Āsavā Suttaṃ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

[1][pts][olds] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā Sāriputto Magadhesu viharati Nālagāmake.|| ||

Atha kho Jambukhādako paribbājako yen'āyasmā Sāriputto ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||

Upasaṇkamitvā āyasmatā Sāriputtena saddhiṃ sammodi.|| ||

Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho Jambukhādako paribbājako āyasmantaṃ Sāriputtaṃ etad avoca:|| ||

"'Āsavo āsavo' ti||
āvuso Sāriputta vuccati.|| ||

Katamā nu kho āvuso āsavo" ti?|| ||

"Tisso imā āvuso āsavā,||
kām'āsavo||
bhav'āsavo||
avijj-ā-savo.|| ||

Imā kho āvuso tisso āsavā" ti.|| ||

"Atthi pan'āvuso Maggo||
atthi paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ āsavānaṃ pahānāyā" ti?|| ||

"Atthi kho āvuso Maggo||
atthi paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ āsavānaṃ pahānāyā" ti.|| ||

"Katamo pan'āvuso Maggo||
katamā paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ āsavānaṃ pahānāyā" ti?|| ||

"Ayam eva kho āvuso Ariyo Aṭṭh'aṇgiko Maggo||
etāsaṃ āsavānaṃ pahānāyā,||
seyyath'īdaṃ:|| ||

Sammā-diṭṭhi||
sammā-saṇkappo||
sammā-vācā||
sammā-kammanto||
sammā-ājīvo||
sammā-vāyāmo||
sammā-sati||
sammā-samādhi.|| ||

Ayaṃ kho āvuso Maggo||
ayaṃ paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ āsavānaṃ pahānāyā" ti.|| ||

"Bhaddako āvuso Maggo||
bhaddikā paṭipadā||
etāsaṃ āsavānaṃ pahānāyā,||
alañ ca pan'āvuso Sāriputta appamādāyā" ti.|| ||