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SN 48.7PTS SN 5.1951 min read

Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)

Dutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.7Linked Discourses 48.7
  • 0.21. Suddhikavagga1. Plain Version

0.3DutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasuttaAscetics and Brahmins (2nd)

1.1“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā saddhindriyaṁ nappajānanti, saddhindriyasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, saddhindriyanirodhaṁ nappajānanti, saddhindriyanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti;“Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t understand the faculty of faith, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.11.2vīriyindriyaṁ nappajānanti …pe…They don’t understand the faculty of energy …1.3satindriyaṁ nappajānanti …pe…mindfulness …1.4samādhindriyaṁ nappajānanti …pe…immersion …1.5paññindriyaṁ nappajānanti, paññindriyasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, paññindriyanirodhaṁ nappajānanti, paññindriyanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti,wisdom, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.1.6na me te, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu vā samaṇasammatā brāhmaṇesu vā brāhmaṇasammatā, na ca panete āyasmanto sāmaññatthaṁ vā brahmaññatthaṁ vā diṭṭheva dhamme 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 5.196Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā saddhindriyaṁ pajānanti, saddhindriyasamudayaṁ pajānanti, saddhindriyanirodhaṁ pajānanti, saddhindriyanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānanti;There are ascetics and brahmins who do understand the faculty of faith, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.2.2vīriyindriyaṁ pajānanti, vīriyindriyasamudayaṁ pajānanti, vīriyindriyanirodhaṁ pajānanti, vīriyindriyanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānanti;They do understand the faculty of energy …2.3satindriyaṁ pajānanti …pe…mindfulness …2.4samādhindriyaṁ pajānanti …pe…immersion …2.5paññindriyaṁ pajānanti, paññindriyasamudayaṁ pajānanti, paññindriyanirodhaṁ pajānanti, paññindriyanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānanti,wisdom, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.2.6te 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.”

2.7Sattamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This is the four noble truths.

    ↩ sn48.7:1.1