Upādāna-nirodhā bhava-nirodho.|| ||

Bhava-nirodhā jāti-nirodho.|| ||

Jāti-nirodhā jarā-maraṇaṁ,||
soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass-upāyāsā nirujjhanti.|| ||

Evam etassa kevalassa dukkha-k-khandhassa nirodho hotī" ti.|| ||