Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)

Dutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)

Dutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

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At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t understand old age and death, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. It’s impossible that they will abide having transcended old age and death.
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Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Tatra kho …pe… ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā jarāmaraṇaṁ nappajānanti, jarāmaraṇasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, jarāmaraṇanirodhaṁ nappajānanti, jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti te vata jarāmaraṇaṁ samatikkamma ṭhassantīti netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.
EN
They don’t understand rebirth … continued existence … grasping … craving …
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Jātiṁ nappajānanti …pe… bhavaṁ … upādānaṁ … taṇhaṁ …
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feeling … contact … the six sense fields … name and form …
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vedanaṁ … phassaṁ … saḷāyatanaṁ … nāmarūpaṁ …
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consciousness … They don’t understand choices, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. It’s impossible that they will abide having transcended choices. There are ascetics and brahmins who do understand old age and death, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. It’s possible that they will abide having transcended old age and death.
PL
viññāṇaṁ … saṅkhāre nappajānanti, saṅkhārasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, saṅkhāranirodhaṁ nappajānanti, saṅkhāranirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti te vata saṅkhāre samatikkamma ṭhassantīti netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati. Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā jarāmaraṇaṁ pajānanti, jarāmaraṇasamudayaṁ pajānanti, jarāmaraṇanirodhaṁ pajānanti, jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānanti te vata jarāmaraṇaṁ samatikkamma ṭhassantīti ṭhānametaṁ vijjati.
EN
They understand rebirth … continued existence … grasping … craving …
PL
Jātiṁ pajānanti …pe… bhavaṁ … upādānaṁ … taṇhaṁ …
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feeling … contact … the six sense fields … name and form …
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vedanaṁ … phassaṁ … saḷāyatanaṁ … nāmarūpaṁ …
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consciousness … They understand choices, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. It’s possible that they will abide having transcended choices.”
PL
viññāṇaṁ … saṅkhāre pajānanti, saṅkhārasamudayaṁ pajānanti, saṅkhāranirodhaṁ pajānanti, saṅkhāranirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānanti. Te vata saṅkhāre samatikkamma ṭhassantīti ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti. Dasamaṁ.
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Dasabalavaggo tatiyo. Tassuddānaṁ Dve dasabalā upanisā ca, Aññatitthiyabhūmijo;
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Upavāṇo paccayo bhikkhu, Dve ca samaṇabrāhmaṇāti.

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

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