2. Vihāravagga

Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.19

Linked Discourses 45.19

2. Vihāravagga

2. Meditation

Dutiyakukkuṭārāmasutta

At the Chicken Monastery (2nd)

Pāṭaliputtanidānaṁ.

At Pāṭaliputta.

“‘Brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyan’ti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati.

“Reverend, they speak of this thing called the ‘spiritual path’.

Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti?

What is the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?”

“Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda.

“Good, good, Reverend Bhadda!

Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā.

Your approach and eloquence are excellent, and it’s a good question.

Evañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi:

For you asked:

‘brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyanti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati.

‘They speak of this thing called “the spiritual path”.

Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan’”ti?

What is the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?’”

“Evamāvuso”ti.

“Yes, reverend.”

“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo brahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—

“The spiritual path is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.

right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo—

The ending of greed, hate, and delusion:

idaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti.

this is the culmination of the spiritual path.”

Navamaṁ.