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Sutta NipÄta 5.14 Sutta NipÄta 5.13Anthology of Discourses 5.14
UdayamÄį¹avapucchÄ Udayaās QuestionsThe Questions of Udaya
āJhÄyiį¹ virajamÄsÄ«naį¹, āTo the one in jhÄnaāseated, dustless,āTo the meditator, rid of hopes,ā
(iccÄyasmÄ udayo) (Udaya)said Venerable Udaya,
Katakiccaį¹ anÄsavaį¹; passionless, his task done, effluent-free,āwho has completed the task, is free of defilements,
PÄraguį¹ sabbadhammÄnaį¹, gone to the beyond of all phenomenaāand has gone beyond all things,
Atthi paƱhena Ägamaį¹; Iāve come with a desire for a question.I have come seeking with a question.
AƱƱÄvimokkhaį¹ pabrÅ«hi, Tell me the gnosis of emancipation,Tell me the liberation by enlightenment,
AvijjÄya pabhedanaį¹ā. the breaking open of ignorance.āthe smashing of ignorance.ā
āPahÄnaį¹ kÄmacchandÄnaį¹, āThe abandoning both of sensual desires,āThe giving up of bothā
(udayÄti bhagavÄ) (the Buddha)replied the Buddha,
DomanassÄna cÅ«bhayaį¹; & of unhappiness,āsensual desires and displeasures;
Thinassa ca panÅ«danaį¹, the dispelling of sloth,the casting aside of dullness,
KukkuccÄnaį¹ nivÄraį¹aį¹. the warding off of anxieties,and the prevention of remorse;
UpekkhÄsatisaį¹suddhaį¹, equanimity-&-mindfulness purified,pure equanimity and mindfulness,
dhammatakkapurejavaį¹; with inspection of mental qualities swift in the forefront:preceded by investigation of principlesā
AƱƱÄvimokkhaį¹ pabrÅ«mi, That I call the gnosis of emancipation,This state of mind matches the five-factored noble right concentration described in AN 5:28 and analyzed further in AN 9:36. See also section III/F of The Wings to Awakening, and the essays āJhÄna Not by the Numbersā and āSilence Isnāt Mandatory.āthis, I declare, is liberation by enlightenment,
avijjÄya pabhedanaį¹ā. the breaking open of ignorance.āAN 3:33 discusses this verse. There the Buddha tells Ven. SÄriputta to train so that, with regard to this conscious body and to all external objects of concentration alike, thereās no āIā-making, āmineā-making, or underlying conceit, and so that one enters and remains in the awareness-release and discernment-release free of such āIā-making, āmineā-making, and conceit. Having trained this way, the Buddha says, one is said to have cut through craving, unraveled the fetter, and ā through rightly penetrating conceit ā put an end to suffering; it was with this state in mind, he adds, that he spoke this verse.the smashing of ignorance.ā
āKiį¹su saį¹yojano loko, āWith what is the world fettered?āWhat fetters the world?
kiį¹su tassa vicÄraį¹aį¹; With what is it examined?How does it travel about?
Kissassa vippahÄnena, Through the abandoning of whatWith the giving up of what
nibbÄnaį¹ iti vuccatiā. is there said to be unbinding?āis extinguishment spoken of?ā
āNandisaį¹yojano loko, āWith delight the worldās fettered.āDelight fetters the world.
vitakkassa vicÄraį¹aį¹; With directed thought itās examined.It travels about by means of thought.
Taį¹hÄya vippahÄnena, Through the abandoning of cravingWith the giving up of craving
nibbÄnaį¹ iti vuccatiā. is there said to be unbinding.āextinguishment is spoken of.ā
āKathaį¹ satassa carato, āLiving mindful in what wayāFor one living mindfully,
viƱƱÄį¹aį¹ uparujjhati; does one bring consciousness to a halt?how does consciousness cease?
Bhagavantaį¹ puį¹į¹humÄgamma, Weāve come to ask the Blessed One.Weāve come to ask the worthy sir:
taį¹ suį¹oma vaco tavaā. Let us hear your words.ālet us hear what you say.ā
āAjjhattaƱca bahiddhÄ ca, āNot relishing feeling,āNot taking pleasure in feeling
Vedanaį¹ nÄbhinandato; inside or out:internally and externallyā
Evaį¹ satassa carato, One living mindful in this wayfor one living mindfully,
ViƱƱÄį¹aį¹ uparujjhatÄ«āti. brings consciousness to a halt.āSee DN 11, DN 15, MN 49, and SN 12:67. On ābringing consciousness to a haltā as the ending of its proliferating activity rather than an annihilation of consciousness itself, see SN 22:53; see also the simile at SN 12:64.thatās how consciousness ceases.ā
UdayamÄį¹avapucchÄ terasamÄ. Udayaās Questions, the thirteenth.