Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saɱyutta
2. Vihāra Vagga

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
The Great Book,
Chapter I (45): Connected Discourses on the Path
2: Dwelling

Sutta 20

Tatiya Kukkuṭ'Ārāma Suttaɱ

The Cock's Park (3)

Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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[1][pts] "Friend Ānanda, it is said, 'the holy life, the holy life.'

What now, friend, is the holy life, and who is a follower of the holy life, and what is the final goal of the holy life?"

"Good, good, friend Bhadda!

Your intelligence is excellent, friend Bhadda, your ingenuity is excellent, your inquiry is a good one.

For you have asked me:

'Friend Ānanda, it is said, "the holy life, the holy life."

What now, friend, is the holy life, and who is a follower of the holy life, and what is the final goal of the holy life?'"

"Yes, friend."

"This Noble Eightfold Path, friend, is the holy life; that is, right view ... right concentration.

One who possesses this Noble Eightfold Path is called a liver of the holy life.

The destruction of lust, the destruction of hatred, the destruction of delusion: this, friend, is the final goal of the holy life."