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SN 55.9PTS SN 5.3581 min read

At the Brick Hall (2nd)

Dutiyagiñjakāvasathasutta

Ānanda asks the Buddha about the rebirths of several disciples. The Buddha confirms those details, and proposes a way for people to know for themselves by reflecting on the four factors of stream-entry.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.9Linked Discourses 55.9
  • 0.21. Veḷudvāravagga1. At Bamboo Gate

0.3DutiyagiñjakāvasathasuttaAt the Brick Hall (2nd)

1.1PTS 5.358Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Ānanda said to the Buddha:

1.2“asoko nāma, bhante, bhikkhu kālaṅkato;“Sir, the monk named Asoka has passed away.11.3tassa kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo?Where has he been reborn in his next life?1.4Asokā nāma, bhante, bhikkhunī kālaṅkatā …pe…The nun named Asokā,1.5asoko nāma, bhante, upāsako kālaṅkato …pe…the layman named Asoka,1.6asokā nāma, bhante, upāsikā kālaṅkatā;and the laywoman named Asokā have passed away.1.7tassā kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo”ti?Where have they been reborn in the next life?”

2.1“Asoko, ānanda, bhikkhu kālaṅkato āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi …pe…“Ānanda, the monk Asoka passed away having realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom … in this very life …

2.2(purimaveyyākaraṇena ekanidānaṁ.)(And all is explained as in SN 55.8.)

3.1Ayaṁ kho so, ānanda, dhammādāso dhammapariyāyo;This is that mirror of the teaching.3.2yena samannāgato ariyasāvako ākaṅkhamāno attanāva attānaṁ byākareyya:A noble disciple who has this may declare of themselves:3.3‘khīṇanirayomhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇāpāyaduggativinipāto, sotāpannohamasmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’”ti.‘I’ve finished with rebirth in hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. I’ve finished with all places of loss, bad places, the underworld. I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am assured, destined for awakening.’”

3.4Navamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This series of “Asokas” is not found in DN 16 or DN 18, a curious anomaly that is passed over in the commentaries.

    ↩ sn55.9:1.2