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SN 38.15PTS SN 4.2591 min read

A Question About Substantial Reality

Sakkāyapañhāsutta

The wanderer Jambukhādaka asks Sāriputta what is identity.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.15Linked Discourses 38.15
  • 0.21. Jambukhādakavagga1. With Jambukhādaka

0.3SakkāyapañhāsuttaA Question About Substantial Reality

1.1PTS 4.260“‘Sakkāyo, sakkāyo’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘substantial reality’.11.2Katamo nu kho, āvuso, sakkāyo”ti?What is substantial reality?”

1.3“Pañcime, āvuso, upādānakkhandhā sakkāyo vutto bhagavatā, seyyathidaṁ—“Reverend, the Buddha said that these five grasping aggregates are substantial reality. That is,1.4rūpupādānakkhandho, vedanupādānakkhandho, saññupādānakkhandho, saṅkhārupādānakkhandho, viññāṇupādānakkhandho.form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.1.5Ime kho, āvuso, pañcupādānakkhandhā sakkāyo vutto bhagavatā”ti.The Buddha said that these five grasping aggregates are substantial reality.”

1.6“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa sakkāyassa pariññāyā”ti?“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for completely understanding this substantial reality?”

1.7“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa sakkāyassa pariññāyā”ti.“There is.” …

1.8“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etassa sakkāyassa pariññāyā”ti?1.9“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, etassa sakkāyassa pariññāya, seyyathidaṁ—1.10sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.1.11Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etassa sakkāyassa pariññāyā”ti.1.12“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etassa sakkāyassa pariññāya.1.13Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.

1.14Pannarasamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. See notes at SN 22.105:1.4 and SN 22.22.

    ↩ sn38.15:1.1