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Nibbānapañhāsutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 38।1

Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.1

Linked Discourses 38.1
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1। जम्बुखादकवग्गjam·bu·khā·da·ka·vag·ga

1. Jambukhādakavagga

1. With Jambukhādaka
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निब्बानपञ्हासुत्तnib·bā·na·pañ·hā·sut·ta

Nibbānapañhāsutta

A Question About Extinguishment
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ आयस्माā·yas·mā सारिपुत्तोsā·ri·put·to मगधेसुma·ga·dhe·su विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti नालकगामके।nā·la·ka·gā·ma·ke

Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto magadhesu viharati nālakagāmake.

At one time Venerable Sāriputta was staying in the land of the Magadhans near the little village of Nālaka.
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अथa·tha खोkho जम्बुखादकोjam·bu·khā·da·ko परिब्बाजकोpa·rib·bā·ja·ko येनायस्माye·nā·yas·mā सारिपुत्तोsā·ri·put·to तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā आयस्मताā·yas·ma·tā सारिपुत्तेनsā·ri·put·te·na सद्धिंsad·dhiṃ सम्मोदि।sam·mo·di

Atha kho jambukhādako paribbājako yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā sāriputtena saddhiṁ sammodi.

Then the wanderer Jambukhādaka went up to Venerable Sāriputta and exchanged greetings with him.
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सम्मोदनीयंsam·mo·da·nī·yaṃ कथंka·thaṃ सारणीयंsā·ra·ṇī·yaṃ वीतिसारेत्वाvī·ti·sā·ret·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसीदि।ni·sī·di एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho जम्बुखादकोjam·bu·khā·da·ko परिब्बाजकोpa·rib·bā·ja·ko आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ सारिपुत्तंsā·ri·put·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho jambukhādako paribbājako āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:

When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Sāriputta:
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“‘निब्बानं,nib·bā·naṃ निब्बानन्’ति,nib·bā·nan आवुसोā·vu·so सारिपुत्त,sā·ri·put·ta वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘Nibbānaṁ, nibbānan’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.

“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘extinguishment’.
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कतमंka·ta·maṃ नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so निब्बानन्”ति?nib·bā·nan

Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, nibbānan”ti?

What is extinguishment?”
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“योyo खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so रागक्खयोrā·gak·kha·yo दोसक्खयोdo·sak·kha·yo मोहक्खयो—mo·hak·kha·yo

“Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo—

“Reverend, the ending of greed, hate, and delusion
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इदंi·daṃ वुच्चतिvuc·ca·ti निब्बानन्”ति।nib·bā·nan

idaṁ vuccati nibbānan”ti.

is called extinguishment.”
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“अत्थिat·thi पनावुसो,pa·nā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अत्थिat·thi पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā एतस्सe·tas·sa निब्बानस्सnib·bā·nas·sa सच्छिकिरियाया”ति?sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·yā

“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?

“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for realizing this extinguishment?”
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“अत्थिat·thi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अत्थिat·thi पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā एतस्सe·tas·sa निब्बानस्सnib·bā·nas·sa सच्छिकिरियाया”ति।sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·yā

“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.

“There is, reverend.”
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“कतमोka·ta·mo पनावुसो,pa·nā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go कतमाka·ta·mā पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā एतस्सe·tas·sa निब्बानस्सnib·bā·nas·sa सच्छिकिरियाया”ति?sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·yā

“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?

“Well, what is it?”
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“अयमेवa·ya·me·va खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so अरियोa·ri·yo अट्ठङ्गिकोaṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·ko मग्गोmag·go एतस्सe·tas·sa निब्बानस्सnib·bā·nas·sa सच्छिकिरियाय,sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·ya सेय्यथिदं—sey·ya·thi·daṃ

“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, seyyathidaṁ—

“It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
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सम्मादिट्ठिsam·mā·diṭ·ṭhi सम्मासङ्कप्पोsam·mā·saṅ·kap·po सम्मावाचाsam·mā·vā·cā सम्माकम्मन्तोsam·mā·kam·man·to सम्माआजीवोsam·mā·ā·jī·vo सम्मावायामोsam·mā·vā·yā·mo सम्मासतिsam·mā·sa·ti सम्मासमाधि।sam·mā·sa·mā·dhi

sammādiṭṭhi sammāsaṅkappo sammāvācā sammākammanto sammāājīvo sammāvāyāmo sammāsati sammāsamādhi.

right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
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अयंa·yaṃ खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अयंa·yaṃ पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā एतस्सe·tas·sa निब्बानस्सnib·bā·nas·sa सच्छिकिरियाया”ति।sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·yā

Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.

This is the path, the practice, for realizing this extinguishment.”
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“भद्दको,bhad·da·ko आवुसो,ā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go भद्दिकाbhad·di·kā पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā एतस्सe·tas·sa निब्बानस्सnib·bā·nas·sa सच्छिकिरियाय।sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·ya

“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya.

“Reverend, this is a fine path, a fine practice, for realizing this extinguishment.
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अलञ्चa·lañ·ca पनावुसोpa·nā·vu·so सारिपुत्त,sā·ri·put·ta अप्पमादाया”ति।ap·pa·mā·dā·yā

Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.

Just this much is enough for diligence.”
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पठमं।pa·ṭha·maṃ

Paṭhamaṁ.

(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.