Tripiṭaka 11. Yogakkhemivagga
11. Sanctuary from the Yoke
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“Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati kiṁ upādāya uppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhan”ti?
“Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what, do pleasure and pain arise in oneself?”
“Cakkhusmiṁ kho, bhikkhave, sati cakkhuṁ upādāya uppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe…
“Mendicants, when there’s an eye, because of grasping the eye, pleasure and pain arise in oneself. …
manasmiṁ sati manaṁ upādāya uppajjati ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhaṁ.
When there’s a mind, because of grasping the mind, pleasure and pain arise in oneself.
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?
“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, api nu taṁ anupādāya uppajjeyya ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhan”ti?
“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would pleasure and pain arise in oneself?”
“Aniccā, bhante”.
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?
“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, api nu taṁ anupādāya uppajjeyya ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhan”ti?
“No hetaṁ, bhante” …pe….
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?
“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, api nu taṁ anupādāya uppajjeyya ajjhattaṁ sukhaṁ dukkhan”ti?
“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would pleasure and pain arise in oneself?”
“Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati …pe… manasmimpi nibbindati.
“Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.
Nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.
Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.
‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’”
Dutiyaṁ.