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Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)

Dutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

One who does not truly understand feeling is no true ascetic.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.28Linked Discourses 36.28
  • 0.23. Aṭṭhasatapariyāyavagga3. The Explanation of the Hundred and Eight

0.3DutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasuttaAscetics and Brahmins (2nd)

1.1PTS 4.235“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā.“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.1.2Katamā tisso?What three?1.3Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā.Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.

1.4Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā imāsaṁ tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti …pe…There are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand these three feelings’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape. …

1.5pajānanti …pe… sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand …”

1.6Aṭṭhamaṁ.