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Bhikkhusutta 1.1-11

Bhikkhusutta 1.1-11

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Pāli

1.1

Sāvatthinidānaṃ.

At Sāvatthī.

A Monk

1.2

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,

A Monk

1.3

“‘bojjhaṅgā, bojjhaṅgā’ti, bhante, vuccanti.

“Sir, they speak of the ‘awakening factors’.

A Monk

1.4

Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, ‘bojjhaṅgā’ti vuccantī”ti?

How are the awakening factors defined?”

A Monk

1.5

“Bodhāya saṃvattantīti kho, bhikkhu, tasmā ‘bojjhaṅgā’ti vuccanti.

“Mendicant, they’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.

A Monk

1.6

Idha, bhikkhu, satisambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ …pe…

A mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,

A Monk

1.7

upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ.

and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.

A Monk

1.8

Tassime satta bojjhaṅge bhāvayato kāmāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati, bhavāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati, avijjāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati.

As they develop the seven awakening factors, their mind is freed from the defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.

A Monk

1.9

Vimuttasmiṃ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṃ hoti.

When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.

A Monk

1.10

‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti.

They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’

A Monk

1.11

Bodhāya saṃvattantīti, bhikkhu, tasmā ‘bojjhaṅgā’ti vuccantī”ti.

They’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.”

A Monk

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