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Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)

Dutiyasamaṇasutta

Only a true ascetic fully understands the five aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.6Linked Discourses 23.6
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0.3DutiyasamaṇasuttaAscetics and Brahmins (2nd)

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho āyasmantaṁ rādhaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him:

1.3“pañcime, rādha, upādānakkhandhā.“Rādha, there are these five grasping aggregates.1.4Katame pañca?What five?1.5Rūpupādānakkhandho …pe… viññāṇupādānakkhandho.The grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.

1.6Ye hi keci, rādha, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā imesaṁ pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti …pe…There are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand these five grasping aggregates’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape … Those venerables don’t realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin …

1.7sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand … Those venerables realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin, and live having realized it with their own insight.”

1.8Chaṭṭhaṁ.