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Suññatalokasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 35।85

Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.85

Linked Discourses 35.85
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9। छन्नवग्गchan·na·vag·ga

9. Channavagga

9. With Channa
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सुञ्ञतलोकसुत्तsuñ·ña·ta·lo·ka·sut·ta

Suññatalokasutta

The World is Empty
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do …पे…pe भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Atha kho āyasmā ānando …pe… bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

And then Venerable Ānanda … said to the Buddha:
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“‘सुञ्ञोsuñ·ño लोको,lo·ko सुञ्ञोsuñ·ño लोको’ति,lo·ko भन्ते,bhan·te वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘suñño loko, suñño loko’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they say that ‘the world is empty’.
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कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te सुञ्ञोsuñ·ño लोकोतिlo·ko·ti वुच्चती”ति?vuc·ca·tī

Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, suñño lokoti vuccatī”ti?

What does the saying ‘the world is empty’ refer to?”
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“यस्माyas·mā चca खो,kho आनन्द,ā·nan·da सुञ्ञंsuñ·ñaṃ अत्तेनat·te·na वाvā अत्तनियेनat·ta·ni·ye·na वाvā तस्माtas·mā सुञ्ञोsuñ·ño लोकोतिlo·ko·ti वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“Yasmā ca kho, ānanda, suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā tasmā suñño lokoti vuccati.

“Ānanda, they say that ‘the world is empty’ because it’s empty of self or what belongs to self.
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किञ्च,kiñ·ca आनन्द,ā·nan·da सुञ्ञंsuñ·ñaṃ अत्तेनat·te·na वाvā अत्तनियेनat·ta·ni·ye·na वा?vā

Kiñca, ānanda, suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā?

And what is empty of self or what belongs to self?
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चक्खुcak·khu खो,kho आनन्द,ā·nan·da सुञ्ञंsuñ·ñaṃ अत्तेनat·te·na वाvā अत्तनियेनat·ta·ni·ye·na वा।vā

Cakkhu kho, ānanda, suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā.

The eye,
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रूपाrū·pā सुञ्ञाsuñ·ñā अत्तेनat·te·na वाvā अत्तनियेनat·ta·ni·ye·na वा,vā चक्खुविञ्ञाणंcak·khu·viñ·ñā·ṇaṃ सुञ्ञंsuñ·ñaṃ अत्तेनat·te·na वाvā अत्तनियेनat·ta·ni·ye·na वा,vā चक्खुसम्फस्सोcak·khu·sam·phas·so सुञ्ञोsuñ·ño अत्तेनat·te·na वाvā अत्तनियेनat·ta·ni·ye·na वाvā …पे…pe

Rūpā suññā attena vā attaniyena vā, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā, cakkhusamphasso suñño attena vā attaniyena vā …pe…

sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are empty of self or what belongs to self. …
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यम्पिदंyam·pi·daṃ मनोसम्फस्सपच्चयाma·no·sam·phas·sa·pac·ca·yā उप्पज्जतिup·paj·ja·ti वेदयितंve·da·yi·taṃ सुखंsu·khaṃ वाvā दुक्खंduk·khaṃ वाvā अदुक्खमसुखंa·duk·kha·ma·su·khaṃ वाvā तम्पिtam·pi सुञ्ञंsuñ·ñaṃ अत्तेनat·te·na वाvā अत्तनियेनat·ta·ni·ye·na वा।vā

yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā.

The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also empty of self or what belongs to self.
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यस्माyas·mā चca खो,kho आनन्द,ā·nan·da सुञ्ञंsuñ·ñaṃ अत्तेनat·te·na वाvā अत्तनियेनat·ta·ni·ye·na वा,vā तस्माtas·mā सुञ्ञोsuñ·ño लोकोतिlo·ko·ti वुच्चती”ति।vuc·ca·tī

Yasmā ca kho, ānanda, suññaṁ attena vā attaniyena vā, tasmā suñño lokoti vuccatī”ti.

They say that ‘the world is empty’ because it’s empty of self or what belongs to self.”
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दुतियं।du·ti·yaṃ

Dutiyaṁ.

(Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.