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Accomplishment in Rational Application of Mind

Yonisomanasikārasampadāsutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.83Linked Discourses 45.83
  • 0.28. Dutiyaekadhammapeyyālavagga8. Abbreviated Texts on One Thing

0.3YonisomanasikārasampadāsuttaAccomplishment in Rational Application of Mind

1.1“Yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, yonisomanasikārasampadā.“… accomplishment in rational application of mind.1.2Yonisomanasikārasampannassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvessati, ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarissati.A mendicant accomplished in rational application of mind can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path.

1.3Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yonisomanasikārasampanno ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti, ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaroti?And how does a mendicant accomplished in rational application of mind develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path?1.4Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ …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.1.5Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yonisomanasikārasampanno ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti, ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarotī”ti.That’s how a mendicant accomplished in rational application of mind develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.”

1.6Sattamaṁ.