SN22:85 Yamaka
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1On one occasion the Venerable Sāriputta was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park. Now on that occasion the following pernicious view had arisen in a bhikkhu named Yamaka: "As I understand the Dhamma taught by the Blessed One, a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is annihilated and perishes with the breakup of the body and does not exist after death."
[n.151] His position is not quite the same as that of the common annihilationist, since he does not hold that all beings are annihilated at death. He seems to hold an eternalist view in regard to unenlightened beings (since they have a lasting self which transmigrates) and annihilationism in regard to the arahant (since he utterly perishes at death).
Spk: If he had thought, "Formations arise and cease; a simple process of formations reaches nonoccurrence," this would not be a view (diṭṭhigata) but knowledge in accordance with the Teaching. But since he thought, "A being is annihilated and destroyed," this becomes a view. What follows is paralleled by MN I 130–31 and I 256–57.
2A number of bhikkhus heard that such a pernicious view had arisen in the bhikkhu Yamaka. Then they approached the Venerable Yamaka and exchanged greetings with him, after which they sat down to one side and said to him: "Is it true, friend Yamaka, that such a pernicious view as this has arisen in you: sn.iii.110 ‘As I understand the Dhamma taught by the Blessed One, a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is annihilated and perishes with the breakup of the body and does not exist after death’?"
3"Exactly so, friends. As I understand the Dhamma taught by the Blessed One, a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is annihilated and perishes with the breakup of the body and does not exist after death."
4"Friend Yamaka, do not speak thus. Do not misrepresent the Blessed One. It is not good to misrepresent the Blessed One. The Blessed One would not speak thus: ‘A bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is annihilated and perishes with the breakup of the body and does not exist after death.’"
Yet, although he was admonished by the bhikkhus in this way, the Venerable Yamaka still obstinately grasped that pernicious view, adhered to it, and declared: "As I understand the Dhamma taught by the Blessed One, a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is annihilated and perishes with the breakup of the body and does not exist after death."
5Since those bhikkhus were unable to detach the Venerable Yamaka from that pernicious view, they rose from their seats, approached the Venerable Sāriputta, and told him all that had occurred, adding: "It would be good if the Venerable Sāriputta would approach the bhikkhu Yamaka out of compassion for him." The Venerable Sāriputta consented by silence.
Then, in the evening, the Venerable Sāriputta emerged from seclusion. He approached the Venerable Yamaka and exchanged greetings with him, after which he sat down to one side and said to him:
6"Is it true, friend Yamaka, that such a pernicious view as this has arisen in you: ‘As I understand the Dhamma taught by the Blessed One, sn.iii.111 a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is annihilated and perishes with the breakup of the body and does not exist after death’?"
"Exactly so, friend."
7"What do you think, friend Yamaka, is form permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, friend."
"Is feeling permanent or impermanent? … Is perception permanent or impermanent? … Are volitional formations permanent or impermanent? … Is consciousness permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, friend."
"Is what is impermanent suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, friend."
"Is what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, this I am, this is my self’?"
"No, friend."
"Therefore any kind of form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, or consciousness whatsoever, whether past, future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near – all of these should be seen as they really are with correct wisdom thus: ‘This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.’
Seeing thus, bhikkhus, the instructed noble disciple experiences revulsion towards form, revulsion towards feeling, revulsion towards perception, revulsion towards volitional formations, revulsion towards consciousness.
Experiencing revulsion, he becomes dispassionate. Through dispassion his mind is liberated. When it is liberated there comes the knowledge: ‘It's liberated.’ He understands: ‘Destroyed is birth, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more for this state of being.’
[n.152] Spk: At the end of this teaching on the three characteristics Yamaka became a stream-enterer. Sāriputta asks the following questions to examine him and to get him to show that he has given up his wrong view.Spk glosses Tathāgata here as "a being" (satta), which I think does not quite hit the mark. I take the subject of the discussion to be, not a being in general, but the arahant conceived as a being, as a substantial self. Thus the catechism will show that Yamaka has abandoned his identity view (sakkāyadiṭṭhi) regarding the arahant, and therewith his view of the arahant as a self that undergoes annihilation. We find a similar transition from the arahant (vimuttacitta bhikkhu) to the Tathāgata at MN I 140,3–7 and I 486–88.
