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SN 35.90PTS SN 4.641 min read

Turbulence (1st)

Paṭhamaejāsutta

Being stirred by craving is painful, so the Realized One lives unstirred, not identifying with any aspect of sense experience.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.90Linked Discourses 35.90
  • 0.29. Channavagga9. With Channa

0.3PaṭhamaejāsuttaTurbulence (1st)

1.1PTS 4.65“Ejā, bhikkhave, rogo, ejā gaṇḍo, ejā sallaṁ.“Mendicants, turbulence is a disease, a boil, a dart.1.2Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, tathāgato anejo viharati vītasallo.That’s why the Realized One lives unperturbed, with dart drawn out.

1.3Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cepi ākaṅkheyya ‘anejo vihareyyaṁ vītasallo’ti,Now, a mendicant might wish: ‘May I live unperturbed, with dart drawn out.’1

1.4cakkhuṁ na maññeyya, cakkhusmiṁ na maññeyya, cakkhuto na maññeyya, cakkhu meti na maññeyya;So let them not conceive anything to be the eye, let them not conceive it in the eye, let them not conceive it as the eye, let them not conceive that ‘the eye is mine.’1.5rūpe na maññeyya, rūpesu na maññeyya, rūpato na maññeyya, rūpā meti na maññeyya;Let them not conceive sights …1.6cakkhuviññāṇaṁ na maññeyya, cakkhuviññāṇasmiṁ na maññeyya, cakkhuviññāṇato na maññeyya, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ meti na maññeyya;eye consciousness …1.7cakkhusamphassaṁ na maññeyya, cakkhusamphassasmiṁ na maññeyya, cakkhusamphassato na maññeyya, cakkhusamphasso meti na maññeyya.eye contact …1.8Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññeyya, tasmimpi na maññeyya, tatopi na maññeyya, taṁ meti na maññeyya.Let them not conceive anything to be the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact. Let them not conceive it in that, let them not conceive it as that, and let them not conceive that ‘that is mine.’

2.1Sotaṁ na maññeyya …pe…Let them not conceive anything to be the ear …2.2ghānaṁ na maññeyya …pe…nose …2.3jivhaṁ na maññeyya, jivhāya na maññeyya, jivhāto na maññeyya, jivhā meti na maññeyya;tongue …2.4rase na maññeyya …pe…2.5jivhāviññāṇaṁ na maññeyya …pe…2.6jivhāsamphassaṁ na maññeyya …pe…2.7yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññeyya, tasmimpi na maññeyya, tatopi na maññeyya, taṁ meti na maññeyya.3.1Kāyaṁ na maññeyya …pe…body …3.2manaṁ na maññeyya, manasmiṁ na maññeyya, manato na maññeyya, mano meti na maññeyya;mind …3.3dhamme na maññeyya …pe…ideas …3.4mano viññāṇaṁ …pe…mind consciousness …3.5manosamphassaṁ …pe…mind contact …3.6yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññeyya, tasmimpi na maññeyya, tatopi na maññeyya, taṁ meti na maññeyya;Let them not conceive anything to be the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact. Let them not conceive it in that, let them not conceive it as that, and let them not conceive that ‘that is mine.’

3.7sabbaṁ na maññeyya, sabbasmiṁ na maññeyya, sabbato na maññeyya, sabbaṁ meti na maññeyya.Let them not conceive anything to be all, let them not conceive it in all, let them not conceive it as all, let them not conceive that ‘all is mine’.

4.1PTS 4.66So evaṁ amaññamāno na kiñcipi loke upādiyati.Not conceiving, they don’t grasp at anything in the world.4.2Anupādiyaṁ na paritassati. Aparitassaṁ paccattaññeva parinibbāyati.Not grasping, they’re not anxious. Not being anxious, they personally become extinguished.

4.3‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’”

4.4Sattamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The fourth absorption is called “imperturbable” due to its freedom from the reactivity of pleasure and pain. This discourse, however, deals with the ultimate imperturbability of the perfected one.

    ↩ sn35.90:1.3