Aṭṭhipuñjasutta
Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:
“Ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, kappaṁ sandhāvato saṁsarato siyā evaṁ mahā aṭṭhikaṅkalo aṭṭhipuñjo aṭṭhirāsi yathāyaṁ vepullo pabbato, sace saṁhārako assa, sambhatañca na vinasseyyā”ti.“Monks, if a single person were to wander & transmigrate on for an eon, he/she would leave behind a chain of bones, a pile of bones, a heap of bones, as large as this Mount Vepulla, if there were someone to collect them and the collection were not destroyed.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
“Ekassekena kappena, puggalassaṭṭhisañcayo;The accumulation of a single person’s bones for an eon Siyā pabbatasamo rāsi, iti vuttaṁ mahesinā.would be a heap on a par with the mountain, so said the Great Seer.
So kho panāyaṁ akkhāto, vepullo pabbato mahā;(He declared this to be the great Mount Vepulla Uttaro gijjhakūṭassa, magadhānaṁ giribbaje.to the north of Vulture Peak in the mountain-ring of the Magadhans.)
Yato ca ariyasaccāni, sammappaññāya passati;But when that person sees with right discernment the four Noble Truths– Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ, dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ;stress, the cause of stress, the transcending of stress, Ariyañcaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ, dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.& the noble eightfold path, the way to the stilling of stress–
Sa sattakkhattuṁ paramaṁ, sandhāvitvāna puggalo;having wandered on seven times at most, then, Dukkhassantakaro hoti, sabbasaṁyojanakkhayā”ti.with the ending of all fetters, he makes an end of stress.
