Dasuttarasutta 2.1.121-145
Dasuttarasutta 2.1.121-145
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2.1.121
Katame aṭṭha dhammā duppaṭivijjhā?
What eight things are hard to comprehend?
2.1.122
Aṭṭha akkhaṇā asamayā brahmacariyavāsāya.
Eight lost opportunities for spiritual practice.
2.1.123
Idhāvuso, tathāgato ca loke uppanno hoti arahaṃ sammāsambuddho, dhammo ca desiyati opasamiko parinibbāniko sambodhagāmī sugatappavedito.
Firstly, a Realized One has arisen in the world. He teaches the Dhamma leading to peace, extinguishment, awakening, as proclaimed by the Holy One.
2.1.124
Ayañca puggalo nirayaṃ upapanno hoti.
But that individual has been reborn in hell.
2.1.125
Ayaṃ paṭhamo akkhaṇo asamayo brahmacariyavāsāya.
This is the first lost opportunity for spiritual practice.
2.1.126
Puna caparaṃ, āvuso, tathāgato ca loke uppanno hoti arahaṃ sammāsambuddho, dhammo ca desiyati opasamiko parinibbāniko sambodhagāmī sugatappavedito.
Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …
2.1.127
Ayañca puggalo tiracchānayoniṃ upapanno hoti.
But that individual has been reborn in the animal realm.
2.1.128
Ayaṃ dutiyo akkhaṇo asamayo brahmacariyavāsāya.
This is the second lost opportunity for spiritual practice.
2.1.129
Puna caparaṃ …pe…
Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …
2.1.130
pettivisayaṃ upapanno hoti.
But that individual has been reborn in the ghost realm.
2.1.131
Ayaṃ tatiyo akkhaṇo asamayo brahmacariyavāsāya.
This is the third lost opportunity for spiritual practice.
2.1.132
Puna caparaṃ …pe…
Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …
2.1.133
aññataraṃ dīghāyukaṃ devanikāyaṃ upapanno hoti.
But that individual has been reborn in one of the long-lived orders of gods.
2.1.134
Ayaṃ catuttho akkhaṇo asamayo brahmacariyavāsāya.
This is the fourth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.
2.1.135
Puna caparaṃ …pe…
Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …
2.1.136
paccantimesu janapadesu paccājāto hoti milakkhesu aviññātāresu, yattha natthi gati bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ upāsakānaṃ upāsikānaṃ.
But that individual has been reborn in the borderlands, among uneducated foreigners, where monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen do not go.
2.1.137
Ayaṃ pañcamo akkhaṇo asamayo brahmacariyavāsāya.
This is the fifth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.
2.1.138
Puna caparaṃ …pe…
Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …
2.1.139
ayañca puggalo majjhimesu janapadesu paccājāto hoti, so ca hoti micchādiṭṭhiko viparītadassano:
And an individual is reborn in a central country. But they have wrong view and distorted perspective:
2.1.140
‘natthi dinnaṃ, natthi yiṭṭhaṃ, natthi hutaṃ, natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko, natthi ayaṃ loko, natthi paro loko, natthi mātā, natthi pitā, natthi sattā opapātikā, natthi loke samaṇabrāhmaṇā sammaggatā sammāpaṭipannā ye imañca lokaṃ parañca lokaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedentī’ti.
‘There’s no meaning in giving, sacrifice, or offerings. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds. There’s no afterlife. There’s no such thing as mother and father, or beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there’s no ascetic or brahmin who is rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describes the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’
2.1.141
Ayaṃ chaṭṭho akkhaṇo asamayo brahmacariyavāsāya.
This is the sixth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.
2.1.142
Puna caparaṃ …pe…
Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …
2.1.143
ayañca puggalo majjhimesu janapadesu paccājāto hoti, so ca hoti duppañño jaḷo eḷamūgo, nappaṭibalo subhāsitadubbhāsitānamatthamaññātuṃ.
And an individual is reborn in a central country. But they’re witless, dull, idiotic, and unable to distinguish what is well said from what is poorly said.
2.1.144
Ayaṃ sattamo akkhaṇo asamayo brahmacariyavāsāya.
This is the seventh lost opportunity for spiritual practice.
2.1.145
Puna caparaṃ …pe…
Furthermore, a Realized One has not arisen in the world …
Translations (3)
- Od jedan do deset — sr
- Up to Ten — English
- Bis zehn aufwärts — German
Linked texts (3)
- Akkhaṇasutta — Pāli
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 長阿含十報法經 — Classical Chinese