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Mahapadanasutta 3.11

Mahāpadānasutta 3.11

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Pāli

3.11.1

Tesaṃ vipassī bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho anupubbiṃ kathaṃ kathesi, seyyathidaṃ—

The Buddha Vipassī taught them step by step, with

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3.11.2

dānakathaṃ sīlakathaṃ saggakathaṃ kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ saṅkilesaṃ nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi.

a talk on giving, ethical conduct, and heaven. He revealed the drawbacks of sensual pleasures, so sordid and corrupt, and the benefit of renunciation.

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3.11.3

Yadā te bhagavā aññāsi kallacitte muducitte vinīvaraṇacitte udaggacitte pasannacitte, atha yā buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā dhammadesanā, taṃ pakāsesi—

And when he knew that their minds were ready, pliable, rid of hindrances, elated, and confident he revealed the special teaching of the Buddhas:

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3.11.4

dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ nirodhaṃ maggaṃ.

suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

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3.11.5

Seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagatakāḷakaṃ sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭiggaṇheyya;

Just as a clean cloth rid of stains would properly absorb dye,

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3.11.6

evameva khaṇḍassa ca rājaputtassa tissassa ca purohitaputtassa tasmiṃyeva āsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi:

in that very seat the stainless, immaculate vision of the Dhamma arose in the king’s son Khaṇḍa and the high priest’s son Tissa:

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3.11.7

‘yaṃ kiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbaṃ taṃ nirodhadhamman’ti.

‘Everything that is liable to arise is liable to cease.’

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