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Arising

Uppādasutta

The arising of the material elements is the arising of suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 14.36Linked Discourses 14.36
  • 0.24. Catutthavagga4. Chapter Four

0.3UppādasuttaArising

1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yo, bhikkhave, pathavīdhātuyā uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo rogānaṁ ṭhiti jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.“Mendicants, the arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of the earth element is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.11.3Yo āpodhātuyā …pe…The arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of the water element …1.4yo tejodhātuyā …The arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of the fire element …1.5yo vāyodhātuyā uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo rogānaṁ ṭhiti jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.The arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of the air element is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.

2.1Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, pathavīdhātuyā nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho rogānaṁ vūpasamo jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo.The cessation, settling, and disappearance of the earth element is the cessation of suffering, the settling of diseases, and the disappearance of old age and death.2.2Yo āpodhātuyā …pe…The cessation, settling, and disappearance of the water element …2.3yo tejodhātuyā …The cessation, settling, and disappearance of the fire element …2.4yo vāyodhātuyā nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho rogānaṁ vūpasamo jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.The cessation, settling, and disappearance of the air element is the cessation of suffering, the settling of diseases, and the disappearance of old age and death.”

2.5Sattamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Said also of the aggregates (SN 22.30), and the senses (SN 35.21, 22), this template gets its own Saṁyutta (SN 26).

    The first phrase in this template consistently has four terms, the final two of which (abhinibbatti and pātubhāva) are synonyms appearing together in the stock definition of “rebirth” (SN 12.2:4.2). The following phrase, however, only has three: arising (uppāda), continuing (ṭhiti), and manifestation (pātubhāva). I take abhinibbatti and pātubhāva as reinforcing synonyms, the purpose of which is to clarify that the phrase does, in fact, mean a new rebirth. The three phases then correspond to the rebirth, continuation of life, and passing away to be reborn anew.

    ↩ sn14.36:1.2