Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saṃyutta
3. Koṭigāma Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
56. Kindred Sayings about the Truths
3. Koṭigāma
Sutta 25
Āsava-k-Khayo Suttaṃ
Destruction of the Āsavas[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"Monks, in him who knows,
in him who sees,
do I declare the āsavas to be destroyed:
not in him who knows not,
who sees not.
And what, monks, is the destruction of the āsavas
in him who knows,
who sees?
In him who knows, who sees:
'This is Ill',
there is destruction of the āsavas.
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In him who knows, who sees:
'This is the arising of Ill',
there is destruction of the āsavas.
In him who knows, who sees:
'This is the ceasing of Ill',
there is destruction of the āsavas.
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In him who knows, who sees:
'This the practice that leads to the ceasing of Ill',
there is destruction of the āsavas.
[368] Wherefore, monks, an effort must be made to realize:
'This is Ill.'
'This is the arising of Ill.'
'This is the ceasing of Ill.'
'This is the practice that leads to the ceasing of Ill.'"
[1] Cf. S. ii, 29; Pts. of Ccntr., 116.
