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Arahattapañhāsutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 38।2

Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.2

Linked Discourses 38.2
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1। जम्बुखादकवग्गjam·bu·khā·da·ka·vag·ga

1. Jambukhādakavagga

1. With Jambukhādaka
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अरहत्तपञ्हासुत्तa·ra·hat·ta·pañ·hā·sut·ta

Arahattapañhāsutta

A Question About Perfection
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“‘अरहत्तं,a·ra·hat·taṃ अरहत्तन्’ति,a·ra·hat·tan आवुसोā·vu·so सारिपुत्त,sā·ri·put·ta वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘Arahattaṁ, arahattan’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.

“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘perfection’.
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कतमंka·ta·maṃ नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so अरहत्तन्”ति?a·ra·hat·tan

Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, arahattan”ti?

What is perfection?”
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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 अरहत्तन्”ति।a·ra·hat·tan

idaṁ vuccati arahattan”ti.

is called perfection.”
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“अत्थिat·thi पनावुसो,pa·nā·vu·so मग्गोmag·go अत्थिat·thi पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā एतस्सe·tas·sa अरहत्तस्सa·ra·hat·tas·sa सच्छिकिरियाया”ति?sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·yā

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

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

“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa arahattassa 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 अरहत्तस्सa·ra·hat·tas·sa सच्छिकिरियाया”ति?sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·yā

“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā etassa arahattassa 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 अरहत्तस्सa·ra·hat·tas·sa सच्छिकिरियाय,sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·ya सेय्यथिदं—sey·ya·thi·daṃ

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

“It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
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सम्मादिट्ठिsam·mā·diṭ·ṭhi …पे…pe सम्मासमाधि।sam·mā·sa·mā·dhi

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… 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 मग्गो,mag·go अयंa·yaṃ पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā एतस्सe·tas·sa अरहत्तस्सa·ra·hat·tas·sa सच्छिकिरियाया”ति।sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·yā

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

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

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

“Reverend, this is a fine path, a fine practice, for realizing this perfection.
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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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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.