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Vitakkasutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 56।7

Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.7

Linked Discourses 56.7
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1। समाधिवग्गsa·mā·dhi·vag·ga

1. Samādhivagga

1. Immersion
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वितक्कसुत्तvi·tak·ka·sut·ta

Vitakkasutta

Thoughts
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“मा,mā भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve पापकेpā·pa·ke अकुसलेa·ku·sa·le वितक्केvi·tak·ke वितक्केय्याथ,vi·tak·key·yā·tha सेय्यथिदं—sey·ya·thi·daṃ

“Mā, bhikkhave, pāpake akusale vitakke vitakkeyyātha, seyyathidaṁ—

“Mendicants, don’t think bad, unskillful thoughts, such as
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कामवितक्कं,kā·ma·vi·tak·kaṃ ब्यापादवितक्कं,byā·pā·da·vi·tak·kaṃ विहिंसावितक्कं।vi·hiṃ·sā·vi·tak·kaṃ

kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ.

sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts.
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तंtaṃ किस्सkis·sa हेतु?he·tu

Taṁ kissa hetu?

Why is that?
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नेते,ne·te भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve वितक्काvi·tak·kā अत्थसंहिताat·tha·saṃ·hi·tā नादिब्रह्मचरियकाnā·dib·rah·ma·ca·ri·ya·kā नna निब्बिदायnib·bi·dā·ya नna विरागायvi·rā·gā·ya नna निरोधायni·ro·dhā·ya नna उपसमायu·pa·sa·mā·ya नna अभिञ्ञायa·bhiñ·ñā·ya नna सम्बोधायsam·bo·dhā·ya नna निब्बानायnib·bā·nā·ya संवत्तन्ति।saṃ·vat·tan·ti

Nete, bhikkhave, vitakkā atthasaṁhitā nādibrahmacariyakā na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṁvattanti.

Because those thoughts aren’t beneficial or relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. They don’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.
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वितक्केन्ताvi·tak·ken·tā चca खोkho तुम्हे,tum·he भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan वितक्केय्याथ,vi·tak·key·yā·tha ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खसमुदयो’तिduk·kha·sa·mu·da·yo वितक्केय्याथ,vi·tak·key·yā·tha ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधो’तिduk·kha·ni·ro·dho वितक्केय्याथ,vi·tak·key·yā·tha ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā वितक्केय्याथ।vi·tak·key·yā·tha

Vitakkentā ca kho tumhe, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti vitakkeyyātha, ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti vitakkeyyātha, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti vitakkeyyātha, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti vitakkeyyātha.

When you think, you should think: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.
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तंtaṃ किस्सkis·sa हेतु?he·tu

Taṁ kissa hetu?

Why is that?
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एते,e·te भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve वितक्काvi·tak·kā अत्थसंहिताat·tha·saṃ·hi·tā एतेe·te आदिब्रह्मचरियकाā·dib·rah·ma·ca·ri·ya·kā एतेe·te निब्बिदायnib·bi·dā·ya विरागायvi·rā·gā·ya निरोधायni·ro·dhā·ya उपसमायu·pa·sa·mā·ya अभिञ्ञायa·bhiñ·ñā·ya सम्बोधायsam·bo·dhā·ya निब्बानायnib·bā·nā·ya संवत्तन्ति।saṃ·vat·tan·ti

Ete, bhikkhave, vitakkā atthasaṁhitā ete ādibrahmacariyakā ete nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattanti.

Because those thoughts are beneficial and relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. They lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.
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तस्मातिह,tas·mā·ti·ha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve ‘इदंi·daṃ दुक्खन्’तिduk·khan योगोyo·go करणीयोka·ra·ṇī·yo …पे…pe ‘अयंa·yaṃ दुक्खनिरोधगामिनीduk·kha·ni·ro·dha·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा’तिpa·ṭi·pa·dā योगोyo·go करणीयो”ति।ka·ra·ṇī·yo

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”
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सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ

Sattamaṁ.

(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.