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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 48.64 Linked Discourses 48.64
7. Bodhipakkhiyavagga 7. On the Side of Awakening
Äsavakkhayasutta Ending of Defilements
āPaƱcimÄni, bhikkhave, indriyÄni bhÄvitÄni bahulÄ«katÄni ÄsavÄnaį¹ khayÄya saį¹vattanti. āMendicants, when these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to the ending of defilements. The discourses SN 48.61ā64 follow the same template as SN 54.19ā20. In both series, we have the fetters, underlying tendencies, course of time, and end of defilements as individual items, then a final passage that combines all four items. We find the same basic series also at SN 45.42ā45, but without the combined list. The editing in different editions exhibits considerable uncertainty. In the MS edition, for example, the current Sutta lists the final four in one sentence, whereas at SN 54.20:1.8 they are separated by ellipsis, showing that the editors thought some passages had been elided. BJT, on the other hand, spells out the main four passages in full, but omits the combined series entirely. At SN 54.20 it says, āthese three discourses should also be expanded just as the discourse on the fettersā. However it has, in fact, just spelled all of the discourses in full, rendering the instructions moot, so they must be a holdover from one of the sources from which the BJT was edited. I wonāt discuss all the editorial problems, but in the next note I propose my solution.
KatamÄni paƱca? What five?
Saddhindriyaį¹ ā¦peā¦ paƱƱindriyaį¹āThe faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.
imÄni kho, bhikkhave, paƱcindriyÄni bhÄvitÄni bahulÄ«katÄni ÄsavÄnaį¹ khayÄya saį¹vattantÄ«ti. When these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to the ending of defilements.ā The close -ti here in the MS edition indicates that, following the pattern of the previous three discourses, the Sutta ends here. The PTS, followed by Bodhi, omits this closing statement and continues as if it were the same Sutta (BJT, as noted above, omits the following combined section entirely). I believe the next passage, with the combined list, should be counted as a separate Sutta, although it is not reckoned so in any Pali edition. However, the fact that the combined passage is not found in BJT, nor in the template parallel at SN 45.42ā45, suggests that it may be entirely spurious, having arisen by confusion created by the extreme abbreviations in the texts here.
PaƱcimÄni, bhikkhave, indriyÄni bhÄvitÄni bahulÄ«katÄni saį¹yojanappahÄnÄya saį¹vattanti, anusayasamugghÄtÄya saį¹vattanti, addhÄnapariƱƱÄya saį¹vattanti, ÄsavÄnaį¹ khayÄya saį¹vattanti. āMendicants, when these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to giving up the fetters, uprooting the underlying tendencies, completely understanding the course of time, and ending the defilements.
KatamÄni paƱca? What five?
Saddhindriyaį¹ ā¦peā¦ paƱƱindriyaį¹āThe faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.
imÄni kho, bhikkhave, paƱcindriyÄni bhÄvitÄni bahulÄ«katÄni saį¹yojanappahÄnÄya saį¹vattanti, anusayasamugghÄtÄya saį¹vattanti, addhÄnapariƱƱÄya saį¹vattanti, ÄsavÄnaį¹ khayÄya saį¹vattantÄ«āti. When these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to giving up the fetters, uprooting the underlying tendencies, completely understanding the course of time, and ending the defilements.ā
Catutthaį¹.