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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.2Connected Discourses 12.2
  • 1. BuddhavaggaChapter Buddha

VibhaṅgasuttaVibhaṅga Sutta

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
viharati → (bj) | sāvatthiyaṁ → sāvatthiyaṁ viharati (bj: syā) | la → In S1-3 Sāvatthi only; and so always. (pts note)
Resides in Sāvatthī.

“Paṭiccasamuppādaṁ vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi vibhajissāmi.
desessāmi → desissāmi (bj, sya-all, pts)
“Dependent-arising I to you, monks, shall explain and dissect.
Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.That hear, well reflect, I shall speak.”

“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.“So, venerable sir,” those monks to the Blessed One replied. Bhagavā etadavoca:The Blessed One this said:

“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, paṭiccasamuppādo?“And what is, monks, dependent-arising? Avijjāpaccayā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā;By non-discernment conditioned, monks, are constituents; saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṁ;by constituents conditioned is attention; viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpaṁ;by attention conditioned is name-matter; nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṁ;by name-matter conditioned is the six-fold area; saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso;
saḷāyatanapaccayā → saḷāyataṇapaccayā (pts)
by the six-fold area conditioned is contact;
phassapaccayā vedanā;by contact conditioned is feeling; vedanāpaccayā taṇhā;by feeling conditioned is attachment; taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ;by attachment conditioned is supporting; upādānapaccayā bhavo;by supporting conditioned is involvement; bhavapaccayā jāti;by involvement conditioned is birth; jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.by birth conditioned is aging-death – suffering, lamentation, pain, stress, anguish are arising. Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.thus of this entire pain-mass there is accumulation.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, jarāmaraṇaṁ?And what is, monks, old-death? Yā tesaṁ tesaṁ sattānaṁ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jarā jīraṇatā khaṇḍiccaṁ pāliccaṁ valittacatā āyuno saṁhāni indriyānaṁ paripāko;
yā → yaṁ (bj: sīmu, sī.pævi, sī.pavi) | Yā → S1-3 yaṁ (pts note) | sattanikāye → S1-3 -nikāyo (pts note)
That of these beings in that particular gathering of beings, old-age, aging, brokenness, greying hair, skin-wrinkliness, decrease of life-span, over-ripeness of faculties-powers,
ayaṁ vuccati jarā.
jarā → jarā katamañca bhikkhave maraṇaṁ (bj, sya-all) | vuccati → S3 adds bhikkhave (pts note) | jarā → S1-3 add katamañ ca bhikkhave maraṇaṁ (pts note)
this is called old-age.
Yā tesaṁ tesaṁ sattānaṁ tamhā tamhā sattanikāyā cuti cavanatā bhedo antaradhānaṁ maccu maraṇaṁ kālakiriyā khandhānaṁ bhedo kaḷevarassa nikkhepo (…),
(…) → (jīvitindriyassa upacchedo) (sya-all, km) | kaḷevarassa → kalebarassa (bj); kaḷebarassa (pts) | nikkhepo → nikkhepo jīvitindriyassa upacchedo (bj, sya-all) | yā → yaṁ (pts) | yā → yaṁ (bj: sīmu, sī.pævi, sī.pavi) | kalebarassa → kalevarassa (bj: syā, machasaṁ) | upacchedo → jīvitindriyassa upacchedo, ayaṁ pāṭho na dissate (sīmu, machasaṁ. (machasaṁ, sīmu na dissate.)) (bj note) | → (jīvitindriyassa upacchedo) (syā. kaṁ.) evamuparipi, aṭṭhakathāyaṁ pana na dissati (cck note) | Yaṁ → B yā (pts note) | kaḷebarassa → B kālakriyā . . . kaḷevarassa (pts note)
That of these beings from that particular gathering of beings fall (jut), decay, disintegration-breakdown, ultimate abode, death, dying, coming of time, breaking of aggregates, corpse-leaving (...),
idaṁ vuccati maraṇaṁ.
vuccati → S3 adds bhikkhave (pts note)
this is called death.
Iti ayañca jarā, idañca maraṇaṁ.Thus this old-age, and this death. Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, jarāmaraṇaṁ.This is called, monks, old-death.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, jāti?And what is, monks, birth? Yā tesaṁ tesaṁ sattānaṁ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jāti sañjāti okkanti abhinibbatti khandhānaṁ pātubhāvo āyatanānaṁ paṭilābho.
okkanti → okkanti nibbatti (bj, cck, sya-all) | pātubhāvo → B pātuṁ- (pts note)
That of these beings in that particular gathering of beings, birth (beginning, commencement), conception, descent, sinking, appearance of aggregates, acquisition of sense-bases.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, jāti.This is called, monks, birth.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, bhavo?And what is, monks, involvement? Tayome, bhikkhave, bhavā—These three, monks, are involvements— kāmabhavo, rūpabhavo, arūpabhavo.desire-involvement, matter-involvement, immaterial-involvement. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhavo.This is called, monks, involvement.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, upādānaṁ?And what is, monks, upholding (sustaining, 'yielding to')? Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, upādānāni—
cattārimāni → cattarimāni (pts)
These four, monks, are upholdings—
kāmupādānaṁ, diṭṭhupādānaṁ, sīlabbatupādānaṁ, attavādupādānaṁ.
sīlabbatupādānaṁ attavādupādānaṁ → sīlabbatūpādānaṁ attavādūpādānaṁ (bj)
desire-upholding, views-upholding, habits-vows-upholding, self (essence)-assertion-upholding.
Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, upādānaṁ.This is called, monks, upholding.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, taṇhā?And what is, monks, attachment? Chayime, bhikkhave, taṇhākāyā—These six, monks, are attachments— rūpataṇhā, saddataṇhā, gandhataṇhā, rasataṇhā, phoṭṭhabbataṇhā, dhammataṇhā.
phoṭṭhabbataṇhā → poṭṭhabbataṇhā (pts)
object-attachment, sound-attachment, smell-attachment, taste-attachment, touch-attachment, phenomenon-attachment.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, taṇhā.This is called, monks, attachment.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, vedanā?And what is, monks, feeling? Chayime, bhikkhave, vedanākāyā—These six, monks, are feelings — cakkhusamphassajā vedanā, sotasamphassajā vedanā, ghānasamphassajā vedanā, jivhāsamphassajā vedanā, kāyasamphassajā vedanā, manosamphassajā vedanā.eye-contact-born feeling, ear-contact-born feeling, nose-contact-born feeling, tongue-contact-born feeling, body-contact-born feeling, mind-representation-contact-born feeling. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, vedanā.This is called, monks, feeling.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, phasso?And what is, monks, contact? Chayime, bhikkhave, phassakāyā—These six, monks, are contact-arrays — cakkhusamphasso, sotasamphasso, ghānasamphasso, jivhāsamphasso, kāyasamphasso, manosamphasso.eye-contact, ear-contact, nose-contact, tongue-contact, body-contact, mind-contact. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, phasso.This is called, monks, contact.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, saḷāyatanaṁ?And what is, monks, six-fold-area? Cakkhāyatanaṁ, sotāyatanaṁ, ghānāyatanaṁ, jivhāyatanaṁ, kāyāyatanaṁ, manāyatanaṁ—
cakkhāyatanaṁ → cakkhvāyatanaṁ (sya-all)
Eye-area, ear-area, nose-area, tongue-area, body-area, mind-area—
idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, saḷāyatanaṁ.this is called, monks, six-fold-area.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, nāmarūpaṁ?And what is, monks, name-matter? Vedanā, saññā, cetanā, phasso, manasikāro—Feeling, perceiving, conceptualization, contact, reflection (mind-making)— idaṁ vuccati nāmaṁ.
vuccati → S3 adds bhikkhave (pts note)
this is called name.
Cattāro ca mahābhūtā, catunnañca mahābhūtānaṁ upādāyarūpaṁ.
ca → omitted by S1-3 (pts note)
And four great elements, and object supported by the four great elements (or to four great elements-yielding object).
Idaṁ vuccati rūpaṁ.This is called matter-energy-. Iti idañca nāmaṁ, idañca rūpaṁ.This is name and this is matter. Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, nāmarūpaṁ.
bhikkhave → (pts)
This is called, monks, name-matter.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, viññāṇaṁ?
katamañca → katamāñca (pts)
And what is, monks, attention-recognition?
Chayime, bhikkhave, viññāṇakāyā—These six, monks, are attention-arrays— cakkhuviññāṇaṁ, sotaviññāṇaṁ, ghānaviññāṇaṁ, jivhāviññāṇaṁ, kāyaviññāṇaṁ, manoviññāṇaṁ.
cakkhuviññāṇaṁ → cakkhuviññāñaṁ (pts)
eye-attention, ear-attention, nose-attention, tongue-attention, body-attention, mind-attention.
Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, viññāṇaṁ.This is called, monks, attention.

