Dutiyagaddulabaddhasutta 1.1-17
Dutiyagaddulabaddhasutta 1.1-17
- Language
- Pāli
1.1
Sāvatthinidānaṃ.
At Sāvatthī.
1.2
“Anamataggoyaṃ, bhikkhave, saṃsāro.
“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning.
1.3
Pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaṃyojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ.
No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving.
1.4
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sā gaddulabaddho daḷhe khīle vā thambhe vā upanibaddho. So gacchati cepi tameva khīlaṃ vā thambhaṃ vā upagacchati; tiṭṭhati cepi tameva khīlaṃ vā thambhaṃ vā upatiṭṭhati; nisīdati cepi tameva khīlaṃ vā thambhaṃ vā upanisīdati; nipajjati cepi tameva khīlaṃ vā thambhaṃ vā upanipajjati.
Suppose a mutt on a leash was tethered to a strong post or pillar. Whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, it stays right beside that post or pillar.
1.5
Evameva kho, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṃ ‘etaṃ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati.
In the same way, an unlearned ordinary person regards form like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self.’
1.6
Vedanaṃ …
They regard feeling …
1.7
saññaṃ …
perception …
1.8
saṅkhāre …
choices …
1.9
viññāṇaṃ ‘etaṃ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati.
consciousness like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self.’
1.10
So gacchati cepi ime pañcupādānakkhandhe upagacchati;
When walking, they walk right beside the five grasping aggregates.
1.11
tiṭṭhati cepi ime pañcupādānakkhandhe upatiṭṭhati;
When standing …
1.12
nisīdati cepi ime pañcupādānakkhandhe upanisīdati;
sitting …
1.13
nipajjati cepi ime pañcupādānakkhandhe upanipajjati.
lying down, they lie down right beside the five grasping aggregates.
1.14
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, abhikkhaṇaṃ sakaṃ cittaṃ paccavekkhitabbaṃ:
So you should regularly check your own mind:
1.15
‘dīgharattamidaṃ cittaṃ saṅkiliṭṭhaṃ rāgena dosena mohenā’ti.
‘For a long time this mind has been corrupted by greed, hate, and delusion.’
1.16
Cittasaṅkilesā, bhikkhave, sattā saṅkilissanti;
Sentient beings are corrupted because the mind is corrupted.
1.17
cittavodānā sattā visujjhanti.
Sentient beings are purified because the mind is purified.
Translations (2)
- A Leash (2nd) — English
- Die Leine (2) — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sāratthappakāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (1)
- 雜阿含經 — Classical Chinese