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What’s the Goal?

Kimatthiyasutta

The wanderer Jambukhādaka asks Sāriputta about the purpose of the spiritual path.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.4Linked Discourses 38.4
  • 0.21. Jambukhādakavagga1. With Jambukhādaka

0.3KimatthiyasuttaWhat’s the Goal?

1.1“Kimatthiyaṁ, āvuso sāriputta, samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṁ vussatī”ti?“Reverend Sāriputta, what’s the goal of leading the spiritual life under the ascetic Gotama?”

1.2“Dukkhassa kho, āvuso, pariññatthaṁ bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī”ti.“The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is to completely understand suffering.”

1.3“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa dukkhassa pariññāyā”ti?“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for completely understanding this suffering?”

1.4“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa dukkhassa pariññāyā”ti?“There is.” …

1.5“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etassa dukkhassa pariññāyā”ti?

2.1PTS 4.254“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, etassa dukkhassa pariññāya, seyyathidaṁ—2.2sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.2.3Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā etassa dukkhassa pariññāyā”ti.2.4“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etassa dukkhassa pariññāya.2.5Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.

2.6Catutthaṁ.