1. Bhaṇḍagāmavagga — Tripiṭaka Reader

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.1

Numbered Discourses 4.1

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1. Bhaṇḍagāmavagga

1. At Wares Village

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Anubuddhasutta

Understood

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Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.

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ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vajjīsu viharati bhaṇḍagāme.

At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Vajjis at Wares Village.

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Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,

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“bhikkhavo”ti.

“Mendicants!”

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“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

“Venerable sir,” they replied.

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Bhagavā etadavoca:

The Buddha said this:

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“Catunnaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ sandhāvitaṁ saṁsaritaṁ mamañceva tumhākañca.

“Mendicants, due to not understanding and not penetrating four things, both you and I have wandered and transmigrated for such a very long time.

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Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?

What four?

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Ariyassa, bhikkhave, sīlassa ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ sandhāvitaṁ saṁsaritaṁ mamañceva tumhākañca.

Noble ethics,

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Ariyassa, bhikkhave, samādhissa ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ sandhāvitaṁ saṁsaritaṁ mamañceva tumhākañca.

immersion,

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Ariyāya, bhikkhave, paññāya ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ sandhāvitaṁ saṁsaritaṁ mamañceva tumhākañca.

wisdom,

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Ariyāya, bhikkhave, vimuttiyā ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ sandhāvitaṁ saṁsaritaṁ mamañceva tumhākañca.

and freedom.

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Tayidaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyaṁ sīlaṁ anubuddhaṁ paṭividdhaṁ, ariyo samādhi anubuddho paṭividdho, ariyā paññā anubuddhā paṭividdhā, ariyā vimutti anubuddhā paṭividdhā, ucchinnā bhavataṇhā, khīṇā bhavanetti, natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.

These noble ethics, immersion, wisdom, and freedom have been understood and comprehended. Craving for continued existence has been cut off; the leash to existence is ended; now there’ll be no more future lives.”

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Idamavoca bhagavā.

That is what the Buddha said.

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Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

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“Sīlaṁ samādhi paññā ca,

“Ethics, immersion, and wisdom,

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vimutti ca anuttarā;

and the supreme freedom:

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Anubuddhā ime dhammā,

these things have been understood

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gotamena yasassinā.

by Gotama the renowned.

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Iti buddho abhiññāya,

And so the Buddha, having insight,

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dhammamakkhāsi bhikkhunaṁ;

explained this teaching to the mendicants.

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Dukkhassantakaro satthā,

The teacher made an end of suffering,

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cakkhumā parinibbuto”ti.

seeing clearly, he is fully quenched.”

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Paṭhamaṁ.