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At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground (3rd)

Tatiyamoranivāpasutta

The ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal: view, knowledge, freedom.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.145Numbered Discourses 3.145
  • 0.214. Yodhājīvavagga14. A Warrior

0.3TatiyamoranivāpasuttaAt the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground (3rd)

1.1“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.“Mendicants, a mendicant with three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.1.2Katamehi tīhi?What three?1.3Sammādiṭṭhiyā, sammāñāṇena, sammāvimuttiyā—Right view, right knowledge, and right freedom.

1.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānan”ti.A mendicant with these three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.”

1.5Terasamaṁ.

1.6Yodhājīvavaggo cuddasamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Yodho parisamittañca,2.2uppādā kesakambalo;2.3Sampadā vuddhi tayo assā,2.4tayo moranivāpinoti.