Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.29 — 3. Mahāvagga — Paṭhamakosalasutta
- an10.29:18.3
Evaṁsaññīnampi kho, bhikkhave, sattānaṁ attheva aññathattaṁ atthi vipariṇāmo.
But even the sentient beings who perceive like this decay and perish.
- an10.29:18.4
Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako tasmimpi nibbindati.
Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with it.
- an10.29:18.5
Tasmiṁ nibbindanto agge virajjati, pageva hīnasmiṁ.
Their desire fades away even for the foremost, let alone the inferior.
- an10.29:19.1
Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, bāhirakānaṁ diṭṭhigatānaṁ yadidaṁ ‘no cassaṁ, no ca me siyā, na bhavissāmi, na me bhavissatī’ti.
This is the best of the convictions of outsiders, that is: ‘I might not be, and it might not be mine. I will not be, and it will not be mine.’
- an10.29:19.2
Evaṁdiṭṭhino, bhikkhave, etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ:
When someone has such a view, you can expect
- an10.29:19.3
‘yā cāyaṁ bhave appaṭikulyatā, sā cassa na bhavissati;
that they will not be attracted to continued existence,
- an10.29:19.4
yā cāyaṁ bhavanirodhe pāṭikulyatā, sā cassa na bhavissatī’ti.
and they will not be repulsed by the cessation of continued existence.
- an10.29:19.5
Evaṁdiṭṭhinopi kho, bhikkhave, santi sattā.
Some sentient beings have such a view.
- an10.29:19.6
Evaṁdiṭṭhīnampi kho, bhikkhave, sattānaṁ attheva aññathattaṁ atthi vipariṇāmo.
But even the sentient beings who have views like this decay and perish.
- an10.29:19.7
Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako tasmimpi nibbindati.
Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with it.
- an10.29:19.8
Tasmiṁ nibbindanto agge virajjati, pageva hīnasmiṁ.
Their desire fades away even for the foremost, let alone the inferior.
- an10.29:20.1
Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā paramatthavisuddhiṁ paññāpenti.
There are some ascetics and brahmins who advocate the ultimate purity of the spirit.
- an10.29:20.2
Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, paramatthavisuddhiṁ paññapentānaṁ yadidaṁ sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.
This is the best of the advocates of the ultimate purity of the spirit, that is, when someone, going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, enters and remains in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.
- an10.29:20.3
Te tadabhiññāya tassa sacchikiriyāya dhammaṁ desenti.
They teach Dhamma in order to directly know and realize this.
- an10.29:20.4
Evaṁvādinopi kho, bhikkhave, santi sattā.
Some sentient beings have such a doctrine.
- an10.29:20.5
Evaṁvādīnampi kho, bhikkhave, sattānaṁ attheva aññathattaṁ atthi vipariṇāmo.
But even the sentient beings who have such a doctrine decay and perish.
- an10.29:20.6
Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako tasmimpi nibbindati.
Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with it.
- an10.29:20.7
Tasmiṁ nibbindanto agge virajjati, pageva hīnasmiṁ.
Their desire fades away even for the foremost, let alone the inferior.
- an10.29:21.1
Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā paramadiṭṭhadhammanibbānaṁ paññāpenti.
There are some ascetics and brahmins who advocate ultimate extinguishment in this very life.
- an10.29:21.2
Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, paramadiṭṭhadhammanibbānaṁ paññapentānaṁ yadidaṁ channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ viditvā anupādā vimokkho.
This is the best of those who advocate extinguishment in this very life, that is, liberation by not grasping after truly understanding the origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape of the six fields of contact.
- an10.29:21.3
Evaṁvādiṁ kho maṁ, bhikkhave, evamakkhāyiṁ eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā asatā tucchā musā abhūtena abbhācikkhanti:
Though I state and assert this, certain ascetics and brahmins misrepresent me with the incorrect, hollow, false, untruthful claim:
- an10.29:21.4
‘samaṇo gotamo na kāmānaṁ pariññaṁ paññāpeti, na rūpānaṁ pariññaṁ paññāpeti, na vedanānaṁ pariññaṁ paññāpetī’ti.
‘The ascetic Gotama doesn’t advocate the complete understanding of sensual pleasures, forms, or feelings.’
- an10.29:21.5
Kāmānañcāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pariññaṁ paññāpemi, rūpānañca pariññaṁ paññāpemi, vedanānañca pariññaṁ paññāpemi, diṭṭheva dhamme nicchāto nibbuto sītibhūto anupādā parinibbānaṁ paññāpemī”ti.
But I do advocate the complete understanding of sensual pleasures, forms, and feelings. And I advocate complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping in this very life, wishless, quenched, and cooled.”
- an10.29:21.6
Navamaṁ.
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