Saṃyutta Nikaya
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
44. Avyākata Saṃyutta
Sutta 1
Khemā Therī Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][than][bodh] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Tena kho pana samayena Khemā bhikkhunī Kosalesu cārikaṃ caramānā||
antarā ca Sāvatthiṃ antarā ca Sāketaṃ||
Toraṇavatthusmiṃ vāsaṃ upagatā hoti.|| ||
Atha kho rājā Pasenadi-Kosalo Sāketā Sāvatthiṃ gacchanto||
antarā ca Sāketaṃ antarā ca Sāvatthiṃ||
Toraṇavatthusmiṃ ekarattivāsaṃ upagañji.|| ||
Atha kho rājā Pasenadi-Kosalo aññataraṃ purisaṃ āmantesi:|| ||
"Ehi tvaṃ ambho purisa Toraṇavatthusmiṃ||
tathā-rūpaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brahmaṇaṃ vā jāna,||
yam ahaṃ ajja payirupāseyyan" ti.|| ||
"Evaṃ devā" ti kho so puriso rañño Pasenadissa Kosalassa paṭi-s-sutvā||
kevala-kappaṃ Toraṇavatthuṃ anvāhiṇḍanto||
nāddasa tathā-rūpaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā yaṃ||
rājā Pasenadi kosalo payirupāseyya addasā||
kho so puriso Khemaṃ bhikkhuniṃ Toraṇavatthusmiṃ vāsaṃ upagataṃ,||
disvāna yena Pasenadi-Kosalo ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā rājānaṃ Pasenadi Kosalaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"N'atthi kho deva, Toraṇavatthusmiṃ tathā-rūpo samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā yaṃ devo payirupāseyya.|| ||
Atthi ca kho deva, Khemā nāma bhikkhunī tassa Bhagavato sāvikā||
arahato||
Sammā Sambuddhassa,||
tassā kho panayyāya evaṃ kalyāṇo kitti-saddo abbhu-g-gato:|| ||
[375] "Paṇḍitā viyattā||
medhāvinī||
bahu-s-sutā||
cittakathā||
kalyāṇapaṭibhānā" ti.|| ||
Taṃ devo payirupāsatu" ti.|| ||
Atha kho rājā Pasenadi-Kosalo yena Khemā bhikkhunī ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā Khemaṃ bhikkhuniṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho rājā Pasenadi-Kosalo Khemaṃ bhikkhuniṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Kin nu kho ayye:|| ||
Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti?|| ||
"Avyākataṃ etaṃ mahārāja Bhagavatā:|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'" ti.|| ||
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"Kim panayyo:|| ||
Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti?|| ||
"Etam pi kho mahārāja avyākataṃ Bhagavatā:|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'" ti.|| ||
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"Kin nu kho ayye:|| ||
Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti?|| ||
"Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ mahārāja Bhagavatā:|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'" ti.|| ||
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"Kim panayye:|| ||
N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti?|| ||
"Etam pi kho mahārāja avyākataṃ Bhagavatā:|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'" ti.|| ||
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"Kin nu kho ayye?|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
iti puṭṭhā samānā.|| ||
'Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ mahārāja Bhagavatā:|| ||
"Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti vadesi.|| ||
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Kim panayye:|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
iti puṭṭhā samānā.|| ||
'Etam pi kho mahārāja avyākataṃ Bhagavatā:|| ||
"Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti vadesi.|| ||
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Kin nu kho ayye:|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
iti puṭṭhā samānā.|| ||
'Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ mahārāja Bhagavatā:|| ||
"Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti vadesi.|| ||
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Kim panayye:|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
iti puṭṭhā samānā.|| ||
'Etam pi kho mahārāja avyākataṃ Bhagavatā:|| ||
"N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti vadesi.|| ||
Ko nu [376] kho ayye,||
hetu ko paccayo yena taṃ||
avyākataṃ Bhagavatā" ti?|| ||
