Saṅghāṭikaṇṇasutta
Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:
“Saṅghāṭikaṇṇe cepi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu gahetvā piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandho assa pāde pādaṁ nikkhipanto,“Monks, even if a monk, taking hold of my outer robe, were to follow right behind me,
so ca hoti abhijjhālu kāmesu tibbasārāgo byāpannacitto paduṭṭhamanasaṅkappo muṭṭhassati asampajāno asamāhito vibbhantacitto pākatindriyo;placing his feet in my footsteps, yet if he were to be greedy for sensuality, strong in his passions,
malevolent in mind, corrupt in his resolves, his mindfulness muddled, unalert, uncentered,
atha kho so ārakāva mayhaṁ, ahañca tassa.his mind scattered, & his faculties uncontrolled, then he would be far from me, and I from him.
Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?
Dhammañhi so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na passati.Because he does not see the Dhamma.
Dhammaṁ apassanto na maṁ passati.
na maṁ passati → maṁ na passati (sya-all)Not seeing the Dhamma, he does not see me.
Yojanasate cepi so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vihareyya.“But even if a monk were to live one hundred leagues away, So ca hoti anabhijjhālu kāmesu na tibbasārāgo abyāpannacitto apaduṭṭhamanasaṅkappo upaṭṭhitassati sampajāno samāhito ekaggacitto saṁvutindriyo;yet if he were to have no greed for sensuality, were not strong in his passions, not malevolent in mind, uncorrupt in his resolves, his mindfulness established, alert, centered, his mind at singleness, atha kho so santikeva mayhaṁ, ahañca tassa.& his faculties well-restrained, then he would be near to me, and I to him. Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that? Dhammañhi so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu passati;Because he sees the Dhamma. dhammaṁ passanto maṁ passatī”ti.Seeing the Dhamma, he sees me.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
“Anubandhopi ce assa, mahiccho ca vighātavā;Though following right behind, ambitious, annoyed: Ejānugo anejassa, nibbutassa anibbuto;see how far he is!– the perturbed from the unperturbed, the bound from the Unbound, Giddho so vītagedhassa, passa yāvañca ārakā.the greedy one from the one with no greed.
Yo ca dhammamabhiññāya, dhammamaññāya paṇḍito;But the wise person who, through direct knowledge of Dhamma, gnosis of Dhamma, Rahadova nivāte ca, anejo vūpasammati.grows still & unperturbed like a lake unruffled by wind:
Anejo so anejassa, nibbutassa ca nibbuto;see how close he is!– the unperturbed to the unperturbed, the Unbound to the Unbound, Agiddho vītagedhassa, passa yāvañca santike”ti.the greedless one to the one with no greed.
