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SN 35.161PTS SN 4.1441 min read

On Retreat at Jīvaka’s Mango Grove

Jīvakambavanapaṭisallānasutta

A mendicant should make an effort in seclusion 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

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0.3JīvakambavanapaṭisallānasuttaOn Retreat at Jīvaka’s Mango Grove

1.1PTS 4.145Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati jīvakambavane.At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in Jīvaka’s Mango Grove.1.2Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi …pe…There the Buddha addressed the mendicants:

1.3“paṭisallāne, bhikkhave, yogamāpajjatha.“Mendicants, meditate in retreat.1.4Paṭisallīnassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati.For a mendicant who meditates in retreat, things become truly clear.1.5Kiñca yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati?And what becomes truly clear?

1.6Cakkhuṁ 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. …

1.7mano aniccoti yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyati, dhammā …It becomes truly clear that the mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and mind contact are impermanent.1.8manoviññāṇaṁ …1.9manosamphasso …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.

1.11Paṭisallāne, bhikkhave, yogamāpajjatha.Mendicants, meditate in retreat.1.12Paṭisallīnassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno yathābhūtaṁ okkhāyatī”ti.For a mendicant who meditates in retreat, things become truly clear.”

1.13Chaṭṭhaṁ.