--- title: "Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga" author: "The Buddha" translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato" languages: [pi, en] shelf: "Pali Canon" section: 2 of 105 url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/2/ cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga, section 2. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/2/" --- # Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga *The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato* The path: the noble eightfold path, the factors of awakening, mindfulness meditation, breathing, and the first teaching, Turning the Wheel of Dhamma. > Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). > English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included. > Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines. ## 2. Meditation · SN 45.11–45.20 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/2/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/2/#p-N [¶0] SN 45.11 · Meditation (1st) > Pali: SN 45.11 · Paṭhamavihārasutta [¶1] At Sāvatthī. > Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ. [¶2] “Mendicants, I wish to go on retreat for a fortnight. No-one should approach me, except the one who brings my almsfood.” > Pali: “Icchāmahaṁ, bhikkhave, aḍḍhamāsaṁ paṭisallīyituṁ. Namhi kenaci upasaṅkamitabbo, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakenā”ti. [¶3] “Yes, sir,” replied those mendicants. And no-one approached him, except the one who brought the almsfood. > Pali: “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paṭissutvā nāssudha koci bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamati, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakena. [¶4] Then after a fortnight had passed, the Buddha came out of retreat and addressed the mendicants: > Pali: Atha kho bhagavā tassa aḍḍhamāsassa accayena paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito bhikkhū āmantesi: [¶5] “Mendicants, I’ve been practicing part of the meditation I practiced when I was first awakened. I understand that there’s feeling conditioned by wrong view and feeling conditioned by right view. … There’s feeling conditioned by wrong immersion, and feeling conditioned by right immersion. > Pali: “yena svāhaṁ, bhikkhave, vihārena paṭhamābhisambuddho viharāmi, tassa padesena vihāsiṁ. So evaṁ pajānāmi: ‘micchādiṭṭhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; sammādiṭṭhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ …pe… micchāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; sammāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; [¶6] There’s feeling conditioned by desire. There’s feeling conditioned by thought. There’s feeling conditioned by perception. As long as desire, thought, and perception are not stilled, there is feeling conditioned by that. When desire, thought, and perception are stilled, there is feeling conditioned by that. > Pali: chandapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; vitakkapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; saññāpaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; chando ca avūpasanto hoti, vitakko ca avūpasanto hoti, saññā ca avūpasantā hoti, tappaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; chando ca vūpasanto hoti, vitakko ca vūpasanto hoti, saññā ca vūpasantā hoti, tappaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; [¶7] There is effort to attain the unattained. When that state has been attained, there is also feeling conditioned by that.” > Pali: appattassa pattiyā atthi āyāmaṁ, tasmimpi ṭhāne anuppatte tappaccayāpi vedayitan’”ti. [¶8] > Pali: Paṭhamaṁ. [¶9] SN 45.12 · Meditation (2nd) > Pali: SN 45.12 · Dutiyavihārasutta [¶10] At Sāvatthī. > Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ. [¶11] “Mendicants, I wish to go on retreat for three months. No-one should approach me, except the one who brings my almsfood.” > Pali: “Icchāmahaṁ, bhikkhave, temāsaṁ paṭisallīyituṁ. Namhi kenaci upasaṅkamitabbo, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakenā”ti. [¶12] “Yes, sir,” replied those mendicants. And no-one approached him, except the one who brought the almsfood. > Pali: “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paṭissutvā nāssudha koci bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamati, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakena. [¶13] Then after three months had passed, the Buddha came out of retreat and addressed the mendicants: > Pali: Atha kho bhagavā tassa temāsassa accayena paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito bhikkhū āmantesi: [¶14] “Mendicants, I’ve been practicing part of the meditation I practiced when I was first awakened. > Pali: “yena svāhaṁ, bhikkhave, vihārena paṭhamābhisambuddho viharāmi, tassa padesena vihāsiṁ. [¶15] I understand that there’s feeling conditioned by wrong view and by the settling of wrong view, by right view and by the settling of right view. … There’s feeling conditioned by wrong immersion and by the settling of wrong immersion, by right immersion and by the settling of right immersion. > Pali: So evaṁ pajānāmi: ‘micchādiṭṭhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; micchādiṭṭhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; sammādiṭṭhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; sammādiṭṭhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ …pe… micchāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; micchāsamādhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ, sammāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; sammāsamādhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; [¶16] There’s feeling conditioned by desire and by the settling of desire. There’s feeling conditioned by thought, and by the settling of thought. There’s feeling conditioned by perception, and by the settling of perception. As long as desire, thought, and perception are not stilled, there is feeling conditioned by that. When desire, thought, and perception are stilled, there is feeling conditioned by that. > Pali: chandapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; chandavūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; vitakkapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; vitakkavūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; saññāpaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; saññāvūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; chando ca avūpasanto hoti, vitakko ca avūpasanto hoti, saññā ca avūpasantā hoti, tappaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; chando ca vūpasanto hoti, vitakko ca vūpasanto hoti, saññā ca vūpasantā hoti, tappaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; [¶17] There is effort to attain the unattained. When that state has been attained, there is also feeling conditioned by that.” > Pali: appattassa pattiyā atthi āyāmaṁ, tasmimpi ṭhāne anuppatte tappaccayāpi vedayitan’”ti. [¶18] > Pali: Dutiyaṁ. [¶19] SN 45.13 · A Trainee > Pali: SN 45.13 · Sekkhasutta [¶20] At Sāvatthī. > Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ. [¶21] Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him, “Sir, they speak of the one called ‘a trainee’. How is a trainee defined?” > Pali: Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “‘sekkho, sekkho’ti, bhante, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, sekkho hotī”ti? [¶22] “Mendicant, it’s someone who has a trainee’s right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. That’s how a trainee is defined.” > Pali: “Idha, bhikkhu, sekkhāya sammādiṭṭhiyā samannāgato hoti …pe… sekkhena sammāsamādhinā samannāgato hoti. Ettāvatā kho, bhikkhu, sekkho hotī”ti. [¶23] > Pali: Tatiyaṁ. [¶24] SN 45.14 · Arising (1st) > Pali: SN 45.14 · Paṭhamauppādasutta [¶25] At Sāvatthī. > Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ. [¶26] “Mendicants, these eight things don’t arise to be developed and cultivated except when a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha has appeared. What eight? They are: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. These eight things don’t arise to be developed and cultivated except when a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha has appeared.” > Pali: “Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra tathāgatassa pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassa. Katame aṭṭha? Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra tathāgatassa pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassā”ti. [¶27] > Pali: Catutthaṁ. [¶28] SN 45.15 · Arising (2nd) > Pali: SN 45.15 · Dutiyauppādasutta [¶29] At Sāvatthī. > Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ. [¶30] “Mendicants, these eight things don’t arise to be developed and cultivated apart from the Holy One’s training. What eight? They are: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. These are the eight things that don’t arise to be developed and cultivated apart from the Holy One’s training.” > Pali: “Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra sugatavinayā. Katame aṭṭha? Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra sugatavinayā”ti. [¶31] > Pali: Pañcamaṁ. [¶32] SN 45.16 · Purified (1st) > Pali: SN 45.16 · Paṭhamaparisuddhasutta [¶33] At Sāvatthī. > Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ. [¶34] “Mendicants, these eight things don’t arise to be purified, bright, flawless, and rid of corruptions except when a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha has appeared. What eight? They are: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. These eight things don’t arise to be purified, bright, flawless, and rid of corruptions except when a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha has appeared.” > Pali: “Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, dhammā parisuddhā pariyodātā anaṅgaṇā vigatūpakkilesā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra tathāgatassa pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassa. Katame aṭṭha? Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha dhammā parisuddhā pariyodātā anaṅgaṇā vigatūpakkilesā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra tathāgatassa pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassā”ti. [¶35] > Pali: Chaṭṭhaṁ. [¶36] SN 45.17 · Purified (2nd) > Pali: SN 45.17 · Dutiyaparisuddhasutta [¶37] At Sāvatthī. > Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ. [¶38] “Mendicants, these eight things don’t arise to be purified, bright, flawless, and rid of corruptions apart from the Holy One’s training. What eight? They are: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. These eight things don’t arise to be purified, bright, flawless, and rid of corruptions apart from the Holy One’s training.” > Pali: “Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, dhammā parisuddhā pariyodātā anaṅgaṇā vigatūpakkilesā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra sugatavinayā. Katame aṭṭha? Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha dhammā parisuddhā pariyodātā anaṅgaṇā vigatūpakkilesā anuppannā uppajjanti, nāññatra sugatavinayā”ti. [¶39] > Pali: Sattamaṁ. [¶40] SN 45.18 · At the Chicken Monastery (1st) > Pali: SN 45.18 · Paṭhamakukkuṭārāmasutta [¶41] So I have heard. At one time the venerables Ānanda and Bhadda were staying near Pāṭaliputta, in the Chicken Monastery. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Bhadda came out of retreat, went to Venerable Ānanda, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Ānanda: > Pali: Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ca ānando āyasmā ca bhaddo pāṭaliputte viharanti kukkuṭārāme. Atha kho āyasmā bhaddo sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṁ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā bhaddo āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ etadavoca: [¶42] “Reverend, they speak of this thing called ‘not the spiritual path’. What is not the spiritual path?” > Pali: “‘Abrahmacariyaṁ, abrahmacariyan’ti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, abrahmacariyan”ti? [¶43] “Good, good, Reverend Bhadda! Your approach and eloquence are excellent, and it’s a good question. For you asked: ‘They speak of this thing called “not the spiritual path”. What is not the spiritual path?’” > Pali: “Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda. Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā. Evañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi: ‘abrahmacariyaṁ, abrahmacariyanti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, abrahmacariyan’”ti? [¶44] “Yes, reverend.” > Pali: “Evamāvuso”ti. [¶45] “What is not the spiritual path is simply the wrong eightfold path, that is: wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, and wrong immersion.” > Pali: “Ayameva kho, āvuso, aṭṭhaṅgiko micchāmaggo abrahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ— micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāsamādhī”ti. [¶46] > Pali: Aṭṭhamaṁ. [¶47] SN 45.19 · At the Chicken Monastery (2nd) > Pali: SN 45.19 · Dutiyakukkuṭārāmasutta [¶48] At Pāṭaliputta. > Pali: Pāṭaliputtanidānaṁ. [¶49] “Reverend, they speak of this thing called the ‘spiritual path’. What is the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?” > Pali: “‘Brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyan’ti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti? [¶50] “Good, good, Reverend Bhadda! Your approach and eloquence are excellent, and it’s a good question. For you asked: ‘They speak of this thing called “the spiritual path”. What is the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?’” > Pali: “Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda. Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā. Evañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi: ‘brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyanti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan’”ti? [¶51] “Yes, reverend.” > Pali: “Evamāvuso”ti. [¶52] “The spiritual path is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. > Pali: “Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo brahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ— sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. [¶53] The ending of greed, hate, and delusion: this is the culmination of the spiritual path.” > Pali: Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo— idaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti. [¶54] > Pali: Navamaṁ. [¶55] SN 45.20 · At the Chicken Monastery (3rd) > Pali: SN 45.20 · Tatiyakukkuṭārāmasutta [¶56] At Pāṭaliputta. > Pali: Pāṭaliputtanidānaṁ. [¶57] “Reverend, they speak of this thing called the ‘spiritual path’. What is the spiritual path? Who is someone on the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?” > Pali: “‘Brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyan’ti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamo brahmacārī, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti? [¶58] “Good, good, Reverend Bhadda! Your approach and eloquence are excellent, and it’s a good question. … > Pali: “Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda. Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā. Evañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi: ‘brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyanti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamo brahmacārī, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan’”ti? “Evamāvuso”ti. [¶59] The spiritual path is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. > Pali: “Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo brahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ— sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. [¶60] Someone who possesses this noble eightfold path is called someone on the spiritual path. > Pali: Yo kho, āvuso, iminā ariyena aṭṭhaṅgikena maggena samannāgato— ayaṁ vuccati brahmacārī. [¶61] The ending of greed, hate, and delusion: this is the culmination of the spiritual path.” > Pali: Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo— idaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti. [¶62] > Pali: Dasamaṁ. [¶63] > Pali: Tīṇi suttantāni ekanidānāni. [¶64] > Pali: Vihāravaggo dutiyo. [¶65] > Pali: Tassuddānaṁ [¶66] > Pali: Dve vihārā ca sekkho ca, uppādā apare duve; Parisuddhena dve vuttā, kukkuṭārāmena tayoti.