8"What do you think, friend Yamaka, do you regard form as the Tathāgata?"
"No, friend."
"Do you regard feeling … perception … volitional formations … consciousness as the Tathāgata?"
"No, friend."
9"What do you think, friend Yamaka, do you regard the Tathāgata as in form?"
"No, friend."
"Do you regard the Tathāgata as apart from form?"
"No, friend."
"Do you regard the Tathāgata as in feeling? As apart from feeling? As in perception? As apart from perception? As in volitional formations? As apart from volitional formations? As in consciousness? As apart from consciousness?"
"No, friend."
10"What do you think, friend Yamaka, do you regard form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness taken together as the Tathāgata?"
"No, friend." sn.iii.112
11"What do you think, friend Yamaka, do you regard the Tathāgata as one who is without form, without feeling, without perception, without volitional formations, without consciousness?"
"No, friend."
[n.153] The first three alternatives—conceiving the aggregates individually as the Tathāgata, the Tathāgata as within the aggregates, and the Tathāgata as apart from the aggregates—correspond to the first three modes of conceiving in the Mūlapariyaya Sutta (MN I 1), which are set in relation to the sense bases at SN35.30, 31. The fourth position conceives the aggregates collectively as the Tathāgata (perhaps a view of supervenience); the fifth conceives the Tathāgata as entirely transcendent, without any essential relation to the aggregates. These modes of conceiving can also be correlated with the twenty types of identity view.
"But, friend, when the Tathāgata is not apprehended by you as real and actual here in this very life, [n.154] Diṭṭh’ eva dhamme saccato thetato tathāgato anupalabbhiyamāno. Cp. MN I 138,5–6: Attani ca bhikkhave attaniye ca saccato thetato anupalabbhamāne. MN I 140,6–7: Diṭṭh’ evāhaṃ bhikkhave dhamme tathāgataṃ ananuvejjo ti vadāmi. is it fitting for you to declare: ‘As I understand the Dhamma taught by the Blessed One, a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is annihilated and perishes with the breakup of the body and does not exist after death’?"
12"Formerly, friend Sāriputta, when I was ignorant, I did hold that pernicious view, but now that I have heard this Dhamma teaching of the Venerable Sāriputta I have abandoned that pernicious view and have made the breakthrough to the Dhamma." [n.155] See n. 147.
13"If, friend Yamaka, they were to ask you: ‘Friend Yamaka, when a bhikkhu is an arahant, one whose taints are destroyed, what happens to him with the breakup of the body, after death?’—being asked thus, what would you answer?"
"If they were to ask me this, friend, I would answer thus: ‘Friends, form is impermanent; what is impermanent is suffering; what is suffering has ceased and passed away. Feeling … Perception … Volitional formations … Consciousness is impermanent; what is impermanent is suffering; what is suffering has ceased and passed away.’ Being asked thus, friend, I would answer in such a way." [n.156] This passage can be read as a gloss on the Buddha’s famous dictum, "I make known just suffering and the cessation of suffering" (see end of SN22.86).
14"Good, good, friend Yamaka! Now, friend Yamaka, I will make up a simile for you in order to convey this same meaning even more clearly. Suppose, friend Yamaka, there was a householder or a householder's son, a rich man, with much wealth and property, protected by a bodyguard. Then some man would appear who wanted to ruin him, to harm him, to endanger him, to take his life. sn.iii.113 It would occur to that man: ‘This householder or householder's son is a rich man, with much wealth and property, protected by a bodyguard. It won’t be easy to take his life by force. Let me get close to him and then take his life.’
"Then he would approach that householder or householder's son and say to him: ‘I would serve you, sir.’ Then the householder or householder's son would appoint him as a servant. The man would serve him, rising up before him, retiring after him, doing whatever he wants, agreeable in his conduct, endearing in his speech. The householder or householder's son would consider him a friend, [n.157] Ee daheyya may be better than saddaheyya, in Be and Se. a bosom friend, and he would place trust in him. But when the man becomes aware that the householder or householder's son has placed trust in him, then, finding him alone, he would take his life with a sharp knife.
