Tripiṭaka 2. Āhāravagga
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“Paṭiccasamuppādañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi paṭiccasamuppanne ca dhamme.
“Mendicants, I will teach you dependent origination and dependently originated phenomena.
Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.
Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”
Uppādā vā tathāgatānaṁ anuppādā vā tathāgatānaṁ, ṭhitāva sā dhātu dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā idappaccayatā.
Whether Realized Ones arise or not, this law of nature persists, this regularity of natural principles, this surety of natural principles, specific conditionality.
Abhisambujjhitvā abhisametvā ācikkhati deseti paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati vibhajati uttānīkaroti.
then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and reveals it.
nāmarūpapaccayā, bhikkhave, saḷāyatanaṁ …
Name and form are requirements for the six sense fields …
uppādā vā tathāgatānaṁ anuppādā vā tathāgatānaṁ, ṭhitāva sā dhātu dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā idappaccayatā.
Whether Realized Ones arise or not, this law of nature persists, this regularity of natural principles, this surety of natural principles, specific conditionality.
Abhisambujjhitvā abhisametvā ācikkhati deseti paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati vibhajati uttānīkaroti.
then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and reveals it.
Iti kho, bhikkhave, yā tatra tathatā avitathatā anaññathatā idappaccayatā—
So the fact that this is real, not unreal, not otherwise; the specific conditionality of it:
Katame ca, bhikkhave, paṭiccasamuppannā dhammā?
And what are the dependently originated phenomena?
Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ saṅkhataṁ paṭiccasamuppannaṁ khayadhammaṁ vayadhammaṁ virāgadhammaṁ nirodhadhammaṁ.
Old age and death are impermanent, conditioned, dependently originated, liable to end, vanish, fade away, and cease.
Jāti, bhikkhave, aniccā saṅkhatā paṭiccasamuppannā khayadhammā vayadhammā virāgadhammā nirodhadhammā.
Rebirth …
Bhavo, bhikkhave, anicco saṅkhato paṭiccasamuppanno khayadhammo vayadhammo virāgadhammo nirodhadhammo.
Continued existence …
avijjā, bhikkhave, aniccā saṅkhatā paṭiccasamuppannā khayadhammā vayadhammā virāgadhammā nirodhadhammā.
Ignorance is impermanent, conditioned, dependently originated, liable to end, vanish, fade away, and cease.
Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, paṭiccasamuppannā dhammā.
These are called the dependently originated phenomena.
Yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa ‘ayañca paṭiccasamuppādo, ime ca paṭiccasamuppannā dhammā’ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhā honti, so vata pubbantaṁ vā paṭidhāvissati:
When a noble disciple has clearly seen with right wisdom this dependent origination and these dependently originated phenomena as they are, it will be quite impossible for them to turn back to the first beginning, thinking:
‘ahosiṁ nu kho ahaṁ atītamaddhānaṁ, nanu kho ahosiṁ atītamaddhānaṁ, kiṁ nu kho ahosiṁ atītamaddhānaṁ, kathaṁ nu kho ahosiṁ atītamaddhānaṁ, kiṁ hutvā kiṁ ahosiṁ nu kho ahaṁ atītamaddhānan’ti;
‘Did I exist in the past? Did I not exist in the past? What was I in the past? How was I in the past? After being what, what did I become in the past?’
‘bhavissāmi nu kho ahaṁ anāgatamaddhānaṁ, nanu kho bhavissāmi anāgatamaddhānaṁ, kiṁ nu kho bhavissāmi anāgatamaddhānaṁ, kathaṁ nu kho bhavissāmi anāgatamaddhānaṁ, kiṁ hutvā kiṁ bhavissāmi nu kho ahaṁ anāgatamaddhānan’ti;
‘Will I exist in the future? Will I not exist in the future? What will I be in the future? How will I be in the future? After being what, what will I become in the future?’
etarahi vā paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ ajjhattaṁ kathaṅkathī bhavissati:
Or to be undecided about the present, thinking:
‘ahaṁ nu khosmi, no nu khosmi, kiṁ nu khosmi, kathaṁ nu khosmi, ayaṁ nu kho satto kuto āgato, so kuhiṁ gamissatī’ti—
‘Am I? Am I not? What am I? How am I? This sentient being—where did it come from? And where will it go?’
netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.
Tathā hi, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa ayañca paṭiccasamuppādo ime ca paṭiccasamuppannā dhammā yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhā”ti.
Because that noble disciple has clearly seen with right wisdom this dependent origination and these dependently originated phenomena as they are.”
Dasamaṁ.
Āhāravaggo dutiyo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Āhāraṁ phagguno ceva,
Dve ca samaṇabrāhmaṇā;
Kaccānagotta dhammakathikaṁ,
Acelaṁ timbarukena ca;
Bālapaṇḍitato ceva,
Dasamo paccayena cāti.