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"Tena hi mahārāja taṃ yeva ettha paṭipucchissāmi.|| ||
Yathā te khameyya,||
tathā naṃ vyākareyyāsi.|| ||
Taṃ kim maññasi mahārāja?|| ||
Atthi te koci gaṇako vā||
muddiko vā||
saṇkhāyako vā||
yo pahoti Gaṇgāya vālikaṃ gaṇetuṃ:|| ||
'Ettakā vālikā iti vā||
ettakāni vālikāsatāni iti vā||
ettakāni vālikāsata-sahassāni iti vā'" ti?|| ||
"No h'etaṃ ayye".|| ||
"Atthi pana te koci gaṇako vā||
muddiko vā||
saṇkhāyako vā||
yo pahoti mahā-samudde udakaṃ miṇituṃ:|| ||
'Ettakāni udakā'hakānīti vā||
ettakāni udak'āḷhaka satānīti vā||
entakāni udak'āḷhaka sahassānīti vā||
ettakāni udak'āḷhaka sata-sahassānīti vā'" ti?|| ||
"No h'etaṃ ayye".|| ||
"Taṃ kissa hetu"?|| ||
Mahayye Samuddo gambhīro||
appameyyo||
appariyo gāho" ti.|| ||
"Evam eva kho mahārāja,||
yena rūpena Tathāgataṃ paññā-payamāno paññāpeyya,||
taṃ rūpaṃ Tathāgatassa pahīnaṃ||
ucchinna-mūlaṃ tāl-ā-vatthu-kataṃ||
anabhāva-kataṃ||
āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammaṃ.|| ||
Rūpa-saṇkhaya vimutto kho mahārāja Tathāgato||
gambhīro||
appameyyo||
appariyogāho,||
seyyathā pi mahā-samuddo.|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
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Yāya saññāya Tathāgataṃ paññā-payamāno paññāpeyya,||
taṃ rūpaṃ Tathāgatassa pahīnaṃ||
ucchinna-mūlaṃ tāl-ā-vatthu-kataṃ||
anabhāva-kataṃ||
āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammaṃ.|| ||
Saññāya-saṇkhaya vimutto kho mahārāja Tathāgato||
gambhīro||
appameyyo||
appariyogāho,||
seyyathā pi mahā-samuddo.|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
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Ye hi saṇkhārehi Tathāgataṃ||
paññā-payamāno paññā-peyya,||
te saṇkhārā Tathāgatassa pahīnā||
ucchinna-mūlā tālā-vatthu-katā||
anabhāva-katā||
āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammā.|| ||
Saṇkhāra-saṇkhaya-vimutto kho mahārāja Tathāgato||
gambhīro||
appameyyo||
duppariyogāho,||
seyyathā pi mahā-samuddo.|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
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Yena viññāṇena Tathāgataṃ paññā-payamāno paññāpeyya,||
taṃ viññāṇaṃ Tathāgatassa pahīnaṃ||
ucchinna-mūlaṃ tāl-ā-vatthu-kataṃ||
anabhāva-kataṃ||
āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammaṃ.|| ||
Viññāṇa-saṇkhaya-vimutto kho mahārāja Tathāgato||
gambhīro||
appameyyo||
appariyogāho,||
seyyathā pi mahā-samuddo.|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
§
Atha kho rājā Pasenadi-Kosalo Khemāya bhikkhuniyā bhāsitaṃ abhinan'ditvā anumo-ditvā uṭṭhāy āsanā Khemaṃ bhikkhuniṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.|| ||
Atha kho rājā Pasenadi-Kosalo aparena samayena yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṇkami.
Upasaṇkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho rājā Pasenadi-Kosalo Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Kin nu kho bhante:|| ||
Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti?|| ||
[378] "Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ mahārāja mayā:|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'" ti.|| ||
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"Kim pana bhante:|| ||
Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti?|| ||
"Etam pi kho mahārāja avyākataṃ mayā:|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti.|| ||
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"Kin nu kho bhante:|| ||
Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato parammaraṇo" ti?|| ||
"Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ mahārāja mayā:|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'" ti.|| ||
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"Kin nu kho bhante:|| ||
N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti?|| ||
Etam pi kho mahārāja avyākataṃ mayā:|| ||
'N'eva hota na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'" ti.|| ||
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"Kin nu kho bhante:|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
iti puṭṭho samāno;|| ||
'Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ mahārāja mayā:|| ||
"Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā"' ti vadesi.|| ||
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Kim pana bhante:|| ||
'N'eva hoti na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
iti puṭṭho samāno;|| ||
'Tam pi kho mahārāja avyākataṃ mayā:|| ||
"N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā"' ti vadesi.|| ||
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Ko nu kho bhante hetu||
ko paccayo||
yena taṃ avyākataṃ Bhagavatā" ti?|| ||
"Tena hi mahārāja taṃ yeva ettha paṭipucchissāmi,||
yathā te khameyya,||
tathā naṃ vyākareyyāsi.|| ||
"Tena hi mahārāja taṃ yeva ettha paṭipucchissāmi.|| ||
Yathā te khameyya,||
tathā naṃ vyākareyyāsi.|| ||
Taṃ kim maññasi mahārāja?|| ||
Atthi te koci gaṇako vā||
muddiko vā||
saṇkhāyako vā||
yo pahoti Gaṇgāya vālikaṃ gaṇetuṃ:|| ||
'Ettakā vālikā iti vā||
ettakāni vālikāsatāni iti vā||
ettakāni vālikāsata-sahassāni iti vā'" ti?|| ||
"No h'etaṃ ayye".|| ||
"Atthi pana te koci gaṇako vā||
muddiko vā||
saṇkhāyako vā||
yo pahoti mahā-samudde udakaṃ miṇituṃ:|| ||
'Ettakāni udakā'hakānīti vā||
ettakāni udak'āḷhaka satānīti vā||
entakāni udak'āḷhaka sahassānīti vā||
ettakāni udak'āḷhaka sata-sahassānīti vā'" ti?|| ||
"No h'etaṃ ayye".|| ||
"Taṃ kissa hetu"?|| ||
Mahayye Samuddo gambhīro||
appameyyo||
appariyo gāho" ti.|| ||
"Evam eva kho mahārāja,||
yena rūpena [379] Tathāgataṃ paññā-payamāno paññāpeyya,||
taṃ rūpaṃ Tathāgatassa pahīnaṃ||
ucchinna-mūlaṃ tāl-ā-vatthu-kataṃ||
anabhāva-kataṃ||
āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammaṃ.|| ||
Rūpa-saṇkhaya vimutto kho mahārāja Tathāgato||
gambhīro||
appameyyo||
appariyogāho,||
seyyathā pi mahā-samuddo.|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
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Yāya saññāya Tathāgataṃ paññā-payamāno paññāpeyya,||
taṃ rūpaṃ Tathāgatassa pahīnaṃ||
ucchinna-mūlaṃ tāl-ā-vatthu-kataṃ||
anabhāva-kataṃ||
āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammaṃ.|| ||
Saññāya-saṇkhaya vimutto kho mahārāja Tathāgato||
gambhīro||
appameyyo||
appariyogāho,||
seyyathā pi mahā-samuddo.|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
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Ye hi saṇkhārehi Tathāgataṃ||
paññā-payamāno paññā-peyya,||
te saṇkhārā Tathāgatassa pahīnā||
ucchinna-mūlā tālā-vatthu-katā||
anabhāva-katā||
āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammā.|| ||
Saṇkhāra-saṇkhaya-vimutto kho mahārāja Tathāgato||
gambhīro||
appameyyo||
duppariyogāho,||
seyyathā pi mahā-samuddo.|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
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Yena viññāṇena Tathāgataṃ paññā-payamāno paññāpeyya,||
taṃ viññāṇaṃ Tathāgatassa pahīnaṃ||
ucchinna-mūlaṃ tāl-ā-vatthu-kataṃ||
anabhāva-kataṃ||
āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammaṃ.|| ||
Viññāṇa-saṇkhaya-vimutto kho mahārāja Tathāgato||
gambhīro||
appameyyo||
appariyogāho,||
seyyathā pi mahā-samuddo.|| ||
'Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti.|| ||
'N'eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā' ti||
pi na upeti" ti.|| ||
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"Acchariyaṃ bhante, abbhutaṃ bhante,||
yatra hi nāma Satthu.|| ||
Ceva sāvikāya ca atthena attho vyañjanena vyañjanaṃ saṃsandissati samessati na vihāyissati.|| ||
Yad idaṃ aggapadasmiṃ.|| ||
Ekam idā'haṃ bhante samayaṃ Khemaṃ bhikkhuniṃ upasaṇkamitvā ekam-atthaṃ āpucchiṃ.|| ||
Sā pi me ayyā etehi padehi etehi vyañjanehi etam atthaṃ vyākāsi seyyathā pi Bhagavā.|| ||
Acchariyaṃ bhante abbhutaṃ bhante,||
yatra hi nāma Satthu c'eva sāvikāya ca atthena attho vyagñjanena vyañjanaṃ saṃsandis-sati sames-sati na vihāyis-sati yad idaṃ aggapadasmiṃ.|| ||
Handa ca dāni mayaṃ bhante gacchāma,||
bahu-kiccā mayaṃ bahu-karaṇīyā" ti.|| ||
"Yassa dāni tvaṃ mahārāja kālaṃ maññasī" ti.|| ||
Atha kho rājā Pasenadi kosalo Bhagavato bhāsitaṃ [380] abhinan'ditvā anumo-ditvā uṭṭhāy āsanā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmīti.|| ||