15"What do you think, friend Yamaka, when that man had approached that householder or householder's son and said to him: ‘I would serve you, sir,’ wasn’t he a murderer even then, though the other did not recognize him as ‘my murderer’? And when the man was serving him, rising up before him, retiring after him, doing whatever he wants, agreeable in his conduct, endearing in his speech, wasn’t he a murderer then too, though the other did not recognize him as ‘my murderer’? And when the man came upon him while he was alone and took his life with a sharp knife, wasn’t he a murderer then too, though the other did not recognize him as ‘my murderer’?"
"Yes, friend."
"So too, friend Yamaka, [n.158] Spk: The uninstructed worldling attached to the round is like the gullible householder, the five fragile aggregates like the murderous enemy. When the enemy comes up to the householder and offers to serve him, that is like the time the aggregates are acquired at the moment of rebirth. When the householder takes the enemy to be his friend, that is like the time the worldling grasps the aggregates, thinking, "They are mine." The honour the householder bestows on the enemy, thinking, "He is my friend," is like the honour the worldling bestows on the aggregates by bathing them, feeding them, etc. The murder of the householder by the enemy is like the destruction of the worldling's life when the aggregates break up. the uninstructed worldling, who is not a seer of the noble ones and is unskilled and undisciplined in their Dhamma, who is not a seer of superior persons and is unskilled and undisciplined in their Dhamma, regards form as self, or self as possessing form, or form as in self, or self as in form.
"He regards feeling as self … perception as self … volitional formations as self … consciousness as self, sn.iii.114 or self as possessing consciousness, or consciousness as in self, or self as in consciousness.
16"He does not understand as it really is impermanent form as ‘impermanent form’ [n.159] The next four paragraphs are also at SN22.55. … impermanent feeling as ‘impermanent feeling’ … impermanent perception as ‘impermanent perception’ … impermanent volitional formations as ‘impermanent volitional formations’ … impermanent consciousness as ‘impermanent consciousness.’
17"He does not understand as it really is painful form as ‘painful form’ … painful feeling as ‘painful feeling’ … painful perception as ‘painful perception’ … painful volitional formations as ‘painful volitional formations’ … painful consciousness as ‘painful consciousness.’
18"He does not understand as it really is selfless form as ‘selfless form’ … selfless feeling as ‘selfless feeling’ … selfless perception as ‘selfless perception’ … selfless volitional formations as ‘selfless volitional formations’ … selfless consciousness as ‘selfless consciousness.’
19"He does not understand as it really is conditioned form as ‘conditioned form’ … conditioned feeling as ‘conditioned feeling’ … conditioned perception as ‘conditioned perception’ … conditioned volitional formations as ‘conditioned volitional formations’ … conditioned consciousness as ‘conditioned consciousness.’
20"He does not understand as it really is murderous form as ‘murderous form’ … murderous feeling as ‘murderous feeling’ … murderous perception as ‘murderous perception’ … murderous volitional formations as ‘murderous volitional formations’ … murderous consciousness as ‘murderous consciousness.’
21"He becomes engaged with form, clings to it, and takes a stand upon it as ‘my self.’ [n.160] As in SN12.15; see II, n. 31, n. 32. He becomes engaged with feeling … with perception … with volitional formations … with consciousness, clings to it, and takes a stand upon it as ‘my self.’ These same five aggregates of clinging, to which he becomes engaged and to which he clings, lead to his harm and suffering for a long time.
22"But, friend, the instructed noble disciple, who is a seer of the noble ones … does not regard form as self, or self as possessing form, or form as in self, or self as in form.
"He does not regard feeling as self … perception as self … volitional formations as self … consciousness as self, or self as possessing consciousness, or consciousness as in self, or self as in consciousness. sn.iii.115
23"He understands as it really is impermanent form as ‘impermanent form’ … impermanent consciousness as ‘impermanent consciousness.’
24"He understands as it really is painful form as ‘painful form’ … painful consciousness as ‘painful consciousness.’
25"He understands as it really is selfless form as ‘selfless form’ … selfless consciousness as ‘selfless consciousness.’
26"He understands as it really is conditioned form as ‘conditioned form’ … conditioned consciousness as ‘conditioned consciousness. ’
27"He understands as it really is murderous form as ‘murderous form’ … murderous consciousness as ‘murderous consciousness.’
