Udayamāṇavapucchā

The Questions of Udaya

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Sutta Nipāta 5.14

Anthology of Discourses 5.14

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Udayamāṇavapucchā

The Questions of Udaya

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“Jhāyiṁ virajamāsīnaṁ,

“To the meditator, rid of hopes,”

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(iccāyasmā udayo)

said Venerable Udaya,

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Katakiccaṁ anāsavaṁ;

“who has completed the task, is free of defilements,

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Pāraguṁ sabbadhammānaṁ,

and has gone beyond all things,

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Atthi pañhena āgamaṁ;

I have come seeking with a question.

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Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūhi,

Tell me the liberation by enlightenment,

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Avijjāya pabhedanaṁ”.

the smashing of ignorance.”

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“Pahānaṁ kāmacchandānaṁ,

“The giving up of both”

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(udayāti bhagavā)

replied the Buddha,

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Domanassāna cūbhayaṁ;

“sensual desires and displeasures;

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Thinassa ca panūdanaṁ,

the casting aside of dullness,

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Kukkuccānaṁ nivāraṇaṁ.

and the prevention of remorse;

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Upekkhāsatisaṁsuddhaṁ,

pure equanimity and mindfulness,

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dhammatakkapurejavaṁ;

preceded by investigation of principles—

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Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūmi,

this, I declare, is liberation by enlightenment,

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avijjāya pabhedanaṁ”.

the smashing of ignorance.”

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“Kiṁsu saṁyojano loko,

“What fetters the world?

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kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;

How does it travel about?

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Kissassa vippahānena,

With the giving up of what

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nibbānaṁ iti vuccati”.

is extinguishment spoken of?”

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“Nandisaṁyojano loko,

“Delight fetters the world.

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vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;

It travels about by means of thought.

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Taṇhāya vippahānena,

With the giving up of craving

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nibbānaṁ iti vuccati”.

extinguishment is spoken of.”

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“Kathaṁ satassa carato,

“For one living mindfully,

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viññāṇaṁ uparujjhati;

how does consciousness cease?

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Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,

We’ve come to ask you, worthy sir:

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taṁ suṇoma vaco tava”.

let us hear what you say.”

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“Ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca,

“Not taking pleasure in feeling

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Vedanaṁ nābhinandato;

internally and externally—

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Evaṁ satassa carato,

for one living mindfully,

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Viññāṇaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.

that’s how consciousness ceases.”

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Udayamāṇavapucchā terasamā.