Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
24. Diṭṭhi Saṃyutta
2. Purimagamanam (Aṭṭhārasa-Veyyā-Karaṇāni)

Suttas 19-36

[Note: As this Chapter is identical to the previous (Suttas 1-18) it has been abridged here by the inclusion of the first and last suttas (19 and 36) in their complete form and Suttas 20-35 are given by title only but are linked to their corresponding sutta in the previous Chapter.]

 

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Sutta 19

Vātā Suttaṃ

[19.1][pts] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti||
te bhikkh Bhagavato paccassosuṃ|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Kismiṃ nu kho bhikkhave, sati||
kiṃ upādāya||
kiṃ abhinivissa||
evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā'" ti?|| ||

"Bhagavaṃ-mulakā no bhante, dhammā.|| ||

Bhagavaṃ-nettikā Bhagavam-paṭisaraṇā.|| ||

Sādhu vata bhaṇte,||
Bhagavantaṃ yeva paṭibhātu etassa bhāsitassa attho,||
Bhagavato sutvā bhikkhu dhāressan" ti.|| ||

 

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"Rūpe kho bhikkhave, sati rūpaṃ upādāya||
rūpaṃ abhinivissa evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti.|| ||

Vedanāya sati vedanaṃ upādāya||
vedanā abhinivissa evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti.|| ||

Saññāya sati saññaṃ upādāya||
saññā abhinivissa evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti.|| ||

Saṅkhāresu sati||
saṅkhāre upādāya saṅkhāre abhinivissa evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti.|| ||

Viññāṇe sati||
viññāṇaṃ upādāya viññāṇaṃ abhinivissa evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti.|| ||

 

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Taṃ kiṃ maññasi bhikkhave?|| ||

Rūpaṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Vedanā niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Saññā niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Saṅkhārā niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Viññāṇaṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Yam pidaṃ diṭṭhaṃ,||
sutaṃ,||
mutaṃ,||
viññātaṃ,||
pattaṃ,||
pariyesitaṃ,||
anuvicaritaṃ manasā||
tam pi niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'Na vātā vāyanti,||
na najjo sandanti,||
na gbbhniyo vijāyanti,||
na candima-suriyā udenti vā||
apenti vā||
esika-ṭ-ṭhāyi-ṭ-ṭhitā' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

 

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Yato kho bhikkhave, ariya-sāvakassa||
imesu chasu ṭhānesu kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti,||
dukkhe pissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti,||
dukkha-samudaye pissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti,||
dukkha-nirodhe pissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti,||
dukkha-nirodha-gāminiy'āpaṭi-padāya pissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti.|| ||

Ayaṃ vuccati bhikkhave,||
Ariya-sāvako||
Sot'āpanno||
avinipāta-dhammo||
niyato||
sambodhi-parāyano" ti.|| ||

 

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20. Etaṃ Mama Suttaṃ,

This is Mine,

21. So Attā Suttaṃ

That is the Self,

22. No ca Me Siyā Suttaṃ,

It May Not Be Mine,

23. N'atthi Suttaṃ,

There is Not,

24. Karoto Suttaṃ,

PTS: For Him Who Acts,

25. Hetu Suttaṃ,

Condition,

26. Mahā Diṭṭhi Suttaṃ

By the (Great) Heresy,

27. Sassata Loka Suttaṃ,

The World is Eternal,

28. Asassata Loka Suttaṃ,

The World is Not Eternal,

29. Antavā Suttaṃ

Limited (is the World),

30. Anantavā Suttaṃ

Unlimited (is the world),

31. Taṅ Jīvan, Taṅ Sarīra Suttaṃ

What the Life Is, That Is the Body,

32. Aññaṅ Jīvan, Aññaṅ Sarīra Suttaṃ

PTS: The Life is One Thing, the Body is Another,

33. Hoti Tathāgata Suttaṃ

The Tathāgata Exists,

34. Na Hoti Tathāgata Suttaṃ

The Tathāgata Exists Not,

35. Hoti ca na ca Hoti Tathāgata Suttaṃ

The Tathāgata both Exists and Exists Not,

 

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Sutta 36

N'eva Hoti na na Hoti Tathāgata Suttaṃ

[36.1][pts] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti||
te bhikkh Bhagavato paccassosuṃ:|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Kismiṃ nu kho bhikkhave, sati kiṃ upādāya kiṃ abhinivissa evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'N'eva Hoti na na Hoti Tathāgato' ti"?|| ||

"Bhagavaṃ-mulakā no bhante, dhammā.|| ||

Bhagavaṃ-nettikā Bhagavam-paṭisaraṇā.|| ||

Sādhu vata bhaṇte,||
Bhagavantaṃ yeva paṭibhātu etassa bhāsitassa attho,||
Bhagavato sutvā bhikkhu dhāressan" ti.|| ||

 

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"Rūpe kho bhikkhave, sati||
rūpaṃ upādāya||
rūpaṃ abhinivissa||
evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti.|| ||

Vedanāya sati||
vedanaṃ upādāya||
vedanā abhinivissa||
evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti.|| ||

Saññāya sati||
saññaṃ upādāya||
saññā abhinivissa||
evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti.|| ||

Saṅkhāresu sati||
saṅkhāre upādāya||
saṅkhāre abhinivissa||
evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti.|| ||

Viññāṇe sati||
viññāṇaṃ upādāya||
viññāṇaṃ abhinivissa||
evem diṭṭhi uppajjati:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti.|| ||

 

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Taṃ kiṃ maññasi bhikkhave?|| ||

Rūpaṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Vedanā niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Saññā niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Saṅkhārā niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Viññāṇaṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

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"Yam pidaṃ diṭṭhaṃ,||
sutaṃ,||
mutaṃ,||
viññātaṃ,||
pattaṃ,||
pariyesitaṃ,||
anuvicaritaṃ manasā||
tam pi niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vāti?|| ||

"Aniccaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā" ti?|| ||

"Dukkhaṃ bhante."|| ||

"Yaṃ pan-ā-niccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāma-dhammaṃ,||
api nu taṃ anupādāya evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:|| ||

'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato' ti" ti?|| ||

"No h'etaṃ bhante."|| ||

 

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Yato kho bhikkhave, ariya-sāvakassa imesu chasu ṭhānesu kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti,||
dukkhe pissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti,||
dukkha-samudaye pissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti,||
dukkha-nirodhe pissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti,||
dukkha-nirodha-gāminiy'āpaṭi-padāya pissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti.|| ||

Ayaṃ vuccati bhikkhave, ariya-sāvako||
Sot'āpanno||
avinipāta-dhammo||
niyato||
sambodhi-parāyano" ti.|| ||