<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.1-8 -->

[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Saṃyuttanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta) › [The Book of the Aggregates](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3) › [Khandhasaṃyutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22) › [Silavantasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122) › 1.1-8

# Silavantasutta 1.1-8

Sīlavantasutta 1.1-8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.1)

Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ca sāriputto āyasmā ca mahākoṭṭhiko bārāṇasiyaṃ viharanti isipatane migadāye.

> At one time Venerable Sāriputta and Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita were staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana.  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.2)

Atha kho āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko sāyanhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami …pe… etadavoca:

> Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita came out of retreat, went to Venerable Sāriputta, and said:  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.3)

“sīlavatāvuso, sāriputta, bhikkhunā katame dhammā yoniso manasikātabbā”ti?

> “Reverend Sāriputta, what things should an ethical mendicant rationally apply the mind to?”  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.4)

“Sīlavatāvuso, koṭṭhika, bhikkhunā pañcupādānakkhandhā aniccato dukkhato rogato gaṇḍato sallato aghato ābādhato parato palokato suññato anattato yoniso manasi kātabbā.

> “Reverend Koṭṭhita, an ethical mendicant should rationally apply the mind to the five grasping aggregates as impermanent, as suffering, as diseased, as a boil, as a dart, as gloom, as an affliction, as alien, as breaking apart, as empty, as not-self.  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.5)

Katame pañca?

> What five?  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.6)

Seyyathidaṃ—rūpupādānakkhandho, vedanupādānakkhandho, saññupādānakkhandho, saṅkhārupādānakkhandho, viññāṇupādānakkhandho.

> That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.7)

Sīlavatāvuso, koṭṭhika, bhikkhunā ime pañcupādānakkhandhā aniccato dukkhato rogato gaṇḍato sallato aghato ābādhato parato palokato suññato anattato yoniso manasi kātabbā.

> An ethical mendicant should rationally apply the mind to these five grasping aggregates as impermanent, as suffering, as diseased, as a boil, as a dart, as gloom, as an affliction, as alien, as breaking apart, as empty, as not-self.  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.8)

Ṭhānaṃ kho panetaṃ, āvuso, vijjati yaṃ sīlavā bhikkhu ime pañcupādānakkhandhe aniccato …pe… anattato yoniso manasi karonto sotāpattiphalaṃ sacchikareyyā”ti.

> It’s possible that an ethical mendicant who rationally applies the mind to the five grasping aggregates will realize the fruit of stream-entry.”  
> — An Ethical Mendicant

## Translations (2)

- [An Ethical Mendicant](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122~en-sujato.1.1) — English
- [Tugendhaft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sāratthappakāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta!saratthappakasini.22.12.5.122) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [Sutavantasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.123.1.2) — Pāli
- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.259.3) — Classical Chinese

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.1-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.122.1.1-8) · Pramāṇa
