Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
12. Nidāna Saṃyutta
II. Āhāra Vagga
Sutta 19
Bāla-Paṇḍita Suttaṃ
The Wise Man and the Fool
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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[1][pts][than][olds] At Sāvatthī.
"Bhikkhus, for the fool, hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving, [24] this body has thereby originated.
So there is this body and external name-and-form: thus this dyad.
Dependent on the dyad there is contact.
There are just six sense bases, contacted through which — or through a certain one among them — the fool experiences pleasure and pain.
"Bhikkhus, for the wise man, hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving, this body has thereby originated.
So there is this body and external name-and-form: thus this dyad.
Dependent on the dyad there is contact.
There are just six sense bases, contacted through which — or through a certain one among them — the wise man experiences pleasure and pain.
What, bhikkhus, is the distinction here, what is the disparity, what is the difference between the wise man and the fool?"
"Venerable sir, our teachings are rooted in the Blessed One, guided by the Blessed One, take recourse in the Blessed One.
It would be good if the Blessed One would clear up the meaning of this statement.
Having heard it from him, the bhikkhus will remember it."
"Then listen and attend closely, bhikkhus, I will speak."
"Yes, venerable sir," the bhikkhus replied.
The Blessed One said this:
"Bhikkhus, for the fool, hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving, this body has originated.
For the fool that ignorance has not been abandoned and that craving has not been utterly destroyed.
For what reason?
Because the fool has not lived the holy life for the complete destruction of suffering.
Therefore, with the breakup of the body, the fool fares on to [another] body.
Faring on to [another] body, he is not freed from birth, aging, and death; not freed from sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair; not freed from suffering, I say.
"Bhikkhus, for the wise man, hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving, this body has originated.
For the wise man that ignorance has been abandoned and that craving has been utterly destroyed.
For what reason?
Because the wise man has lived the holy life [25] for the complete destruction of suffering.
Therefore, with the breakup of the body, the wise man does not fare on to [another] body.
Not faring on to [another] body, he is freed from birth, aging, and death; freed from sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair; freed from suffering, I say.
"This, bhikkhus, is the distinction, the disparity, the difference between the wise man and the fool, that is, the living of the holy life."
