13. Gahapativagga

13. Householders

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.128

Linked Discourses 35.128

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13. Gahapativagga

13. Householders

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Soṇasutta

With Soṇa

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Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.

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Atha kho soṇo gahapatiputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho soṇo gahapatiputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Then the householder Soṇa went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

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“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme no parinibbāyanti?

“What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life?

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Ko pana, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme parinibbāyantī”ti?

What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life?” …

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(Yathā purimasuttantaṁ, evaṁ vitthāretabbaṁ.)

(Tell in full as in SN 35.118.)

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Ayaṁ kho, soṇa, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme parinibbāyantīti.

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Pañcamaṁ.