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SN 46.41PTS SN 5.981 min read

Discriminations

Vidhāsutta

Anyone who abandons the three kinds of discrimination does so due to the awakening factors.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.41Linked Discourses 46.41
  • 0.25. Cakkavattivagga5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch

0.3VidhāsuttaDiscriminations

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā tisso vidhā pajahiṁsu, sabbe te sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.“Mendicants, all the ascetics and brahmins in the past who have given up the three discriminations have done so by developing and cultivating the seven awakening factors.11.3Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā tisso vidhā pajahissanti, sabbe te sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.All the ascetics and brahmins in the future who will give up the three discriminations will do so by developing and cultivating the seven awakening factors.1.4Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā tisso vidhā pajahanti, sabbe te sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.All the ascetics and brahmins in the present who are giving up the three discriminations do so by developing and cultivating the seven awakening factors.

1.5Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ?What seven?1.6Satisambojjhaṅgassa …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgassa.The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.1.7Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā tisso vidhā pajahiṁsu …pe…All the ascetics and brahmins in the past …1.8pajahissanti …pe…future …1.9pajahanti, sabbe te imesaṁyeva sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā”ti.and present who give up the three discriminations do so by developing and cultivating the seven awakening factors.”

1.10Paṭhamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. For the three discriminations (vidha) see SN 45.162.

    ↩ sn46.41:1.2