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Ascetics and Brahmins (3rd)

Tatiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

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 36.29Linked Discourses 36.29
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0.3TatiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasuttaAscetics and Brahmins (3rd)

1.1“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā vedanaṁ nappajānanti, vedanāsamudayaṁ nappajānanti, vedanānirodhaṁ nappajānanti, vedanānirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti …pe…“Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t understand feeling, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation. …

1.2pajānanti …pe… sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.There are ascetics and brahmins who do understand …”

1.3Navamaṁ.