Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ II: Paññāsaka Dutiya
2. Migajāla Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Second Fifty
2. Migajāla
Sutta 64
Dutiya Migajālena Suttaɱ
Migajāla 2
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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[1][pts] Then the Venerable Migajāla approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, sat down to one side, and said to him:
"Venerable sir, it would be good if the Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in brief, so that, having heard the Dhamma from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute."
"There are, Migajāla, forms cognizable by the eye that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
If a bhikkhu seeks delight in them, welcomes them, and remains holding to them, delight arises.
With the arising of delight, I say, Migajāla, there is the arising of suffering.
"There are, Migajāla, sounds cognizable by the ear ... odours cognizable by the nose ... tastes cognizable by the tongue ... tactile objects cognizable by the body ... mental phenomena cognizable by the mind that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
If a bhikkhu seeks delight in them, ... delight arises. [38] With the arising of delight, I say, Migajāla, there is the arising of suffering.
"There are, Migajāla, forms cognizable by the eye that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
If a bhikkhu does not seek delight in them, does not welcome them, and does not remain holding to them, delight ceases.
With the cessation of delight, I say, Migajāla, comes the cessation of suffering.
"There are, Migajāla, sounds cognizable by the ear ... odours cognizable by the nose ... tastes cognizable by the tongue ... tactile objects cognizable by the body ... mental phenomena cognizable by the mind that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
If a bhikkhu does not seek delight in them ... delight ceases.
With the cessation of delight, I say, Migajāla, comes the cessation of suffering."
Then the Venerable Migajāla, having delighted and rejoiced in the Blessed One's words, rose from his seat, and, after paying homage to the Blessed One, keeping him on his right, he departed.
Then, dwelling alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute, the Venerable Migajāla, by realizing it for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life entered and dwelt in that unsurpassed goal of the holy life for the sake of which clansmen rightly go forth from the household life into homelessness.
He directly knew:
"Destroyed is birth, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more for this state of being."
And the Venerable Migajāla became one of the arahants.
