Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
39. Sāmaṇḍaka Saṃyutta
Sutta 13
Bhava Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā Sāriputto vajjīsu Viharati||
Ukkavelāyaṃ Gaṇgāya nadiyā tīre.|| ||
Atha kho Sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako yen'āyasmā Sāriputto ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā āyasmatā Sāriputtena saddhiṃ sammodi.|| ||
Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho Sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako āyasmantaṃ Sāriputtaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"'Bhavo bhavo' ti||
āvuso Sāriputta vuccati.|| ||
Katamā nu kho āvuso bhavo" ti?|| ||
"Tayome āvuso bhavā:||
kāma-bhavo||
rūpa-bhavo||
arūpa-bhavo.|| ||
Ime kho āvuso tayo bhavā" ti.|| ||
"Atthi pan'āvuso Maggo||
atthi paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ bhavānaṃ pariññāyā" ti?|| ||
"Atthi kho āvuso Maggo||
atthi paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ bhavānaṃ pariññāyā" ti.|| ||
"Katamo pan'āvuso Maggo||
katamā paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ bhavānaṃ pariññāyā" ti?|| ||
"Ayam eva kho āvuso Ariyo Aṭṭh'aṇgiko Maggo||
etāsaṃ bhavānaṃ pariññāyā,||
seyyath'īdaṃ:|| ||
Sammā-diṭṭhi||
sammā-saṇkappo||
sammā-vācā||
sammā-kammanto||
sammā-ājīvo||
sammā-vāyāmo||
sammā-sati||
sammā-samādhi.|| ||
Ayaṃ kho āvuso Maggo||
ayaṃ paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ bhavānaṃ pariññāyā" ti.|| ||
"Bhaddako āvuso Maggo||
bhaddikā paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ bhavānaṃ pariññāyā,||
alañ ca pan'āvuso Sāriputta appamādāyā" ti.|| ||