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Brahmajalasutta 3.24

Brahmajālasutta 3.24

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Pāli

3.24.1

Tamañño evamāha:

But someone else says to them:

The Divine Net

3.24.2

‘atthi kho, bho, eso attā, yaṃ tvaṃ vadesi, neso natthīti vadāmi;

‘That self of which you speak does exist, I don’t deny it.

The Divine Net

3.24.3

no ca kho, bho, ayaṃ attā ettāvatā paramadiṭṭhadhammanibbānaṃ patto hoti.

But that’s not how this self attains ultimate extinguishment in this life.

The Divine Net

3.24.4

Taṃ kissa hetu?

Why is that?

The Divine Net

3.24.5

Yadeva tattha sukhamiti cetaso ābhogo, etenetaṃ oḷārikaṃ akkhāyati.

Because mentally partaking in that as ‘blissful’ is said to be coarse.

The Divine Net

3.24.6

Yato kho, bho, ayaṃ attā sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṃ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṃ catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati, ettāvatā kho, bho, ayaṃ attā paramadiṭṭhadhammanibbānaṃ patto hotī’ti.

But with the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, this self enters and remains in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness. That’s how this self attains ultimate extinguishment in this life.’

The Divine Net

3.24.7

Ittheke sato sattassa paramadiṭṭhadhammanibbānaṃ paññapenti.

That is how some assert ultimate extinguishment for an existing being in this life.

The Divine Net

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