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SN 35.160PTS SN 4.1431 min read

On Immersion at Jīvaka’s Mango Grove

Jīvakambavanasamādhisutta

A mendicant should develop immersion (samādhi) in order to truly understand the origin and ending of the process of sense experience.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.160Linked Discourses 35.160
  • 0.216. Nandikkhayavagga16. The End of Relishing

0.3JīvakambavanasamādhisuttaOn Immersion at Jīvaka’s Mango Grove

1.1PTS 4.144Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati jīvakambavane.At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in Jīvaka’s Mango Grove.11.2Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:There the Buddha addressed the mendicants:1.3“bhikkhavo”ti …pe…

1.4“samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha.“Mendicants, develop immersion.1.5Samāhitassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati.For a mendicant with immersion, things become truly clear.1.6Kiñca yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati?And what becomes truly clear?

1.7Cakkhuṁ aniccanti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati, rūpā aniccāti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ aniccanti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati, cakkhusamphasso aniccoti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati, yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccanti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati …pe…It becomes truly clear that the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are impermanent. And it also becomes truly clear that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is impermanent.

1.8jivhā aniccāti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati …pe…It becomes truly clear that the ear … nose … tongue … body …1.9mano aniccoti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati, dhammā aniccāti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati …pe…mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and mind contact are impermanent.1.10yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccanti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati.And it also becomes truly clear that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is impermanent.

1.11Samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha.Mendicants, develop immersion.1.12Samāhitassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyatī”ti.For a mendicant with immersion, things become truly clear.”

1.13Pañcamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This monastery belonged to the Buddha’s doctor, Jīvaka, who appears in DN 2. His story is told in Kd 8, where we learn that he was raised by Prince Abhaya of Magadha, a Jain (MN 58) who was also interested in the teachings of Pūraṇa Kassapa (SN 46.56). MN 55 on eating meat is addressed to him.

    This discourse and the next are similar to SN 22.5–6.

    ↩ sn35.160:1.1