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SN 22.72PTS SN 3.801 min read

With Surādha

Surādhasutta

Venerable Surādha asks the Buddha how to see so as to let go of conceit and be freed. The Buddha tells him to contemplate the aggregates in terms of not-self.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.72Linked Discourses 22.72
  • 0.27. Arahantavagga7. The Perfected Ones

0.3SurādhasuttaWith Surādha

1.1PTS 3.81Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho āyasmā surādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then Venerable Surādha said to the Buddha:1

1.3“kathaṁ nu kho, bhante, jānato kathaṁ passato imasmiñca saviññāṇake kāye bahiddhā ca sabbanimittesu ahaṅkāramamaṅkāramānāpagataṁ mānasaṁ hoti, vidhā samatikkantaṁ santaṁ suvimuttan”ti?“Sir, how does one know and see so that the heart is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit for this conscious body and externally for all signs; and going beyond discrimination, it’s peaceful and well freed?”

1.4“Yaṁ kiñci, surādha, rūpaṁ atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ …pe… yaṁ dūre santike vā, sabbaṁ rūpaṁ: ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya disvā anupādāvimutto hoti.“Surādha, one is freed by not grasping having truly seen any kind of form at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> form—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

1.5Yā kāci vedanā …One is freed by not grasping having truly seen any kind of feeling …1.6yā kāci saññā …perception …1.7ye keci saṅkhārā …choices …1.8yaṁ kiñci viññāṇaṁ atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā oḷārikaṁ vā sukhumaṁ vā hīnaṁ vā paṇītaṁ vā yaṁ dūre santike vā, sabbā vedanā …pe…consciousness at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> consciousness—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’21.9sabbā saññā …1.10sabbe saṅkhārā …1.11sabbaṁ viññāṇaṁ: ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya disvā anupādāvimutto hoti.

1.12Evaṁ kho, surādha, jānato evaṁ passato imasmiñca saviññāṇake kāye, bahiddhā ca sabbanimittesu ahaṅkāramamaṅkāramānāpagataṁ mānasaṁ hoti vidhā samatikkantaṁ santaṁ suvimuttan”ti …pe…That’s how to know and see so that the heart is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit for this conscious body and externally for all signs; and going beyond discrimination, it’s peaceful and well freed.” …

1.13aññataro ca panāyasmā surādho arahataṁ ahosīti.And Venerable Surādha became one of the perfected.

1.14Dasamaṁ.

1.15Arahantavaggo dutiyo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Upādiyamaññamānā,2.2Athābhinandamāno ca;2.3Aniccaṁ dukkhaṁ anattā ca,2.4Anattaniyaṁ rajanīyasaṇṭhitaṁ;2.5Rādhasurādhena te dasāti.

Translator’s notes

  1. Surādha’s verses are at Thag 2.8. This discourse is also at SN 18.22 and SN 22.92.

    ↩ sn22.72:1.2
  2. The handling of abbreviations is corrupted here in the Burmese editions.

    ↩ sn22.72:1.8