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Ascetics (1st)

Samaṇasutta

Only a true ascetic fully understands the five aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.107Linked Discourses 22.107
  • 0.211. Antavagga11. Ends

0.3SamaṇasuttaAscetics (1st)

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Pañcime, bhikkhave, upādānakkhandhā.“Mendicants, there are these five grasping aggregates.1.3Katame pañca?What five?1.4Seyyathidaṁ—rūpupādānakkhandho …pe… viññāṇupādānakkhandho.That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.

1.5Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā imesaṁ pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti …pe…There are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand these five grasping aggregates’ gratification, drawback, and escape …

1.6pajānanti, sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand …”

1.7Pañcamaṁ.