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# With Channa 9.1-17

Channasutta 9.1-17

- **Language:** Pāli

### [9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.1)

“Sammukhā metaṃ, āvuso channa, bhagavato sutaṃ, sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ kaccānagottaṃ bhikkhuṃ ovadantassa—

> “Reverend Channa, I heard and learned in the presence of the Buddha his advice to the mendicant Kaccānagotta:  
> — With Channa

### [9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.2)

dvayanissito khvāyaṃ, kaccāna, loko yebhuyyena atthitañceva natthitañca.

> ‘Kaccāna, this world mostly relies on the duality of existence and non-existence.  
> — With Channa

### [9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.3)

Lokasamudayaṃ kho, kaccāna, yathābhūtaṃ sammappaññāya passato yā loke natthitā, sā na hoti.

> But for one who truly sees the origin of the world with right understanding, the concept of non-existence regarding the world does not occur.  
> — With Channa

### [9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.4)

Lokanirodhaṃ kho, kaccāna, yathābhūtaṃ sammappaññāya passato yā loke atthitā, sā na hoti.

> And for one who truly sees the cessation of the world with right understanding, the concept of existence regarding the world does not occur.  
> — With Channa

### [9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.5)

Upayupādānābhinivesavinibandho khvāyaṃ, kaccāna, loko yebhuyyena

> This world is for the most part shackled by getting involved, grasping, and insisting.  
> — With Channa

### [9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.6)

taṃ cāyaṃ upayupādānaṃ cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayaṃ na upeti na upādiyati nādhiṭṭhāti ‘attā me’ti.

> But if—for all that getting involved and grasping, mental fixation, and insistence and underlying tendency—they do not get attracted, grasp, and fixate on the thought, ‘my self’,  
> — With Channa

### [9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.7)

Dukkhameva uppajjamānaṃ uppajjati, dukkhaṃ nirujjhamānaṃ nirujjhatīti na kaṅkhati na vicikicchati.

> they’ll have no doubt or uncertainty that what arises is just suffering arising, and what ceases is just suffering ceasing.  
> — With Channa

### [9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.8)

Aparappaccayā ñāṇamevassa ettha hoti.

> Their knowledge of this is independent of others.  
> — With Channa

### [9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.9)

Ettāvatā kho, kaccāna, sammādiṭṭhi hoti.

> This is how right view is defined.  
> — With Channa

### [9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.10)

Sabbamatthīti kho, kaccāna, ayameko anto.

> “All exists”: this is one extreme.  
> — With Channa

### [9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.11)

Sabbaṃ natthīti ayaṃ dutiyo anto.

> “All does not exist”: this is the second extreme.  
> — With Channa

### [9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.12)

Ete te, kaccāna, ubho ante anupagamma majjhena tathāgato dhammaṃ deseti—

> Avoiding these two extremes, the Realized One teaches by the middle way:  
> — With Channa

### [9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.13)

avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā;

> “Ignorance is a requirement for choices.  
> — With Channa

### [9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.14)

saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ …pe…

> Choices are a requirement for consciousness. …  
> — With Channa

### [9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.15)

evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

> That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.  
> — With Channa

### [9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.16)

Avijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā saṅkhāranirodho …pe…

> When ignorance fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, choices cease. …  
> — With Channa

### [9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90.9.17)

evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.

> That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”’”  
> — With Channa

## Translations (2)

- [With Channa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90~en-sujato.9.1) — English
- [Mit Channa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.90~de-sabbamitta.9.1) — German

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kaccānagottasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.15.2.1) — Pāli
- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.262.13) — Classical Chinese

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