SN43:13 The Uninclined[n.370] I follow the numbering in Ee. Though Woodward says "the sections are wrongly numbered in the text" (KS 4:261, n. 1), in fact it is the text that is correct and Woodward's numbering that is off. For this sutta I prefer the Be reading anataṁ and the gloss in Spk (Be): taṇhānatiyā abhāvena anataṃ; "uninclined due to the absence of inclination through craving." This seems more original than the Se and Ee reading antaṁ, "the end," with Spk (Se) explaining: taṇhāratiyā abhāvena antaṁ; "the end due to the absence of delight through craving."
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1"Bhikkhus, I will teach you the uninclined and the path leading to the uninclined. Listen to that … "And what, bhikkhus, is the uninclined? … " To be elaborated in full as in §§1–12.[n.371] Under each of the epithets for Nibbāna, Ee has "I –XLV" as if the elaboration is to be developed only as in §12. In the last sutta, however, "the path leading to the destination" begins with "mindfulness directed to the body," which means that each elaboration is to be developed in full as in §§1–12. This means that each epithet should be conjoined with fifty-six versions of the path. sn.iv.369 |