28"He does not become engaged with form, cling to it, and take a stand upon it as ‘my self.’ He does not become engaged with feeling … with perception … with volitional formations … with consciousness, cling to it, and take a stand upon it as ‘my self.’ These same five aggregates of clinging, to which he does not become engaged and to which he does not cling, lead to his welfare and happiness for a long time."
"So it is, friend Sāriputta, for those venerable ones who have such compassionate and benevolent brothers in the holy life to admonish and instruct them. And now that I have heard this Dhamma teaching of the Venerable Sāriputta, my mind is liberated from the taints by nonclinging." sn.iii.116
This is what the Venerable Sāriputta said. Elated, the Venerable Yamaka delighted in the Venerable Sāriputta's statement. [n.161] This last sentence is not in Be.
1Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena yamakassa nāma bhikkhuno evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ hoti: "Tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi, yathā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā"ti.
2Assosuṁ kho sambahulā bhikkhū yamakassa kira nāma bhikkhuno evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ hoti: "Tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi, yathā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā"ti. Atha kho te bhikkhū yenāyasmā yamako tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā yamakena saddhiṁ sammodiṁsu. Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū āyasmantaṁ yamakaṁ etadavocuṁ:
3"Saccaṁ kira te, āvuso yamaka, evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ: ‘tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi, yathā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā’"ti? "Evaṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi: ‘khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā’"ti.
4"Mā, āvuso yamaka, evaṁ avaca, mā bhagavantaṁ abbhācikkhi. Na hi sādhu bhagavato abbhācikkhanaṁ. Na hi bhagavā evaṁ vadeyya: ‘khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā’"ti.
Evampi kho āyasmā yamako tehi bhikkhūhi vuccamāno tatheva taṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ thāmasā parāmāsā abhinivissa voharati: "Tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi, yathā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā"ti.
5Yato kho te bhikkhū nāsakkhiṁsu āyasmantaṁ yamakaṁ etasmā pāpakā diṭṭhigatā vivecetuṁ, atha kho te bhikkhū uṭṭhāyāsanā yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavocuṁ: "yamakassa nāma, āvuso sāriputta, bhikkhuno evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ: ‘tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi yathā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā’ti. Sādhāyasmā sāriputto yena yamako bhikkhu tenupasaṅkamatu anukampāṁ upādāyā"ti. Adhivāsesi kho āyasmā sāriputto tuṇhībhāvena.
Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā yamako tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā yamakena saddhiṁ sammodi … pe … ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ yamakaṁ etadavoca:
6"Saccaṁ kira te, āvuso yamaka, evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ: ‘tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi, yathā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā’"ti?
"Evaṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi, yathā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā"ti.
7"Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, āvuso yamaka, rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti?
"Aniccaṁ, āvuso".
"Vedanā niccā … saññā … saṅkhārā … viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti?
"Aniccaṁ, āvuso".
"Tasmātiha … pe …
Evaṁ passaṁ … pe
… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānāti.
8Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, āvuso yamaka, rūpaṁ tathāgatoti samanupassasī"ti? "No hetaṁ, āvuso" … "vedanāṁ tathāgatoti samanupassasī"ti? "No hetaṁ, āvuso" … "saññaṁ … saṅkhāre … viññāṇaṁ tathāgatoti samanupassasī"ti? "No hetaṁ, āvuso".
9"Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, āvuso yamaka, rūpasmiṁ tathāgatoti samanupassasī"ti? "No hetaṁ, āvuso". "Aññatra rūpā tathāgatoti samanupassasī"ti? "No hetaṁ, āvuso". "Vedanāya … aññatra vedanāya … pe … saññāya … aññatra saññāya … saṅkhāresu … aññatra saṅkhārehi … viññāṇasmiṁ tathāgatoti samanupassasī"ti? "No hetaṁ, āvuso". "Aññatra viññāṇā tathāgatoti samanupassasī"ti? "No hetaṁ, āvuso".
10"Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, āvuso yamaka, rūpaṁ … vedanāṁ … saññaṁ … saṅkhāre … viññāṇaṁ tathāgatoti samanupassasī"ti? "No hetaṁ, āvuso".
11"Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, āvuso yamaka, ayaṁ so arūpī … avedano … asaññī … asaṅkhāro … aviññāṇo tathāgatoti samanupassasī"ti? "No hetaṁ, āvuso".
"Ettha ca te, āvuso yamaka, diṭṭheva dhamme saccato thetato tathāgate anupalabbhiyamāne, kallaṁ nu te taṁ veyyākaraṇaṁ: ‘tathāhaṁ bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāmi, yathā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti paraṁ maraṇā’"ti?
12"Ahu kho me taṁ, āvuso sāriputta, pubbe aviddasuno pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ; idañca panāyasmato sāriputtassa dhammadesanaṁ sutvā tañceva pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ pahīnaṁ, dhammo ca me abhisamito"ti.
13"Sace taṁ, āvuso yamaka, evaṁ puccheyyuṁ: ‘yo so, āvuso yamaka, bhikkhu arahaṁ khīṇāsavo so kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā kiṁ hotī’ti? Evaṁ puṭṭho tvaṁ, āvuso yamaka, kinti byākareyyāsī"ti?
"Sace maṁ, āvuso, evaṁ puccheyyuṁ: ‘yo so, āvuso yamaka, bhikkhu arahaṁ khīṇāsavo so kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā kiṁ hotī’ti? Evaṁ puṭṭhohaṁ, āvuso, evaṁ byākareyyaṁ: ‘rūpaṁ kho, āvuso, aniccaṁ. Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ; yaṁ dukkhaṁ taṁ niruddhaṁ tadatthaṅgataṁ. Vedanā … saññā … saṅkhārā … viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ. Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ; yaṁ dukkhaṁ taṁ niruddhaṁ tadatthaṅgatan’ti. Evaṁ puṭṭhohaṁ, āvuso, evaṁ byākareyyan"ti.
14"Sādhu sādhu, āvuso yamaka. Tena hāvuso yamaka, upamaṁ te karissāmi etasseva atthassa bhiyyoso mattāya ñāṇāya. Seyyathāpi, āvuso yamaka, gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā aḍḍho mahaddhano mahābhogo; so ca ārakkhasampanno. Tassa kocideva puriso uppajjeyya anatthakāmo ahitakāmo ayogakkhemakāmo jīvitā voropetukāmo. Tassa evamassa: ‘Ayaṁ kho gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā aḍḍho mahaddhano mahābhogo; so ca ārakkhasampanno; nāyaṁ sukaro pasayha jīvitā voropetuṁ. Yannūnāhaṁ anupakhajja jīvitā voropeyyan’ti.
So taṁ gahapatiṁ vā gahapatiputtaṁ vā upasaṅkamitvā evaṁ vadeyya: ‘upaṭṭhaheyyaṁ taṁ, bhante’ti. Tamenaṁ so gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā upaṭṭhāpeyya. So upaṭṭhaheyya pubbuṭṭhāyī pacchānipātī kiṅkārapaṭissāvī manāpacārī piyavādī. Tassa so gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā mittatopi naṁ saddaheyya; suhajjatopi naṁ saddaheyya; tasmiñca vissāsaṁ āpajjeyya. Yadā kho, āvuso, tassa purisassa evamassa: ‘saṁvissattho kho myāyaṁ gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā’ti, atha naṁ rahogataṁ viditvā tiṇhena satthena jīvitā voropeyya.
15Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, āvuso yamaka, yadā hi so puriso amuṁ gahapatiṁ vā gahapatiputtaṁ vā upasaṅkamitvā evaṁ āha: ‘upaṭṭhaheyyaṁ taṁ, bhante’ti, tadāpi so vadhakova. Vadhakañca pana santaṁ na aññāsi: ‘vadhako me’ti. Yadāpi so upaṭṭhahati pubbuṭṭhāyī pacchānipātī kiṅkārapaṭissāvī manāpacārī piyavādī, tadāpi so vadhakova. Vadhakañca pana santaṁ na aññāsi: ‘vadhako me’ti. Yadāpi naṁ rahogataṁ viditvā tiṇhena satthena jīvitā voropeti, tadāpi so vadhakova. Vadhakañca pana santaṁ na aññāsi: ‘vadhako me’"ti.
"Evamāvuso"ti.
