Tripiṭaka 3. Dasabalavagga
3. The Ten Powers
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“Tatra kho …pe…
idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jarāmaraṇaṁ pajānāti, jarāmaraṇasamudayaṁ pajānāti, jarāmaraṇanirodhaṁ pajānāti, jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti, jātiṁ pajānāti …pe…
“A mendicant understands old age and death, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. They understand rebirth …
saṅkhāre pajānāti, saṅkhārasamudayaṁ pajānāti, saṅkhāranirodhaṁ pajānāti, saṅkhāranirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.
They understand choices, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation.
Yā tesaṁ tesaṁ sattānaṁ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jarā jīraṇatā khaṇḍiccaṁ pāliccaṁ valittacatā āyuno saṁhāni indriyānaṁ paripāko—
The old age, decrepitude, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkly skin, diminished vitality, and failing faculties of the various sentient beings in the various orders of sentient beings.
Yā tesaṁ tesaṁ sattānaṁ tamhā tamhā sattanikāyā cuti cavanatā bhedo antaradhānaṁ maccu maraṇaṁ kālakiriyā khandhānaṁ bhedo kaḷevarassa nikkhepo;
The passing away, passing on, disintegration, demise, mortality, death, decease, breaking up of the aggregates, and laying to rest of the corpse of the various sentient beings in the various orders of sentient beings.
Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminī paṭipadā.
The practice that leads to the cessation of old age and death is simply this noble eightfold path,
Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo saṅkhāranirodhagāminī paṭipadā.
The practice that leads to the cessation of choices is simply this noble eightfold path,
Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṁ jarāmaraṇaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ jarāmaraṇasamudayaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ jarāmaraṇanirodhaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti, evaṁ jātiṁ pajānāti …pe…
A mendicant understands old age and death, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation. They understand rebirth …
evaṁ saṅkhāranirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.
and the practice that leads to their cessation.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu diṭṭhisampanno itipi, dassanasampanno itipi, āgato imaṁ saddhammaṁ itipi, passati imaṁ saddhammaṁ itipi, sekkhena ñāṇena samannāgato itipi, sekkhāya vijjāya samannāgato itipi, dhammasotaṁ samāpanno itipi, ariyo nibbedhikapañño itipi, amatadvāraṁ āhacca tiṭṭhati itipī”ti.
This mendicant is called: ‘one accomplished in view’, ‘one accomplished in vision’, ‘one who has come to the true teaching’, ‘one who sees this true teaching’, ‘one endowed with a trainee’s knowledge’, ‘one who has entered the stream of the teaching’, ‘a noble one with penetrative wisdom’, and also ‘one who stands pressing against the door to freedom from death’.”
Aṭṭhamaṁ.