With Subha 2.36
Subhasutta 2.36
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- Pāli
2.36.1
Seyyathāpi, māṇava, pabbatasaṅkhepe udakarahado accho vippasanno anāvilo. Tattha cakkhumā puriso tīre ṭhito passeyya sippisambukampi sakkharakathalampi macchagumbampi carantampi tiṭṭhantampi. Tassa evamassa: ‘ayaṃ kho udakarahado accho vippasanno anāvilo. Tatrime sippisambukāpi sakkharakathalāpi macchagumbāpi carantipi tiṭṭhantipī’ti.
Suppose that in a mountain glen there was a lake that was transparent, clear, and unclouded. A person with clear eyes standing on the bank would see the clams and mussels, pebbles and gravel, and schools of fish swimming about or staying still. They’d think: ‘This lake is transparent, clear, and unclouded. And here are the clams and mussels, pebbles and gravel, and schools of fish swimming about or staying still.’
2.36.2
Evameva kho, māṇava, bhikkhu …pe…
In the same way, when their mind has become immersed in samādhi like this—purified, bright, flawless, rid of corruptions, pliable, workable, steady, and imperturbable—they project it and extend it toward knowledge of the ending of defilements.
2.36.3
yampi, māṇava, bhikkhu evaṃ samāhite citte …pe… āneñjappatte āsavānaṃ khayañāṇāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti.
2.36.4
So idaṃ dukkhanti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti …pe…
2.36.5
āsavanirodhagāminī paṭipadāti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti.
2.36.6
Tassa evaṃ jānato evaṃ passato kāmāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati, bhavāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati, avijjāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati, vimuttasmiṃ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṃ hoti, ‘khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti.
2.36.7
Idampissa hoti paññāya.
This pertains to their wisdom.
Translations (3)
- Razgovor sa Subhom — sr
- With Subha — English
- Mit Subha — German
Linked texts (3)
- Sāmaññaphalasutta — Pāli
- Mahāsakuludāyisutta — Pāli
- Mahāassapurasutta — Pāli