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SN 22.44PTS SN 3.431 min read

Practice

Paṭipadāsutta

Contemplation of the five aggregates as not-self is the path to the end of identity.

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

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0.3PaṭipadāsuttaPractice

1.1PTS 3.44Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Sakkāyasamudayagāminiñca vo, bhikkhave, paṭipadaṁ desessāmi, sakkāyanirodhagāminiñca paṭipadaṁ.“Mendicants, I will teach you the practice that leads to the origin of substantial reality and the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.11.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyasamudayagāminī paṭipadā?And what is the practice that leads to the origin of substantial reality?1.5Idha, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṁ adassāvī ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto, sappurisānaṁ adassāvī sappurisadhammassa akovido sappurisadhamme avinīto,It’s when an unlearned ordinary person has not seen the noble ones, and is neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve not seen true persons, and are neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the true persons.

1.6rūpaṁ attato samanupassati, rūpavantaṁ vā attānaṁ; attani vā rūpaṁ, rūpasmiṁ vā attānaṁ.They regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.

1.7Vedanaṁ attato …They regard feeling as self …

1.8saññaṁ …They regard perception as self …

1.9saṅkhāre …They regard choices as self …

1.10viññāṇaṁ attato samanupassati, viññāṇavantaṁ vā attānaṁ; attani vā viññāṇaṁ, viññāṇasmiṁ vā attānaṁ.They regard consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.

1.11Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘sakkāyasamudayagāminī paṭipadā, sakkāyasamudayagāminī paṭipadā’ti.This is called the practice that leads to the origin of substantial reality.1.12Iti hidaṁ, bhikkhave, vuccati ‘dukkhasamudayagāminī samanupassanā’ti.And that’s why it’s called a way of regarding things that leads to the origin of suffering.1.13Ayamevettha attho.

2.1Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā?And what is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako ariyānaṁ dassāvī ariyadhammassa kovido ariyadhamme suvinīto, sappurisānaṁ dassāvī sappurisadhammassa kovido sappurisadhamme suvinīto,It’s when a learned noble disciple has seen the noble ones, and is skilled and trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve seen true persons, and are skilled and trained in the teaching of the true persons.

2.3na rūpaṁ attato samanupassati, na rūpavantaṁ vā attānaṁ; na attani vā rūpaṁ, na rūpasmiṁ vā attānaṁ.They don’t regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.

2.4Na vedanaṁ attato …They don’t regard feeling as self …

2.5na saññaṁ …They don’t regard perception as self …

2.6na saṅkhāre …They don’t regard choices as self …

2.7na viññāṇaṁ attato samanupassati, na viññāṇavantaṁ vā attānaṁ; na attani vā viññāṇaṁ, na viññāṇasmiṁ vā attānaṁ.They don’t regard consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.

2.8Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā, sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti.This is called the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.2.9Iti hidaṁ, bhikkhave, vuccati ‘dukkhanirodhagāminī samanupassanā’ti.And that’s why it’s called a way of regarding things that leads to the cessation of suffering.”2.10Ayamevettha attho”ti.

2.11Dutiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The “substantial reality” is the aggregates themselves, mistakenly believed to be substantive and therefore a suitable candidate for a self. For discussion, see SN 22.105.

    ↩ sn22.44:1.2