Liberation

Nimokkhasutta

Liberation

Nimokkhasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him, “Good fellow, do you know the liberation, emancipation, and seclusion of sentient beings?”
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “Jānāsi no tvaṁ, mārisa, sattānaṁ nimokkhaṁ pamokkhaṁ vivekan”ti?
EN
“I do, good sir.” “But how is it that you know the liberation, emancipation, and seclusion of sentient beings?” “Due to the ending of relish for rebirth; due to the finishing of perception and consciousness;
PL
“Jānāmi khvāhaṁ, āvuso, sattānaṁ nimokkhaṁ pamokkhaṁ vivekan”ti. “Yathākathaṁ pana tvaṁ, mārisa, jānāsi sattānaṁ nimokkhaṁ pamokkhaṁ vivekan”ti? “Nandībhavaparikkhayā, Saññāviññāṇasaṅkhayā;
EN
due to the cessation and stilling of feelings— that, respectable sir, is how I know the liberation, emancipation, and seclusion of sentient beings.”
PL
Vedanānaṁ nirodhā upasamā, Evaṁ khvāhaṁ āvuso jānāmi; Sattānaṁ nimokkhaṁ pamokkhaṁ vivekan”ti.

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

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