Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
16. Kassapa Saṃyutta
Sutta 12
Tathāgata Param-Māraṇa Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][bodh] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ca Mahā Kassapo||
āyasmā ca Sāriputto||
Bārāṇasiyaṃ viharanti Isipatane Migadāye.|| ||
Atha kho āyasmā Sāriputto sāyanha-samayaṃ patisallānā vuṭṭhito yen'āyasmā Mahā Kassapo ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā Mahā Kassapaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā Sāriputto āyasmantaṃ Mahā Kassapaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Kin nu kho āvuso Kassapa,||
hoti Tathāgato param māraṇā" ti?|| ||
"Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ āvuso,||
Bhagavatā 'hoti Tathāgato param māraṇā'" ti.|| ||
"Kiṃ pan'āvuso,||
na hoti Tathāgato param māraṇā" ti?|| ||
"Etam pi kho āvuso,||
avyākataṃ Bhagavatā||
'na hoti Tathāgato param māraṇā'" ti.|| ||
[223] "Kin nu kho āvuso,||
hoti ca na hoti ca Tathāgato param māraṇā" ti?|| ||
"Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ āvuso Bhagavatā,||
'hoti ca na hoti ca Tathāgato param māraṇā'" ti.|| ||
"Kiṃ pan'āvuso,||
n'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param māraṇā" ti?|| ||
"Etam pi kho āvuso,||
avyākataṃ Bhagavatā||
'n'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param māraṇā'" ti.|| ||
"Kasmā c'etaṃ āvuso,||
avyākataṃ Bhagavatā" ti?|| ||
"Na h'etaṃ āvuso,||
attha-saṃhitaṃ ādibrahma-cariyakaṃ,||
na nibbidāya||
na virāgāya||
na nirodhāya||
na upasamāya||
na abhiññāya||
na sambodhāya||
na Nibbānāya saṃvaṭṭa" ti.|| ||
"Tasmā taṃ avyākataṃ Bhagavatā" ti.|| ||
"Atha kiñ carah'āvuso,||
vyākataṃ Bhagavatā" ti?|| ||
"'Idaṃ dukkhan' ti kho āvuso,||
vyākataṃ Bhagavatā."|| ||
"'Ayaṃ dukkha-samudayo' ti||
vyākataṃ Bhagavatā."|| ||
"'Ayaṃ dukkha-nirodho' ti||
vyākataṃ Bhagavatā."|| ||
"'Ayaṃ dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā' ti||
vyākataṃ Bhagavatā" ti.|| ||
"Kasmā c'etaṃ āvuso vyākataṃ Bhagavatā" ti?|| ||
"Etaṃ hi āvuso,||
attha-saṃhitaṃ,||
etaṃ ādiBrahma-cariyakaṃ,||
etaṃ nibbidāya||
virāgāya||
nirodhāya||
upasamāya||
abhiññāya||
sambodhāya||
Nibbānāya saṃvaṭṭati.|| ||
Tasmā taṃ Bhagavatā vyākatan" ti.|| ||