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Ascetics and Brahmins (3rd)

Tatiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

Someone who doesn’t fully understand material possessions, honor, and praise is no true ascetic.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.27Linked Discourses 17.27
  • 0.23. TatiyavaggaChapter Three

0.3TatiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasuttaAscetics and Brahmins (3rd)

1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā lābhasakkārasilokaṁ yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokanirodhaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti …pe…“There are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand possessions, honor, and popularity, their origin, their cessation, and the path that leads to their cessation …

1.3pajānanti …pe…There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand …”1.4sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.

1.5Sattamaṁ.