Mahaparinibbanasutta 1.18
Mahāparinibbānasutta 1.18
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1.18.1
Tatrapi sudaṃ bhagavā nāḷandāyaṃ viharanto pāvārikambavane etadeva bahulaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dhammiṃ kathaṃ karoti:
And while staying at Nāḷandā, too, the Buddha often gave this Dhamma talk to the mendicants:
1.18.2
“iti sīlaṃ, iti samādhi, iti paññā.
“Such is ethics, such is immersion, such is wisdom.
1.18.3
Sīlaparibhāvito samādhi mahapphalo hoti mahānisaṃso.
When immersion is imbued with ethics it’s very fruitful and beneficial.
1.18.4
Samādhiparibhāvitā paññā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṃsā.
When wisdom is imbued with immersion it’s very fruitful and beneficial.
1.18.5
Paññāparibhāvitaṃ cittaṃ sammadeva āsavehi vimuccati, seyyathidaṃ—
When the mind is imbued with wisdom it is rightly freed from the defilements, namely,
1.18.6
kāmāsavā, bhavāsavā, avijjāsavā”ti.
the defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.”