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SN 52.24PTS SN 5.3051 min read

The Ending of Defilements

Āsavakkhayasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 52.24Linked Discourses 52.24
  • 0.22. Dutiyavagga2. A Thousand

0.3ĀsavakkhayasuttaThe Ending of Defilements

1.1PTS 5.306“Imesañca panāhaṁ, āvuso, catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmī”ti.“… And it’s because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation that I realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And I live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.”

1.2Cuddasamaṁ.

1.3Dutiyo vaggo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Mahābhiññaṁ iddhi dibbaṁ,2.2Cetopariyaṁ ṭhānaṁ kammaṁ;2.3Sabbatthadhātudhimutti,2.4Indriyaṁ jhānaṁ tisso vijjāti.

2.5Anuruddhasaṁyuttaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.The Linked Discourses with Anuruddha, the eighth section.