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Bhavapañhāsutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 38।13

Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.13

Linked Discourses 38.13
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1। जम्बुखादकवग्गjam·bu·khā·da·ka·vag·ga

1. Jambukhādakavagga

1. With Jambukhādaka
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भवपञ्हासुत्तbha·va·pañ·hā·sut·ta

Bhavapañhāsutta

A Question About States of Existence
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“‘भवो,bha·vo भवो’ति,bha·vo आवुसोā·vu·so सारिपुत्त,sā·ri·put·ta वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘Bhavo, bhavo’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.

“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘continued existence’.
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कतमोka·ta·mo नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so भवो”ति?bha·vo

Katamo nu kho, āvuso, bhavo”ti?

What is continued existence?”
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“तयोमे,ta·yo·me आवुसो,ā·vu·so भवा।bha·vā

“Tayome, āvuso, bhavā.

“Reverend, there are these three states of continued existence.
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कामभवो,kā·ma·bha·vo रूपभवो,rū·pa·bha·vo अरूपभवो—a·rū·pa·bha·vo

Kāmabhavo, rūpabhavo, arūpabhavo—

Existence in the sensual realm, the realm of luminous form, and the formless realm.
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इमेi·me खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so तयोta·yo भवा”ति।bha·vā

ime kho, āvuso, tayo bhavā”ti.

These are the three states of continued existence.”
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“अत्थिat·thi पनावुसो,pa·nā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अत्थिat·thi पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतेसंe·te·saṃ भवानंbha·vā·naṃ परिञ्ञाया”ति?pa·riñ·ñā·yā

“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etesaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā”ti?

“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for completely understanding these three states of existence?”
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“अत्थिat·thi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अत्थिat·thi पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतेसंe·te·saṃ भवानंbha·vā·naṃ परिञ्ञाया”ति।pa·riñ·ñā·yā

“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etesaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā”ti.

“There is.” …
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“कतमो,ka·ta·mo पनावुसो,pa·nā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go कतमाka·ta·mā पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतेसंe·te·saṃ भवानंbha·vā·naṃ परिञ्ञाया”ति?pa·riñ·ñā·yā

“Katamo, panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etesaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā”ti?

(Pāli only)
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“अयमेवa·ya·me·va खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so अरियोa·ri·yo अट्ठङ्गिकोaṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·ko मग्गो,mag·go एतेसंe·te·saṃ भवानंbha·vā·naṃ परिञ्ञाय,pa·riñ·ñā·ya सेय्यथिदं—sey·ya·thi·daṃ

“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, etesaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāya, seyyathidaṁ—

(Pāli only)
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सम्मादिट्ठिsam·mā·diṭ·ṭhi …पे…pe सम्मासमाधि।sam·mā·sa·mā·dhi

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.

(Pāli only)
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अयंa·yaṃ खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अयंa·yaṃ पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतेसंe·te·saṃ भवानंbha·vā·naṃ परिञ्ञाया”ति।pa·riñ·ñā·yā

Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etesaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāyā”ti.

(Pāli only)
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“भद्दको,bhad·da·ko आवुसो,ā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go भद्दिकाbhad·di·kā पटिपदा,pa·ṭi·pa·dā एतेसंe·te·saṃ भवानंbha·vā·naṃ परिञ्ञाय।pa·riñ·ñā·ya

“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etesaṁ bhavānaṁ pariññāya.

(Pāli only)
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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.

(Pāli only)
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तेरसमं।te·ra·sa·maṃ

Terasamaṁ.

(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.