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Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.106 — 11. Sambodhavagga — Samaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

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1. an3.106:0.1

   Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.106

   Numbered Discourses 3.106

2. an3.106:0.2

   11. Sambodhavagga

   11. Awakening

3. an3.106:0.3

   Samaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

   Ascetics and Brahmins

4. an3.106:1.1

   “Ye keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā lokassa assādañca assādato ādīnavañca ādīnavato nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti,

   “Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand the world’s gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are.

5. an3.106:1.2

   na me te, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu vā samaṇasammatā brāhmaṇesu vā brāhmaṇasammatā, na ca pana te 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.

6. an3.106:1.3

   Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā lokassa assādañca assādato ādīnavañca ādīnavato nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti,

   There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand the world’s gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are.

7. an3.106:1.4

   te kho, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu vā samaṇasammatā brāhmaṇesu vā 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.”

8. an3.106:1.5

   Catutthaṁ.

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