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संयुत्त निकाय ५६।८
Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.8
The Related Suttas Collection 56.8
१। समाधिवग्ग
1. Samādhivagga
1. Immersion
चिन्तसुत्त
Cintasutta
Thought
“मा, भिक्खवे, पापकं अकुसलं चित्तं चिन्तेय्याथ: ‘सस्सतो लोकोऽति वा ‘असस्सतो लोकोऽति वा, ‘अन्तवा लोकोऽति वा ‘अनन्तवा लोकोऽति वा, ‘तं जीवं तं सरीरन्ऽति वा ‘अञ्ञं जीवं अञ्ञं सरीरन्ऽति वा, ‘होति तथागतो परं मरणाऽति वा ‘न होति तथागतो परं मरणाऽति वा, ‘होति च न च होति तथागतो परं मरणाऽति वा, ‘नेव होति न न होति तथागतो परं मरणाऽति वा। तं किस्स हेतु? नेसा, भिक्खवे, चिन्ता अत्थसंहिता नादिब्रह्मचरियका न निब्बिदाय न विरागाय न निरोधाय न उपसमाय न अभिञ्ञाय न सम्बोधाय न निब्बानाय संवत्तति।
“Mā, bhikkhave, pāpakaṁ akusalaṁ cittaṁ cinteyyātha: ‘sassato loko’ti vā ‘asassato loko’ti vā, ‘antavā loko’ti vā ‘anantavā loko’ti vā, ‘taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīran’ti vā ‘aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīran’ti vā, ‘hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’ti vā ‘na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’ti vā, ‘hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’ti vā, ‘neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇā’ti vā. Taṁ kissa hetu? Nesā, bhikkhave, cintā atthasaṁhitā nādibrahmacariyakā na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṁvattati.
“Bhikkhus, don’t think up a bad, unskillful idea. For example: the cosmos is eternal, or not eternal, or finite, or infinite; the soul and the body are the same thing, or they are different things; after death, a Realized One still exists, or no longer exists, or both still exists and no longer exists, or neither still exists nor no longer exists. Why is that? Because those thoughts aren’t beneficial or relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. They don’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and Nibbana.
चिन्तेन्ता च खो तुम्हे, भिक्खवे, ‘इदं दुक्खन्ऽति चिन्तेय्याथ, ‘अयं दुक्खसमुदयोऽति चिन्तेय्याथ, ‘अयं दुक्खनिरोधोऽति चिन्तेय्याथ, ‘अयं दुक्खनिरोधगामिनी पटिपदाऽति चिन्तेय्याथ। तं किस्स हेतु? एसा, भिक्खवे, चिन्ता अत्थसंहिता, एसा आदिब्रह्मचरियका, एसा निब्बिदाय विरागाय निरोधाय उपसमाय अभिञ्ञाय सम्बोधाय निब्बानाय संवत्तति।
Cintentā ca kho tumhe, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti cinteyyātha, ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti cinteyyātha, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti cinteyyātha, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti cinteyyātha. Taṁ kissa hetu? Esā, bhikkhave, cintā atthasaṁhitā, esā ādibrahmacariyakā, esā nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattati.
When you think something up, you should think: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’. Why is that? Because those thoughts are beneficial and relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. They lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and Nibbana.
तस्मातिह, भिक्खवे, ‘इदं दुक्खन्ऽति योगो करणीयो …पे… ‘अयं दुक्खनिरोधगामिनी पटिपदाऽति योगो करणीयो”ति।
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.
That’s why you should practice meditation …”
अट्ठमं।
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
