Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

3.1.3 - Dhammacakkappavattanasuttaṃ, Part One

Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā bārāṇasiyaṃ viharati isipatane migadāye. Tatra kho bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū āmantesi. “dveme, bhikkhave, antā pabbajitena na sevitabbā. Katame dve? Yo cāyaṃ kāmesu kāmasukhallikānuyogo hīno gammo pothujjaniko anariyo anatthasaṃhito, yo cāyaṃ attakilamathānuyogo dukkho anariyo anatthasaṃhito. Ete kho, bhikkhave, ubho ante anupagamma majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati”.

“Katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṃ– sammādiṭṭhi sammāsaṅkappo sammāvācā sammākammanto sammā-ājīvo sammāvāyāmo sammāsati sammāsamādhi. Ayaṃ kho sā, bhikkhave, majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati.”

Saṃyuttanikāyo, Mahāvaggapāḷi, Mahāvagga, Dhammacakkappavattanavaggo

Vocabulary

  1. alliyati - to cling to, adhere to
  2. anariyo - not healthy, not noble
  3. anatthasaṃhito - [an + attha + saṃhito] not connected to the goal
  4. antā - ends
  5. anupagamma - [an + upa + gamma] (ger.) not to be followed
  6. attakilamathānuyogo - [atta + kilamatha + anuyogo] self + weariness + practise
  7. cakkhukaraṇī - [cakkhu + karaṇī] eye(sight) + doing, making
  8. dveme - [dve + ime] two + these
  9. gammo - ordinary
  10. hīno - low, inferior, vile
  11. kāmasukhallikānuyogo - [kāma + sukha + allika + anuyogo] sense + happiness + clinging to + practise
  12. kāmesu – (loc.) in sensual pleasures
  13. majjhimā - middle
  14. ñāṇakaraṇī - [ñāṇa + karaṇī] knowledge + making
  15. paṭipadā - [paṭi + padā] means of reaching the goal.
  16. Pabbajitena pabbajita - (pp., instr.) someone who has left the householder’s life
  17. pothujjaniko - belonging to ordinary man
  18. sevitabbā - sevati (opt.) should be pursued
  19. ubho - both

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