With Ānanda

Ānandasutta

With Ānanda

Ānandasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.” “What do you think, Ānanda?
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā …pe… bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu, yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti. “Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, ānanda,
EN
Is form permanent or impermanent?” “Impermanent, sir.” “But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?” “Suffering, sir.”
PL
rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti? “Aniccaṁ, bhante”. “Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti? “Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.
EN
“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?” “No, sir.” “Is feeling …
PL
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ: ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’”ti? “No hetaṁ, bhante”. “Vedanā …
EN
perception … choices … consciousness permanent or impermanent?” “Impermanent, sir.”
PL
saññā … saṅkhārā … viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti? “Aniccaṁ, bhante”.
EN
“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?” “Suffering, sir.” “But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”
PL
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti? “Dukkhaṁ, bhante”. “Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ: ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’”ti?
EN
“No, sir.” … “Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”
PL
“No hetaṁ, bhante”. “Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti. Dasamaṁ.
PL
Diṭṭhivaggo pañcamo. Tassuddānaṁ Ajjhattikaṁ etaṁmama, Soattā nocamesiyā;
PL
Micchāsakkāyattānu dve, Abhinivesā ānandenāti. Uparipaṇṇāsako samatto. Tassa uparipaṇṇāsakassa vagguddānaṁ
PL
Anto dhammakathikā vijjā, kukkuḷaṁ diṭṭhipañcamaṁ; Tatiyo paṇṇāsako vutto, nipātoti pavuccatīti.
EN
The Linked Discourses on the aggregates are complete.
PL
Khandhasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.

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

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