Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.76

The Related Suttas Collection 22.76

8. Khajjanīyavagga

8. Itchy

Arahantasutta

The Perfected Ones

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ. Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ; yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā; yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

“Bhikkhus, form is impermanent. What’s impermanent is suffering. What’s suffering is not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

Vedanā …

Feeling …

saññā …

Perception …

saṅkhārā …

Choices …

viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ. Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ; yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā; yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

Consciousness is impermanent. What’s impermanent is suffering. What’s suffering is not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpasmimpi nibbindati, vedanāyapi … saññāyapi … saṅkhāresupi … viññāṇasmimpi nibbindati. Nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati. Vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.

Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.

‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti. Yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattāvāsā, yāvatā bhavaggaṁ, ete aggā, ete seṭṭhā lokasmiṁ yadidaṁ arahanto”ti.

They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is no return to any state of existence.’ As far as there are abodes of sentient beings, even up until the pinnacle of existence, the perfected ones are the foremost and the best.”

Idamavoca bhagavā. Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

“Sukhino vata arahanto, taṇhā tesaṁ na vijjati; Asmimāno samucchinno, mohajālaṁ padālitaṁ.

“Oh! How happy are the perfected ones! Craving is not found in them, the conceit ‘I am’ is cut off, and the net of delusion is shattered.

Anejaṁ te anuppattā, cittaṁ tesaṁ anāvilaṁ; Loke anupalittā te, brahmabhūtā anāsavā.

They’ve attained imperturbability, their minds are unclouded, nothing in the world clings to them, manifesting divinity, undefiled.

Pañcakkhandhe pariññāya, satta saddhammagocarā; Pasaṁsiyā sappurisā, puttā buddhassa orasā.

Completely understanding the five aggregates, their domain is the seven good qualities. Those good people are praiseworthy, the Buddha’s rightful children.

Sattaratanasampannā, Tīsu sikkhāsu sikkhitā; Anuvicaranti mahāvīrā, Pahīnabhayabheravā.

Endowed with the seven gems, and trained in the three trainings, the great heroes live on, with fear and dread given up.

Dasahaṅgehi sampannā, mahānāgā samāhitā; Ete kho seṭṭhā lokasmiṁ, taṇhā tesaṁ na vijjati.

Endowed with ten factors, those giants have immersion. These are the best in the world, craving is not found in them.

Asekhañāṇamuppannaṁ, antimoyaṁ¹ samussayo; Yo sāro brahmacariyassa, tasmiṁ aparapaccayā.

The master’s knowledge has arisen: ‘This bag of bones is my last.’ They are independent of others in the core of the spiritual path.

Vidhāsu na vikampanti, vippamuttā punabbhavā; Dantabhūmimanuppattā, te loke vijitāvino.

Unwavering in the face of discrimination, they’re freed from future lives. They’ve reached the level of the tamed, in the world, they’re the winners.

Uddhaṁ tiriyaṁ apācīnaṁ, nandī tesaṁ na vijjati; Nadanti te sīhanādaṁ, buddhā loke anuttarā”ti.

Above, below, all round, relishing is not found in them. They roar their lion’s roar: ‘The awakened are supreme in the world!’”

Catutthaṁ.