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संयुत्त निकाय ४५।२७
Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.27
The Related Suttas Collection 45.27
३। मिच्छत्तवग्ग
3. Micchattavagga
3. The Wrong Way
कुम्भसुत्त
Kumbhasutta
Pots
सावत्थिनिदानं।
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“सेय्यथापि, भिक्खवे, कुम्भो अनाधारो सुप्पवत्तियो होति, साधारो दुप्पवत्तियो होति; एवमेव खो, भिक्खवे, चित्तं अनाधारं सुप्पवत्तियं होति, साधारं दुप्पवत्तियं होति।
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbho anādhāro suppavattiyo hoti, sādhāro duppavattiyo hoti; evameva kho, bhikkhave, cittaṁ anādhāraṁ suppavattiyaṁ hoti, sādhāraṁ duppavattiyaṁ hoti.
“A pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn. In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn.
को च, भिक्खवे, चित्तस्स आधारो? अयमेव अरियो अट्ठङ्गिको मग्गो, सेय्यथिदं—सम्मादिट्ठि …पे… सम्मासमाधि। अयं चित्तस्स आधारो।
Ko ca, bhikkhave, cittassa ādhāro? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. Ayaṁ cittassa ādhāro.
And what’s the stand for the mind? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. This is the stand for the mind.
सेय्यथापि, भिक्खवे, कुम्भो अनाधारो सुप्पवत्तियो होति, साधारो दुप्पवत्तियो होति; एवमेव खो, भिक्खवे, चित्तं अनाधारं सुप्पवत्तियं होति, साधारं दुप्पवत्तियं होती”ति।
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbho anādhāro suppavattiyo hoti, sādhāro duppavattiyo hoti; evameva kho, bhikkhave, cittaṁ anādhāraṁ suppavattiyaṁ hoti, sādhāraṁ duppavattiyaṁ hotī”ti.
A pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn. In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn.”
सत्तमं।
Sattamaṁ.
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