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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ४।३८
Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.38
Numbered Discourses 4.38
४। चक्कवग्ग
4. Cakkavagga
4. Situations
पतिलीनसुत्त
Patilīnasutta
Withdrawn
“पनुण्णपच्चेकसच्चो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘समवयसट्ठेसनो पस्सद्धकायसङ्खारो पतिलीनोऽति वुच्चति।
“Panuṇṇapaccekasacco, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘samavayasaṭṭhesano passaddhakāyasaṅkhāro patilīno’ti vuccati.
“Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu has eliminated idiosyncratic interpretations of the truth, has totally given up searching, has stilled the physical process, and is said to be ‘withdrawn’.
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु पनुण्णपच्चेकसच्चो होति? इध, भिक्खवे, भिक्खुनो यानि तानि पुथुसमणब्राह्मणानं पुथुपच्चेकसच्चानि, सेय्यथिदं—सस्सतो लोकोति वा, असस्सतो लोकोति वा, अन्तवा लोकोति वा, अनन्तवा लोकोति वा, तं जीवं तं सरीरन्ति वा, अञ्ञं जीवं अञ्ञं सरीरन्ति वा, होति तथागतो परं मरणाति वा, न होति तथागतो परं मरणाति वा, होति च न च होति तथागतो परं मरणाति वा, नेव होति न न होति तथागतो परं मरणाति वा; सब्बानि तानि नुण्णानि होन्ति पनुण्णानि चत्तानि वन्तानि मुत्तानि पहीनानि पटिनिस्सट्ठानि। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु पनुण्णपच्चेकसच्चो होति।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu panuṇṇapaccekasacco hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno yāni tāni puthusamaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ puthupaccekasaccāni, seyyathidaṁ—sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā, antavā lokoti vā, anantavā lokoti vā, taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīranti vā, aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīranti vā, hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā, na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā, hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā, neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā; sabbāni tāni nuṇṇāni honti panuṇṇāni cattāni vantāni muttāni pahīnāni paṭinissaṭṭhāni. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu panuṇṇapaccekasacco hoti.
And how has a bhikkhu eliminated idiosyncratic interpretations of the truth? Different ascetics and brahmins have different idiosyncratic interpretations of the truth. 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. A bhikkhu has dispelled, eliminated, thrown out, rejected, let go of, given up, and relinquished all these. That’s how a bhikkhu has eliminated idiosyncratic interpretations of the truth.
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु समवयसट्ठेसनो होति? इध, भिक्खवे, भिक्खुनो कामेसना पहीना होति, भवेसना पहीना होति, ब्रह्मचरियेसना पटिप्पस्सद्धा। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु समवयसट्ठेसनो होति।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samavayasaṭṭhesano hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno kāmesanā pahīnā hoti, bhavesanā pahīnā hoti, brahmacariyesanā paṭippassaddhā. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samavayasaṭṭhesano hoti.
And how has a bhikkhu totally given up searching? It’s when they’ve given up searching for sensual pleasures, for continued existence, and for a spiritual path. That’s how a bhikkhu has totally given up searching.
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु पस्सद्धकायसङ्खारो होति? इध, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु सुखस्स च पहाना दुक्खस्स च पहाना पुब्बेव सोमनस्सदोमनस्सानं अत्थङ्गमा अदुक्खमसुखं उपेक्खासतिपारिसुद्धिं चतुत्थं झानं उपसम्पज्ज विहरति। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु पस्सद्धकायसङ्खारो होति।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu passaddhakāyasaṅkhāro hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṁ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṁ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu passaddhakāyasaṅkhāro hoti.
And how has a bhikkhu stilled the physical process? It’s when, giving up pleasure and pain, and ending former happiness and sadness, they enter and remain in the fourth jhāna, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness. That’s how a bhikkhu has stilled the physical process.
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु पतिलीनो होति? इध, भिक्खवे, भिक्खुनो अस्मिमानो पहीनो होति उच्छिन्नमूलो तालावत्थुकतो अनभावङ्कतो आयतिं अनुप्पादधम्मो। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु पतिलीनो होति। पनुण्णपच्चेकसच्चो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘समवयसट्ठेसनो पस्सद्धकायसङ्खारो पतिलीनोऽति वुच्चतीति।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu patilīno hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno asmimāno pahīno hoti ucchinnamūlo tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato āyatiṁ anuppādadhammo. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu patilīno hoti. Panuṇṇapaccekasacco, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘samavayasaṭṭhesano passaddhakāyasaṅkhāro patilīno’ti vuccatīti.
And how is a bhikkhu withdrawn? It’s when they’ve given up the conceit ‘I am’, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future. That’s how a bhikkhu is withdrawn. A bhikkhu has eliminated idiosyncratic interpretations of the truth, has totally given up searching, has stilled the physical process, and is said to be ‘withdrawn’.
कामेसना भवेसना, ब्रह्मचरियेसना सह; इति सच्चपरामासो, दिट्ठिट्ठाना समुस्सया।
Kāmesanā bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā saha; Iti saccaparāmāso, diṭṭhiṭṭhānā samussayā.
The search for sensual pleasures, for a good rebirth, and the search for a spiritual path; the holding tight to the notion ‘this is the truth’, and the mass of grounds for views—
सब्बरागविरत्तस्स, तण्हक्खयविमुत्तिनो; एसना पटिनिस्सट्ठा, दिट्ठिट्ठाना समूहता।
Sabbarāgavirattassa, taṇhakkhayavimuttino; Esanā paṭinissaṭṭhā, diṭṭhiṭṭhānā samūhatā.
for one detached from all lusts, freed by the ending of craving, that searching has been relinquished, and those viewpoints eradicated.
स वे सन्तो सतो भिक्खु, पस्सद्धो अपराजितो; मानाभिसमया बुद्धो, पतिलीनोति वुच्चती”ति।
Sa ve santo sato bhikkhu, passaddho aparājito; Mānābhisamayā buddho, patilīnoti vuccatī”ti.
That bhikkhu is peaceful and mindful, a tranquil champion. And when they’re awakened
अट्ठमं।
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
