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SN 45.14PTS SN 5.141 min read

Arising (1st)

Paṭhamauppādasutta

The eightfold path does not arise apart from a Realized One.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.14Linked Discourses 45.14
  • 0.22. Vihāravagga2. Meditation

0.3PaṭhamauppādasuttaArising (1st)

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra tathāgatassa pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassa.“Mendicants, these eight things don’t arise to be developed and cultivated except when a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha has appeared.11.3Katame aṭṭha?What eight?1.4Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.They are: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.1.5Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra tathāgatassa pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassā”ti.These eight things don’t arise to be developed and cultivated except when a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha has appeared.”

1.6Catutthaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This contrasts with the principles of dependent origination, which are present regardless of whether a Buddha has arisen (SN 12.20). Note that the text is not saying that the factors do not exist, but that they are not practiced.

    ↩ sn45.14:1.2