Saṁyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
39. Sāmaṇḍaka Saṁyutta
Sutta 13
Bhava Suttaṁ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā Sāriputto vajjīsu Viharati||
Ukkavelāyaṁ Gaṅgāya nadiyā tīre.|| ||
Atha kho Sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako yen'āyasmā Sāriputto ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā Sāriputtena saddhiṁ sammodi.|| ||
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sārāṇīyaṁ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṁ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṁ nisinno kho Sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako āyasmantaṁ Sāriputtaṁ 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||
etāsaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā" ti?|| ||
"Atthi kho āvuso Maggo||
atthi paṭipadā||
etāsaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā" ti.|| ||
"Katamo pan'āvuso Maggo||
katamā paṭipadā||
etāsaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā" ti?|| ||
"Ayam eva kho āvuso Ariyo Aṭṭh'aṅgiko Maggo||
etāsaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā,||
seyyath'īdaṁ:|| ||
Sammā-diṭṭhi||
sammā-saṅkappo||
sammā-vācā||
sammā-kammanto||
sammā-ājīvo||
sammā-vāyāmo||
sammā-sati||
sammā-samādhi.|| ||
Ayaṁ kho āvuso Maggo||
ayaṁ paṭipadā||
etāsaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā" ti.|| ||
"Bhaddako āvuso Maggo||
bhaddikā paṭipadā||
etāsaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā,||
alañ ca pan'āvuso Sāriputta appamādāyā" ti.|| ||