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Sights

Rūpasutta

One with faith in the teachings on the six exterior sense fields is called a “follower by faith”, while someone with conceptual understanding is called a “follower of the teachings”. But someone who sees them directly is called a stream-enterer.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 25.2Linked Discourses 25.2
  • 0.21. Cakkhuvagga1. The Eye

0.3RūpasuttaSights

1.1PTS 3.226Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Rūpā, bhikkhave, aniccā vipariṇāmino aññathābhāvino;“Mendicants, sights are impermanent, decaying, and perishing.1.3saddā aniccā vipariṇāmino aññathābhāvino;Sounds,1.4gandhā aniccā vipariṇāmino aññathābhāvino;smells,1.5rasā aniccā vipariṇāmino aññathābhāvino;tastes,1.6phoṭṭhabbā aniccā vipariṇāmino aññathābhāvino;touches,1.7dhammā aniccā vipariṇāmino aññathābhāvino.and ideas are impermanent, decaying, and perishing.

1.8Yo, bhikkhave, ime dhamme evaṁ saddahati adhimuccati, ayaṁ vuccati saddhānusārī, okkanto sammattaniyāmaṁ, sappurisabhūmiṁ okkanto, vītivatto puthujjanabhūmiṁ;Someone who has faith and confidence in these teachings is called a follower by faith. They’ve stepped into the sure path, they’ve stepped into the level of the true person, and they’ve passed beyond the level of the untrue person.1.9abhabbo taṁ kammaṁ kātuṁ, yaṁ kammaṁ katvā nirayaṁ vā tiracchānayoniṁ vā pettivisayaṁ vā upapajjeyya;They can’t do any deed which would make them be reborn in hell, the animal realm, or the ghost realm.1.10abhabbo ca tāva kālaṁ kātuṁ yāva na sotāpattiphalaṁ sacchikaroti.They can’t die without realizing the fruit of stream-entry.

2.1Yassa kho, bhikkhave, ime dhammā evaṁ paññāya mattaso nijjhānaṁ khamanti, ayaṁ vuccati: ‘dhammānusārī, okkanto sammattaniyāmaṁ, sappurisabhūmiṁ okkanto, vītivatto puthujjanabhūmiṁ;Someone who accepts these teachings after deliberating them with a degree of wisdom is called a follower of teachings. They’ve stepped into the sure path, they’ve stepped into the level of the true person, and they’ve passed beyond the level of the untrue person.2.2abhabbo taṁ kammaṁ kātuṁ, yaṁ kammaṁ katvā nirayaṁ vā tiracchānayoniṁ vā pettivisayaṁ vā upapajjeyya;They can’t do any deed which would make them be reborn in hell, the animal realm, or the ghost realm.2.3abhabbo ca tāva kālaṁ kātuṁ yāva na sotāpattiphalaṁ sacchikaroti’.They can’t die without realizing the fruit of stream-entry.

2.4Yo, bhikkhave, ime dhamme evaṁ pajānāti evaṁ passati, ayaṁ vuccati:Someone who understands and sees these principles is called2.5‘sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyano’”ti.a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”

2.6Dutiyaṁ.