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The Depletion of All Fuel for Grasping (1st)

Paṭhamasabbupādānapariyādānasutta

To end grasping, see how sense experience gives rise to feeling.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.61Linked Discourses 35.61
  • 0.26. Avijjāvagga6. Ignorance

0.3PaṭhamasabbupādānapariyādānasuttaThe Depletion of All Fuel for Grasping (1st)

1.1PTS 4.34“Sabbupādānapariyādānāya vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi.“Mendicants, I will teach you the principle for depleting all fuel for grasping.11.2Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.3Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sabbupādānapariyādānāya dhammo?And what is the principle for depleting all fuel for grasping?

1.4Cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.1.5Phassapaccayā vedanā.Contact is a requirement for feeling.

1.6Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati, rūpesupi nibbindati, cakkhuviññāṇepi nibbindati, cakkhusamphassepi nibbindati, vedanāyapi nibbindati.Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, sights, eye consciousness, eye contact, and feeling.1.7Nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimokkhā ‘pariyādinnaṁ me upādānan’ti pajānāti …pe…Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they are liberated, they understand: ‘I have completely depleted fuel for grasping.’

1.8jivhañca paṭicca rase ca uppajjati jivhāviññāṇaṁ …pe…Ear … nose … tongue … body …

1.9manañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.1.10Phassapaccayā vedanā.Contact is a requirement for feeling.

1.11Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako manasmimpi nibbindati, dhammesupi nibbindati, manoviññāṇepi nibbindati manosamphassepi nibbindati, vedanāyapi nibbindati.Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the mind, ideas, mind consciousness, mind contact, and feeling.1.12Nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimokkhā ‘pariyādinnaṁ me upādānan’ti pajānāti.Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they are liberated, they understand: ‘I have completely depleted fuel for grasping.’

1.13Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sabbupādānapariyādānāya dhammo”ti.This is the principle for depleting all fuel for grasping.”

1.14Navamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Upādāna has the primary meaning of “grasping”, and secondarily “fuel” (SN 12.52). Here the usage with pariyādāna (“depletion”) shows the metaphor of “fuel” is active; you can’t “deplete grasping”.

    ↩ sn35.61:1.1