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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 47.11 Linked Discourses 47.11
2. NÄlandavagga 2. At NÄįø·andÄ
MahÄpurisasutta A Great Man
SÄvatthinidÄnaį¹. At SÄvatthÄ«.
Atha kho ÄyasmÄ sÄriputto yena bhagavÄ tenupasaį¹
kami; upasaį¹
kamitvÄ bhagavantaį¹ abhivÄdetvÄ ekamantaį¹ nisÄ«di. Ekamantaį¹ nisinno kho ÄyasmÄ sÄriputto bhagavantaį¹ etadavoca: Then SÄriputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
āāmahÄpuriso, mahÄpurisoāti, bhante, vuccati. āSir, they speak of āa great manā. The thirty-two āmarks of a great manā are detailed in DN 14:1.32.7, DN 30:1.2.4, and MN 91:9.1, while the āmeditation of a great manā is said to be emptiness (MN 151:2.6), and the eight āthoughts of a great manā at detailed at AN 8.30 and DN 34:2.1.150. | SÄriputta is asking the Buddha to redefine a Vedic term. ÅÄį¹
khÄyana Äraį¹yaka 8.3 says: āThe great man is just the year, of which the sun is the essence. That which is the incorporeal self made of wisdom, and that which is yonder sun are one and the same: so should one understand it.ā Thus for the Vedists, the great man is the realized soul who understands that he is essentially one with the divine cosmos.
KittÄvatÄ nu kho, bhante, mahÄpuriso hotÄ«āti? How is a great man defined?ā
āVimuttacittattÄ khvÄhaį¹, sÄriputta, āmahÄpurisoāti vadÄmi. āSÄriputta, someone whose mind is free is a great man, I say.
AvimuttacittattÄ āno mahÄpurisoāti vadÄmi. If their mind is not free, I say theyāre not a great man.
KathaƱca, sÄriputta, vimuttacitto hoti? And how does someone have a free mind?
Idha, sÄriputta, bhikkhu kÄye kÄyÄnupassÄ« viharati ÄtÄpÄ« sampajÄno satimÄ, vineyya loke abhijjhÄdomanassaį¹. Itās when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the bodyākeen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
Tassa kÄye kÄyÄnupassino viharato cittaį¹ virajjati, vimuccati anupÄdÄya Äsavehi. As they meditate observing an aspect of the body, their mind becomes dispassionate, and is freed from the defilements by not grasping.
VedanÄsu ā¦peā¦ They meditate observing an aspect of feelings ā¦
citte ā¦peā¦ mind ā¦
dhammesu dhammÄnupassÄ« viharati ÄtÄpÄ« sampajÄno satimÄ, vineyya loke abhijjhÄdomanassaį¹. principlesākeen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
Tassa dhammesu dhammÄnupassino viharato cittaį¹ virajjati, vimuccati anupÄdÄya Äsavehi. As they meditate observing an aspect of principles, their mind becomes dispassionate, and is freed from the defilements by not grasping.
Evaį¹ kho, sÄriputta, vimuttacitto hoti. Thatās how someone has a free mind.
VimuttacittattÄ khvÄhaį¹, sÄriputta, āmahÄpurisoāti vadÄmi. Someone whose mind is free is a great man, I say.
AvimuttacittattÄ āno mahÄpurisoāti vadÄmÄ«āti. If their mind is not free, I say theyāre not a great man.ā
Paį¹hamaį¹.