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Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)

Dutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

A true ascetic understands the six faculties in terms of the four noble truths.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.30Linked Discourses 48.30
  • 0.23. Chaḷindriyavagga3. The Six Faculties

0.3DutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasuttaAscetics and Brahmins (2nd)

1.1“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā cakkhundriyaṁ nappajānanti, cakkhundriyasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, cakkhundriyanirodhaṁ nappajānanti, cakkhundriyanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti;“Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t understand the eye faculty, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.1.2sotindriyaṁ …pe…They don’t understand the ear faculty …1.3ghānindriyaṁ …pe…nose faculty …1.4jivhindriyaṁ …pe…tongue faculty …1.5kāyindriyaṁ …pe…body faculty …1.6manindriyaṁ nappajānanti, manindriyasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, manindriyanirodhaṁ nappajānanti, manindriyanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti.mind faculty, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.1.7Na me te, bhikkhave …pe… sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharanti.I don’t deem them as true ascetics and brahmins. Those venerables don’t realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin, and don’t live having realized it with their own insight in this very life.

2.1PTS 5.207Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā cakkhundriyaṁ pajānanti, cakkhundriyasamudayaṁ pajānanti, cakkhundriyanirodhaṁ pajānanti, cakkhundriyanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānanti,There are ascetics and brahmins who do understand the eye faculty, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.2.2sotindriyaṁ …pe…They understand the ear faculty …2.3ghānindriyaṁ …pe…nose faculty …2.4jivhindriyaṁ …pe…tongue faculty …2.5kāyindriyaṁ …pe…body faculty …2.6manindriyaṁ pajānanti, manindriyasamudayaṁ pajānanti, manindriyanirodhaṁ pajānanti, manindriyanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānanti,mind faculty, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.2.7te kho me, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu ceva samaṇasammatā brāhmaṇesu ca brāhmaṇasammatā, te ca panāyasmanto sāmaññatthañca brahmaññatthañca diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.I deem them as true ascetics and brahmins. Those venerables realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin, and live having realized it with their own insight.”

2.8Dasamaṁ.

2.9Chaḷindriyavaggo tatiyo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Punabbhavo jīvitaññāya,3.2ekabījī ca suddhakaṁ;3.3Soto arahasambuddho,3.4dve ca samaṇabrāhmaṇāti.