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SN 45.159PTS SN 5.511 min read

A Guest House

Āgantukasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.159Linked Discourses 45.159
  • 0.212. Balakaraṇīyavagga12. Hard Work

0.3ĀgantukasuttaA Guest House

1.1PTS 5.52“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, āgantukāgāraṁ. Tattha puratthimāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, pacchimāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, uttarāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, dakkhiṇāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, khattiyāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, brāhmaṇāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, vessāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, suddāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti;“Mendicants, suppose there was a guest house. Lodgers come from the east, west, north, and south. Aristocrats, brahmins, peasants, and menials all stay there.11.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto ye dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā, te dhamme abhiññā parijānāti …pe…In the same way, a mendicant who develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path completely understands by direct knowledge the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge.1.3ye dhammā abhiññā pahātabbā, te dhamme abhiññā pajahati, ye dhammā abhiññā sacchikātabbā, te dhamme abhiññā sacchikaroti, ye dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā, te dhamme abhiññā bhāveti.They give up by direct knowledge the things that should be given up by direct knowledge. They realize by direct knowledge the things that should be realized by direct knowledge. They develop by direct knowledge the things that should be developed by direct knowledge.

2.1PTS 5.53Katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā?And what are the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge?2.2Pañcupādānakkhandhātissa vacanīyaṁ.It should be said: the five grasping aggregates.2.3Katame pañca?What five?2.4Seyyathidaṁ—rūpupādānakkhandho …pe… viññāṇupādānakkhandho.That is: form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.2.5Ime, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā.These are the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge.2.6Katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā pahātabbā?And what are the things that should be given up by direct knowledge?2.7Avijjā ca bhavataṇhā ca—Ignorance and craving for continued existence.2.8ime, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā pahātabbā.These are the things that should be given up by direct knowledge.2.9Katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā sacchikātabbā?And what are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge?2.10Vijjā ca vimutti ca—Knowledge and freedom.2.11ime, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā sacchikātabbā.These are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge.2.12Katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā?And what are the things that should be developed by direct knowledge?2.13Samatho ca vipassanā ca—Serenity and discernment.2.14ime, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā.These are the things that should be developed by direct knowledge.

2.15Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto, ye dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā te dhamme abhiññā parijānāti …pe… ye dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā, te dhamme abhiññā bhāveti?And how does a mendicant develop the noble eightfold path in this way?2.16Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.2.17evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto ye dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā, te dhamme abhiññā parijānāti, ye dhammā abhiññā pahātabbā, te dhamme abhiññā pajahati, ye dhammā abhiññā sacchikātabbā, te dhamme abhiññā sacchikaroti, ye dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā, te dhamme abhiññā bhāvetī”ti.That’s how a mendicant develops and cultivates the eightfold path in this way.”

2.18Ekādasamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Also at SN 36.14.

    ↩ sn45.159:1.1