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संयुत्त निकाय ५६।३३
Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.33
The Related Suttas Collection 56.33
४। सीसपावनवग्ग
4. Sīsapāvanavagga
4. In a Rosewood Forest
दण्डसुत्त
Daṇḍasutta
A Stick
“सेय्यथापि, भिक्खवे, दण्डो उपरिवेहासं खित्तो सकिम्पि मूलेन निपतति, सकिम्पि अग्गेन निपतति; एवमेव खो, भिक्खवे, अविज्जानीवरणा सत्ता तण्हासंयोजना सन्धावन्ता संसरन्ता सकिम्पि अस्मा लोका परं लोकं गच्छन्ति, सकिम्पि परस्मा लोका इमं लोकं आगच्छन्ति। तं किस्स हेतु? अदिट्ठत्ता, भिक्खवे, चतुन्नं अरियसच्चानं। कतमेसं चतुन्नं? दुक्खस्स अरियसच्चस्स …पे… दुक्खनिरोधगामिनिया पटिपदाय अरियसच्चस्स।
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, daṇḍo uparivehāsaṁ khitto sakimpi mūlena nipatati, sakimpi aggena nipatati; evameva kho, bhikkhave, avijjānīvaraṇā sattā taṇhāsaṁyojanā sandhāvantā saṁsarantā1 sakimpi asmā lokā paraṁ lokaṁ gacchanti, sakimpi parasmā lokā imaṁ lokaṁ āgacchanti. Taṁ kissa hetu? Adiṭṭhattā, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ. Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.
“Bhikkhus, suppose a stick was tossed up in the air. Sometimes it’d fall on its bottom and sometimes the top. It’s the same for sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving. Sometimes they go from this world to the other world, and sometimes they come from the other world to this world. Why is that? It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths. What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.
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 …”
ततियं।
Tatiyaṁ.
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 »]
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