Mahanidanasutta 22.1-6
Mahānidānasutta 22.1-6
- Language
- Pāli
22.1
‘Nāmarūpapaccayā viññāṇan’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā nāmarūpapaccayā viññāṇaṃ.
‘Name and form are requirements for consciousness’—that’s what I said. And this is a way to understand how this is so.
22.2
Viññāṇañca hi, ānanda, nāmarūpe patiṭṭhaṃ na labhissatha, api nu kho āyatiṃ jātijarāmaraṇaṃ dukkhasamudayasambhavo paññāyethā”ti?
If consciousness were not established in name and form, would the coming to be of the origin of suffering—of rebirth, old age, and death in the future—be found?”
22.3
“No hetaṃ, bhante”.
“No, sir.”
22.4
“Tasmātihānanda, eseva hetu etaṃ nidānaṃ esa samudayo esa paccayo viññāṇassa yadidaṃ nāmarūpaṃ.
“That’s why this is the cause, source, origin, and reason of consciousness, namely name and form.
22.5
Ettāvatā kho, ānanda, jāyetha vā jīyetha vā mīyetha vā cavetha vā upapajjetha vā.
This is the extent to which one may be reborn, grow old, die, pass away, or reappear.
22.6
Ettāvatā adhivacanapatho, ettāvatā niruttipatho, ettāvatā paññattipatho, ettāvatā paññāvacaraṃ, ettāvatā vaṭṭaṃ vattati itthattaṃ paññāpanāya yadidaṃ nāmarūpaṃ saha viññāṇena aññamaññapaccayatā pavattati.
This is how far the scope of labeling, definition, and description extends; how far the sphere of wisdom extends; how far the cycle of rebirths spins so that this state of being may be found; namely, name and form together with consciousness.
Translations (4)
- Большое наставление об обусловленности — Russian
- Dugi govor o uzročnosti — sr
- The Great Discourse on Causation — English
- Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli