Ascetics and Brahmins (1st)

Paṭhamasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

Ascetics and Brahmins (1st)

Paṭhamasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

EN
“Mendicants, whatever ascetics and brahmins truly awaken—in the past, future,
PL
“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā yathābhūtaṁ abhisambojjhiṁsu, sabbe te cattāri ariyasaccāni yathābhūtaṁ abhisambojjhiṁsu. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā yathābhūtaṁ abhisambojjhissanti, sabbe te cattāri ariyasaccāni yathābhūtaṁ abhisambojjhissanti.
EN
or present—all of them truly awaken to the four noble truths. What four? The noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering. …
PL
Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā yathābhūtaṁ abhisambojjhanti, sabbe te cattāri ariyasaccāni yathābhūtaṁ abhisambojjhanti. Katamāni cattāri? Dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā yathābhūtaṁ abhisambojjhiṁsu …pe…
EN
That’s why you should practice meditation …”
PL
abhisambojjhissanti …pe… abhisambojjhanti, sabbe te imāni cattāri ariyasaccāni yathābhūtaṁ abhisambojjhanti. Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti. Pañcamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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