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SN 38.6PTS SN 4.2541 min read

Ultimate Solace

Paramassāsappattasutta

The wanderer Jambukhādaka asks Sāriputta about who has attained supreme consolation.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.6Linked Discourses 38.6
  • 0.21. Jambukhādakavagga1. With Jambukhādaka

0.3ParamassāsappattasuttaUltimate Solace

1.1PTS 4.255“‘Paramassāsappatto, paramassāsappatto’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘gaining ultimate solace’.1.2Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, paramassāsappatto hotī”ti?At what point do you gain ultimate solace?”

1.3“Yato kho, āvuso, bhikkhu channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ viditvā anupādāvimutto hoti, ettāvatā kho, āvuso, paramassāsappatto hotī”ti.“When a mendicant is freed by not grasping after truly understanding the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape, at that point they’ve gained ultimate solace.”

1.4“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for realizing this ultimate solace?”

1.5“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.“There is.” …

1.6“Katamo pana, āvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?1.7“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāya, seyyathidaṁ—1.8sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.1.9Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.1.10“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etassa paramassāsassa sacchikiriyāya.1.11Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.

1.12Chaṭṭhaṁ.