3: The Book of the Threes
77. Volition and Aspiration
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1Then the Venerable Ānanda approached the Blessed One … and said to him:
"Bhante, it is said: ‘existence, existence.’ In what way, Bhante, is there existence?"
2(1) "If, Ānanda, there were no kamma ripening in the sensory realm, would sense-sphere existence be discerned?"
"No, Bhante."
"Thus, Ānanda, for beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving, kamma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture for their volition and aspiration [n.505] Cetanā patiṭṭhitā patthanā patiṭṭhitā. Mp: "The kammic volition and kammic aspiration." to be established in an inferior realm. In this way there is the production of renewed existence in the future.
3(2) "If, Ānanda, there were no kamma ripening in the form realm, would form-sphere existence be discerned?"
"No, Bhante."
"Thus, Ānanda, for beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving, kamma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture for their volition and aspiration to be established in a middling realm. In this way there is the production of renewed existence in the future.
4(3) "If, Ānanda, there were no kamma ripening in the formless realm, would formless-sphere existence be discerned?.
"No, Bhante..
"Thus, Ānanda, for beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving, kamma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture for their volition and aspiration to be established in a superior realm. In this way there is the production of renewed existence in the future.
1Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami … pe … āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:.
"bhavo, bhavoti, bhante, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, bhavo hotī"ti?
2"Kāmadhātuvepakkañca, ānanda, kammaṁ nābhavissa, api nu kho kāmabhavo paññāyethā"ti.
"No hetaṁ, bhante".
"Iti kho, ānanda, kammaṁ khettaṁ, viññāṇaṁ bījaṁ, taṇhā sneho. Avijjānīvaraṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ hīnāya dhātuyā cetanā patiṭṭhitā patthanā patiṭṭhitā evaṁ āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti.
3Rūpadhātuvepakkañca, ānanda, kammaṁ nābhavissa, api nu kho rūpabhavo paññāyethā"ti.
"No hetaṁ, bhante".
"Iti kho, ānanda, kammaṁ khettaṁ, viññāṇaṁ bījaṁ, taṇhā sneho. Avijjānīvaraṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ majjhimāya dhātuyā cetanā patiṭṭhitā patthanā patiṭṭhitā evaṁ āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti.
4Arūpadhātuvepakkañca, ānanda, kammaṁ nābhavissa, api nu kho arūpabhavo paññāyethā"ti.
"No hetaṁ, bhante".
"Iti kho, ānanda, kammaṁ khettaṁ, viññāṇaṁ bījaṁ, taṇhā sneho. Avijjānīvaraṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ paṇītāya dhātuyā cetanā patiṭṭhitā patthanā patiṭṭhitā evaṁ āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti.
Evaṁ kho, ānanda, bhavo hotī"ti.
Sattamaṁ.