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With Subhūti

Subhūtisutta

Ven. Subhūti meditates.

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

  • 0.1Udāna 6.7Heartfelt Sayings 6.7

0.2SubhūtisuttaWith Subhūti

1.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.1.3Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā subhūti bhagavato avidūre nisinno hoti pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya avitakkaṁ samādhiṁ samāpajjitvā.Now at that time Venerable Subhūti was sitting not far from the Buddha, cross-legged, with his body straight, having attained the immersion free of placing the mind.

2.1Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ subhūtiṁ avidūre nisinnaṁ pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya avitakkaṁ samādhiṁ samāpannaṁ.The Buddha saw him meditating there.

3.1Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

4.1“Yassa vitakkā vidhūpitā,“In whom mental vibrations are cleared away,4.2Ajjhattaṁ suvikappitā asesā;internally clipped off entirely,4.3Taṁ saṅgamaticca arūpasaññī,perceiving the formless, beyond chains,4.4Catuyogātigato na jātu metī”ti.having overcome the four yokes, <j>they never return.”1

4.5Sattamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. For “they never return” (na jātu’m’eti) there is a variant reading “go to rebirth” (jātim eti) in Śarīrārthagāthā 32, which here is very close to the Pali. The commentary also acknowledges this variant: ‘Na jāti metī’tipi paṭhanti, so evattho. Despite this confusion, jātu (“ever”) and jāti (“rebirth”) are different words.

    ↩ ud6.7:4.4