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AN 7.19PTS AN 4.14Nibbāna1 min read

Extinguishment

Nibbānasutta

Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.19Numbered Discourses 7.19
  • 0.22. Anusayavagga2. Tendencies

0.3NibbānasuttaExtinguishment

1.1“Nibbāne sukhānupassī viharati sukhasaññī sukhapaṭisaṁvedī satataṁ samitaṁ abbokiṇṇaṁ cetasā adhimuccamāno paññāya pariyogāhamāno.“One meditates observing the happiness in extinguishment. They perceive happiness and experience happiness. Constantly, continually, and without interruption, they apply the mind and fathom with wisdom.1.2So āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.They’ve realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.1.3Ayaṁ bhikkhave, paṭhamo puggalo āhuneyyo …pe… puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.This is the first individual worthy of offerings.

2.1Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo nibbāne sukhānupassī viharati sukhasaññī sukhapaṭisaṁvedī satataṁ samitaṁ abbokiṇṇaṁ cetasā adhimuccamāno paññāya pariyogāhamāno.Next, take an individual who meditates observing the happiness in extinguishment. They perceive happiness and experience happiness. Constantly, continually, and without interruption, they apply the mind and fathom with wisdom.2.2Tassa apubbaṁ acarimaṁ āsavapariyādānañca hoti jīvitapariyādānañca.Their defilements and their life come to an end at exactly the same time.2.3Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo puggalo āhuneyyo …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.This is the second individual.

3.1PTS 4.15Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo nibbāne sukhānupassī viharati sukhasaññī sukhapaṭisaṁvedī satataṁ samitaṁ abbokiṇṇaṁ cetasā adhimuccamāno paññāya pariyogāhamāno.Next, take an individual who meditates observing the happiness in extinguishment. They perceive happiness and experience happiness. Constantly, continually, and without interruption, they apply the mind and fathom with wisdom.

3.2So pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā antarāparinibbāyī hoti …pe…With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next. …

3.3upahaccaparinibbāyī hoti …pe…With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished upon landing. …

3.4asaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti …pe…With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished without extra effort. …

3.5sasaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti …pe…With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished with extra effort. …

3.6uddhaṁsoto hoti akaniṭṭhagāmī.With the ending of the five lower fetters they head upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.3.7Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, sattamo puggalo āhuneyyo …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.This is the seventh individual.

3.8Ime kho, bhikkhave, satta puggalā āhuneyyā …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassā”ti.These are the seven individuals who are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and are the supreme field of merit for the world.”

3.9Navamaṁ.