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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 56.32 Linked Discourses 56.32
4. SÄ«sapÄvanavagga 4. In a Rosewood Forest
Khadirapattasutta Acacia Leaves
āYo, bhikkhave, evaį¹ vadeyya: āMendicants, suppose someone were to say:
āahaį¹ dukkhaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ anabhisamecca, dukkhasamudayaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ anabhisamecca, dukkhanirodhaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ anabhisamecca, dukkhanirodhagÄminiį¹ paį¹ipadaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ anabhisamecca sammÄ dukkhassantaį¹ karissÄmÄ«ātiāāWithout truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.ā
netaį¹ į¹hÄnaį¹ vijjati. That is not possible.
SeyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, yo evaį¹ vadeyya: Itās as if someone were to say:
āahaį¹ khadirapattÄnaį¹ vÄ saralapattÄnaį¹ vÄ ÄmalakapattÄnaį¹ vÄ puį¹aį¹ karitvÄ udakaį¹ vÄ tÄlapattaį¹ vÄ ÄharissÄmÄ«ātiāāIāll make a basket out of acacia leaves or pine needles or myrobalan leaves, and use it to carry water or ripe palmyra fruit.ā āAcaciaā (khadira) is Senegalia catechu, whose leaves are compounded of many tiny leaflets like a fern. | āPineā (sarala) is Pinus roxburghii. | āMyrobalanā (Ämalaka) is Phyllanthus emblica, whose leaves are very small. | Read tÄlapakka per BJT.
netaį¹ į¹hÄnaį¹ vijjati; That is not possible.
evameva kho, bhikkhave, yo evaį¹ vadeyya: In the same way, suppose someone were to say:
āahaį¹ dukkhaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ anabhisamecca ā¦peā¦ dukkhanirodhagÄminiį¹ paį¹ipadaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ anabhisamecca sammÄ dukkhassantaį¹ karissÄmÄ«ātiāāWithout truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.ā
netaį¹ į¹hÄnaį¹ vijjati. That is not possible.
Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, evaį¹ vadeyya: But suppose someone were to say:
āahaį¹ dukkhaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ abhisamecca, dukkhasamudayaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ abhisamecca, dukkhanirodhaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ abhisamecca, dukkhanirodhagÄminiį¹ paį¹ipadaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ abhisamecca sammÄ dukkhassantaį¹ karissÄmÄ«ātiāāAfter truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.ā
į¹hÄnametaį¹ vijjati. That is possible.
SeyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, yo evaį¹ vadeyya: Itās as if someone were to say:
āahaį¹ padumapattÄnaį¹ vÄ palÄsapattÄnaį¹ vÄ mÄluvapattÄnaį¹ vÄ puį¹aį¹ karitvÄ udakaį¹ vÄ tÄlapattaį¹ vÄ ÄharissÄmÄ«ātiāāIāll make a basket out of lotus leaves or flame-of-the-forest leaves or camelās foot creeper leaves, and use it to carry water or ripe palmyra fruit.ā These plants all have large, broad leaves.
į¹hÄnametaį¹ vijjati; That is possible.
evameva kho, bhikkhave, yo evaį¹ vadeyya: In the same way, suppose someone were to say:
āahaį¹ dukkhaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ abhisamecca ā¦peā¦ dukkhanirodhagÄminiį¹ paį¹ipadaį¹ ariyasaccaį¹ yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ abhisamecca sammÄ dukkhassantaį¹ karissÄmÄ«ātiāāAfter truly comprehending the noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path, I will completely make an end of suffering.ā
į¹hÄnametaį¹ vijjati. That is possible.
TasmÄtiha, bhikkhave, āidaį¹ dukkhanāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yo ā¦peā¦ āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhagÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yoāti. Thatās why you should practice meditation ā¦ā
Dutiyaį¹.