Katame ca, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā?
Katame → S1-3 Katamā (pts note)
And what are, monks, constituents?
Tayome, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā—
saṅkhārā → Tayo- -saṅkhārā is missing in B (pts note)
These three, monks, are constituents—
kāyasaṅkhāro, vacīsaṅkhāro, cittasaṅkhāro.body-constituents, speech-constituents, mind-state-constituents. Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā.These are called, monks, constituents.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, avijjā?And what is, monks, non-discernment? Yaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dukkhe aññāṇaṁ, dukkhasamudaye aññāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhe aññāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇaṁ.That, monks, is not knowing about the pain, not knowing about pain-accumulation, not knowing about pain-cessation, not knowing about the to-pain-cessation-leading practice. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, avijjā.This is called, monks, non-discernment.

Iti kho, bhikkhave, avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā;
avijjāpaccayā → avijjapaccayā (pts)
So then, monks, by non-discernment conditioned are constituents;

saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṁ …pe…by constituents conditioned is attention... evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.thus of this entire pain-mass there is accumulation. Avijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā saṅkhāranirodho;But precisely from non-discernment’s remainderless-dispassion-cessation — cessation of constituents; saṅkhāranirodhā viññāṇanirodho …pe…
pe → B la (pts note)
from cessation of constituents cessation of attention…
evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.thus of this entire pain-mass there is cessation.”

Dutiyaṁ.Вторая.

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