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