"Evameva kho, āvuso, assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṁ adassāvī ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto, sappurisānaṁ adassāvī sappurisadhammassa akovido sappurisadhamme avinīto rūpaṁ attato samanupassati, rūpavantaṁ vā attānaṁ; attani vā rūpaṁ, rūpasmiṁ vā attānaṁ.
vedanāṁ … saññaṁ … saṅkhāre … viññāṇaṁ attato samanupassati, viññāṇavantaṁ vā attānaṁ; attani vā viññāṇaṁ, viññāṇasmiṁ vā attānaṁ.
16So aniccaṁ rūpaṁ ‘aniccaṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Aniccaṁ vedanāṁ ‘aniccā vedanā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Aniccaṁ saññaṁ ‘aniccā saññā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Anicce saṅkhāre ‘aniccā saṅkhārā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Aniccaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘aniccaṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
17Dukkhaṁ rūpaṁ ‘dukkhaṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Dukkhaṁ vedanāṁ … dukkhaṁ saññaṁ … dukkhe saṅkhāre … dukkhaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘dukkhaṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
18Anattaṁ rūpaṁ ‘anattā rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Anattaṁ vedanāṁ … anattaṁ saññaṁ … anatte saṅkhāre … anattaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘anattaṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
19Saṅkhataṁ rūpaṁ ‘saṅkhataṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Saṅkhataṁ vedanāṁ … saṅkhataṁ saññaṁ … saṅkhate saṅkhāre … saṅkhataṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘saṅkhataṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
20Vadhakaṁ rūpaṁ ‘vadhakaṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Vadhakaṁ vedanāṁ ‘vadhakā vedanā’ti … vadhakaṁ saññaṁ ‘vadhakā saññā’ti … vadhake saṅkhāre ‘vadhakā saṅkhārā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Vadhakaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘vadhakaṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
21So rūpaṁ upeti upādiyati adhiṭṭhāti ‘attā me’ti. vedanāṁ … saññaṁ … saṅkhāre … viññāṇaṁ upeti upādiyati adhiṭṭhāti ‘attā me’ti. Tassime pañcupādānakkhandhā upetā upādinnā dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya saṁvattanti.
22Sutavā ca kho, āvuso, ariyasāvako ariyānaṁ dassāvī … pe … sappurisadhamme suvinīto na rūpaṁ attato samanupassati, na rūpavantaṁ attānaṁ; na attani rūpaṁ, na rūpasmiṁ attānaṁ.
Na vedanāṁ … na saññaṁ … na saṅkhāre … na viññāṇaṁ attato samanupassati, na viññāṇavantaṁ attānaṁ; na attani viññāṇaṁ, na viññāṇasmiṁ attānaṁ.
23So aniccaṁ rūpaṁ ‘aniccaṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Aniccaṁ vedanāṁ … aniccaṁ saññaṁ … anicce saṅkhāre … aniccaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘aniccaṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
24Dukkhaṁ rūpaṁ ‘dukkhaṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Dukkhaṁ vedanāṁ … dukkhaṁ saññaṁ … dukkhe saṅkhāre … dukkhaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘dukkhaṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
25Anattaṁ rūpaṁ ‘anattā rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Anattaṁ vedanāṁ … anattaṁ saññaṁ … anatte saṅkhāre … anattaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘anattā viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
26Saṅkhataṁ rūpaṁ ‘saṅkhataṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Saṅkhataṁ vedanāṁ … saṅkhataṁ saññaṁ … saṅkhate saṅkhāre … saṅkhataṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘saṅkhataṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
27Vadhakaṁ rūpaṁ ‘vadhakaṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Vadhakaṁ vedanāṁ … vadhakaṁ saññaṁ … vadhake saṅkhāre ‘vadhakā saṅkhārā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Vadhakaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘vadhakaṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
28So rūpaṁ na upeti, na upādiyati, nādhiṭṭhāti: ‘attā me’ti. vedanāṁ … saññaṁ … saṅkhāre … viññāṇaṁ na upeti, na upādiyati, nādhiṭṭhāti: ‘attā me’ti. Tassime pañcupādānakkhandhā anupetā anupādinnā dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāya saṁvattantī"ti.
"Evametaṁ, āvuso sāriputta, hoti yesaṁ āyasmantānaṁ tādisā sabrahmacārino anukampakā atthakāmā ovādakā anusāsakā.
Idañca pana me āyasmato sāriputtassa dhammadesanaṁ sutvā anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimuttan"ti.
Tatiyaṁ.